Two limitations in the Report of the International Commission on the Development in Education reflect its unenthusiastic welcome from certain sectors of the Third World. The document failed to explain the phenomenon of inequality and of social and educational injustice and contained an ingenuous reliance on a scientific approach. (Author/KM)

Identifies socioeducational research problems in Latin America, relating them to colonialism's legacy. Contends confusion over development goals impairs setting research priorities; reliance on Western research paradigms impedes developing indigenous models; and, for research to have impact on education, decision makers must have more access to…