The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an important cross-national study of 15-year-olds' academic knowledge and skills. Educationalists and public policymakers eagerly await the tri-annual results, with particular interest in whether their country has moved up or slid down the international rankings, as compared to earlier…

Only since the 1990s has the impact of globalisation on education drawn scholarly attention, primarily due to the impact of international school achievement surveys. This study argues that the globalisation of education began much earlier, with the establishment of intergovernmental agencies, such as UNESCO and the OECD, and the adoption of…

Viewing the Robbins Report from a European perspective, Neave states that it was unique among contemporary educational reforms. Argues that, by strengthening the private life of British academia, maintaining quality, and preventing deterioration of staff-student ratios, Robbins allowed for greater flexibility in Britain while higher education…

Overall, there is no trend toward the integration of pupils with special needs into ordinary schools in England. However, different results emerge for different categories of handicap. For example, there is evidence of integration for children with sensory handicaps, but children with learning difficulties and those termed maladjusted are being…

Examines the role of the philosopher in the educational system. Discusses contributors to philosophical thought in education and analyzes current educational trends and needs in the United Kingdom. (KC)

Objectives, methods, and problems of higher education planning agencies are described, and the work of the Bund-Lander-Kommission fur Bildungsplanung und Forschungsforderung is given particular emphasis. (Author/RM)

The teacher education curriculum must be responsive to changes in specific disciplines and in the profession. We must respond to changes in society's conception of the teacher's role, realize that teacher education curriculum is in evolution, and establish a positive relationship between teacher training institutions and schools. (KC)

Discusses the reasons for local and regional variations in British educational funding. A study of the changes in pupil-teacher ratios (PTR) from 1974 to 1981 showed a national trend toward decreased PTR. The impact of future cutbacks in the level of government spending on PTRs is considered. (AM)

Discusses the role of dramatic art in British universities from 1880-1980. World War II is identified as the turning point when drama became an approved academic subject. Possible future trends of drama curricula are discussed. (Author/DB)

It is predicted that Oxford's organizational structure will become increasingly like that of other British universities. Demographic and socioeconomic changes are altering British higher education. (AM)

Comparative educational research and cross-national studies are described. The author suggests that such internationalism should not be the intent of university research. Rather, research universities should try to confine themselves to studying fundamental educational problems. (KC)

Presents an historical review, from an English perspective, of the growth of public schooling in the United States since 1776. Topics discussed include progressivism, social influences, free school movements, pressures of immigration, the frontier, and community influences. (Author/DB)

The next two decades will be a period of expansion in part-time adult continuing education in Great Britain. Demographic, economic, financial, and sociological pressures are causing this change in education. Arguments for and against the expanded adult education provision in universities are presented. (AM)

Discusses the hidden curriculum of values and assumptions which equals the academic curriculum in importance because it forms attitudes which define the relationship between adults and children. Recommends a return to democratic traditions and values as the basis for educational improvement. (Author/DB)

Surveys objectives and practices of religious education on the elementary/secondary and university levels. Points out problems emanating from attempts to transmit values during a period of rapid social change. (Author/DB)