This article presents findings from a study that investigated how the global logic of human rights, as incorporated by the International Baccalaureate schools into their policies and practices, is experienced and adhered to by students who are following the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in different contexts. In this study,…

In the context of modernization it is important to provide complete secondary education for the whole age group. The achievement of this aim will bring about a new improvement in the cultural and educational levels of the Soviet people. (Author/JH)

A description of the development of higher education in Byelorussia highlights developments in the education of university teachers and in student research as a learning technique. (JH)

Reforms in teaching French place priority on the concept of communication, both oral and written, on poetry, and on the conception of grammar as a means for acquiring a practical knowledge of language mechanisms. Other reforms, not specifically linguistic, emphasize the individualizing and humanizing to teaching techniques. (JH)

This article justifies the development of an international system for classifying education and explains the classification's structures, categories and applications. (KM)

Attempts are being made to break away from the old structural pattern of the Latin American university which has become distorted and dysfunctional from the point of view of the interest of the people. Some recent attempts at restructuring provide guidelines for future action and planning. (Author/JH)

This article discusses continuing education courses and programs for specialists with college degrees in Bulgaria. (Author/RM)

Personal opinions of the author concerning a report entitled Basic Guidelines for Educational Reform'' are presented in this paper. A summary is given of the report which contains ideas and proposals for general expansion and improvement of school education in Japan. (SM)

This article emphasizes that the report of the Commission states that the demand for education today is so great that present institutionalized systems are and will be in the future incapable of absorbing it. (JB)

A critical analysis of the Commission's report reminding readers that there is a great gulf between the ease with which progressive reforms can be proposed and the difficulty with which these reforms are sold in the market place of politics to conservative and cost-conscious governments and people. (Author/JB)

The author assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the Coombs report on nonformal education and presents the framework of a nonformal education model now being used in Mexico. (DE)

Processes and plans for redefinition of the goals of African educational systems are noted in this historical summary of educational development. Rationale for revision of the Addis Ababa plan by committees representing Unesco and the Organization of African Unity is presented. (SM)