This article considered the transfer of educational innovations from industrialized to developing countries concentrating on the selection stage, its mechanics and the criteria by which innovations may be made theoretically more effective. (Author/RK)

Examines modern functionalist theory including theoretical bases and historical development. Considers, in the light of functionalist tenets, exemplary educational research in the field of modernization theory. Includes a critique of some overt and covert assumptions of functionalist educational research and suggests some avenues for more…

This essay applies a model to guide an analysis of goodness-of-fit between national and educational plans. The model is described through application to Nepal. In the process, information is collected on Nepal's 25 years of educational efforts and the reciprocal relationship to national development. (Author/KC)

Past "elitist" development efforts modeled on Western academic education have failed to meet manpower needs but resist change due to popular preference for "modern" occupations. A new development strategy providing universal basic education and improved general living standards is needed. (Part of a theme issue on Third World educational…

At the policy level, the World Bank and other aid agencies evidence a practical orientation, emphasizing problems described as solvable by expertise and improved use of capital. In reality, tension exists between educational planning based on positivistic, technical rationality and political interaction grounded in situational considerations. (JHZ)

Questions the legitimacy of transferring educational models and materials between countries. Reviews recent trends in educational management development in Western and less developed countries and assesses the cross-cultural transfer of "school-based management self-development." Suggests that indigenization of models may be most appropriate, but…