After a brief outline of the educational situation and the social framework in Italy which developed after the second world war, this article explores the future of the Italian school system. (Author/RK)

This study analyzes the efficiency of the Soviet educational system as it has been measured against it remarkable expansion in education. (Author/RK)

Attitudinal and behavorial goals of political and ideological education in the German Democratic Republic remained stable over the period in which, unsurprisingly, both content of courses and methods underwent radical change; conditions in the first decade differed greatly from those prevailing later. (BRR)

The value of historical descriptive analysis in comparative education is highlighted by the method's application to schooling in Burma, demonstrating how control over schooling relates to state legitimacy. Supervision of Burmese education by Theravada Buddhist monasteries--Sangha--was undermined by 19th-century British colonial administration. The…

Reviews educational changes in Sweden since the 1962 Education Act, which expanded educational opportunities through introduction of comprehensive schools. Discusses the effects of Swedish reforms on educational policy debates in Great Britain and West Germany and on comparative education research in Europe and the United States. Contains 32…

Traces the history of education in Somalia: in precolonial traditional Somalia; during colonial rule by Italy; under civilian rule, 1960-69; and under military rule, 1969-90. Describes the total destruction of the education system since the 1991 collapse of the state, widespread illiteracy and adolescent involvement in thuggery, and the urgent…

This article was designed to assess the view that Soviet education differs little in essentials from that of the Tsarist era, in that the theoretical and practical foundations of the present system stemmed from pre-Revolutionary Russia. (Author)

This article discusses the problems and potentials of nonformal education in India by reviewing a number of booklets, surveys, speeches, and government documents which analyze directions of nonformal education over the past three decades. (KC)

Compares and contrasts the teacher supply problems confronting educational planners in Britain and Ghana. Ghana, a developing country, had the unpleasant experience of using the British example as a model for planning its teacher supply and it is against this background that the present comparison is made. (Author/RK)

Presents--as a case study--Spain's role in the history of Comparative Education during the nineteenth century. Deals with outstanding political and scholarly contributions as well as processes underlying and leading to the development of a specific, scientific study of foreign systems of education. (JHZ)

The introduction of sex education into the French school curriculum has had reverberations beyond more curricular reform. Indeed, the changes of 1973/74 constitute a fascinating case-study both of the dynamics of curricular change in a centralized system and of the impact of external social pressures on schools. (Author/RK)

Describes the career and methods of A. S. Makarenko, revered in the Soviet Union for his successful work with children abandoned in the Civil War (1918-1921). Evolution of his theories in later Soviet education is traced and comparisons made with institutions for homeless or delinquent youth in other countries. (SJL)

Attempts to evaluate the state of reform at the Free University of Berlin. Proceeds by first reconstructing the background against which the FU developed and reforms were instituted. Analyzes the nature and scope of the reforms of the student revolt of the late 1960s, the growing movement for counter-reform in 1973, and the prospects for future…

Examines the social corporatism model of policy formation as it has contributed to various cycles of Norwegian educational reform since the mid-1800s. Concludes that, although corporatism is a tool of social control, it also provides a feasible mechanism for revolutionary policy formation. Contains 39 references. (SV)

Describes principal characteristics of traditional education in island societies before Western contact, patterns of Western exploration and colonization, and origins of formal Western education in the region. Identifies critical contemporary educational issues: choice of educational delivery systems, establishing the locus of authority,…