Notes that the Soviet Union has seen its own great debate about reading methods and that, in its most recent stage, linguistics and research have played a role. Reviews the development of reading instruction in that nation. (FL)

This yearbook will provide teachers and researchers interested in peace and conflict studies with practical information. There are three major sections. The first section deals with "Approaches to Teaching and Research." How the electronic revolution has transformed the identification of, location of, and access to information on peace…

Arguing that all language is communication, but very little communication is language, this paper explores questions of method and evidence in the human science practice of communicology. The first part of the paper analyzes the dialectical question of methodology in which method as procedure is implicated with thought (logos) as judgment per se,…

Paradigmatic assumptions and practices of Soviet pedagogical research are considered. How the social and philosophical commitments of dialectical materialism guide the conduct of research is discussed, and research approaches to pedagogical problems are examined. (RM)

Dealing with the interrelationship of the book to other forms of mass communication in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), this report focuses on the sociological issues involved and the responses of the public to the various channels of communication. Sections of the report deal with the following topics: (1) the building of the mass…