One of the most challenging problems faced by teachers of history is how to give voice to the vast majority of people who lived in the past. People's knowledge of history tends to center on the great and important because they are tied to extant written records, almost all of which were produced by and/or about people of high stature in society.…

Presents a brief rationale for multicultural environmental education, provides an outlined multicultural critique of environmental education, and offers some draft principles of a multicultural environmental education. The author argues that the best environmental-education approach reveals, sustains, and celebrates the varied cultural traditions…

Reviews the demographic, political, social, economic, and technological trends that will affect special libraries in the near future. Twenty-eight references are cited. (FM)

Accumulating empirical evidence documents the significant contribution of biological variables to the determination of social behaviors. More appropriate biosocial models may need to allow for causal relationships between biological and social determinants and for effects that are interactive, nonlinear, and discontinuous. Demographic surveys…

Factors important to future programing in Canadian museums include an aging society; the forecast that people will be spending more leisure time in museums; and the change from an industrial to a high technology society. What these factors will mean to museum education is discussed. (RM)

Discusses the hothousing controversy in terms of demographics, consequences on emotional development, and clinical concerns. In addition, the increase in academics and "readiness" training at the preschool level and the influence of the academic community on the hothousing movement are considered. (PCB)

Considers changes that will have to take place in teacher education due to rising numbers of minority students in public schools, the declining number of families with children in public schools, and the increasingly prevalent view that education is a personal rather than common good. (GC)

Demographic data are used in this report to present information about infant mortality in more- and less-developed countries. One chapter is devoted to rising infant mortality rates in developed countries, which defy the typical post-World War II pattern. Severe economic conditions are linked to this increase. Direct causes of infant deaths are…

Focuses on the forces shaping the future of American higher education, including inflation, demographic changes, work trends, technological innovations, and financial constraints. Urges community colleges to take direct action to resolve the problems created by a comprehensive mission, growing demand, and regressing dollars. (DMM)

The introductory article to this special issue on sociocultural perspectives in special education focuses on sociocultural theory in the 21st century, especially cultural shifts as a function of history, demographic shifts, power shifts to such groups as nongovernment organizations, and the importance of assuring equal access to education for…

A number of major social and demographic trends are having a profound effect on American families with young children. Among these are changes in the characteristics of poverty in families with preschool-age children, curtailment of formerly available financial support or changes in the means of obtaining such support, and the increasing cost of…

Includes "Introduction" (Folts, Wagner); "Caregiving in Social Context" (Dwyer et al.); "Demography of Caregiving" (Smith, Longino); "Caregiving and Work" (Wagner, Neal); "Caregiving and Alzheimer's Disease" (Hodgson, Cutler); "Teaching about Gender" (Stoller); "Caregiver Support Groups" (Monahan); and "Racial/Ethnic Variations in Informal…

Discussion of the future of clinical dentistry looks at a variety of influences, including historical development factors; demographic trends; the role of the Human Genome Project in the development of scientific knowledge; a paradigm shift in approaches to oral infection and systemic disease; advancing technology; and reforms resulting from these…

The potential use of the preferred imaging technique by the Office of Planning and Analysis of the University of Texas System is discussed, along with the use of environmental scanning. Preferred imaging is used to get people thinking about the future and how it relates to the external environment and the planning process. Preferred imaging…

A panel of distinguished thinkers has concluded that, in the next 25 years, higher education will face challenges that may be fatal if not successfully met. Higher education must respond by helping to solve the problems of public education, seriously addressing diversity and social integration, and making science the property of the people, not…