Any attempt to improve the quantity of education within a given country will always result in leaving a greater mass of people undereducated according to the standards of that country. (CK)

The need for industrial education for many developing countries has involved them in implementing some career education concepts (awareness/exploratory, preparation, and specialization stages) in their industrial arts educational programs, utilizing such program guidelines as program financing, personnel development, and the availability of…

The purpose of the present paper is to review the reasons for the growing disenchantment with traditional macro-planning efforts in education and to anticipate what effect this disenchantment may be expected to have upon education and educational planning activities in developing nations. (Author)

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)

Despite huge investments in general education in most developing countries such as Nigeria, education of the handicapped has hitherto been left in the hands of voluntary organizations, owing to a general negative attitude toward disability in communities characterized by mass illiteracy. Current special education needs in developing countries…

A brief historical review of educational development and assessment of present needs is followed by an outline of necessary considerations for future educational planning and discussion of the role of Latin American librarianship in planning for library development. An active role is prescribed for librarians, both individually and collectively.…

The need for planning and research in the area of educational aid to developing countries is discussed. (DB)

Suggests that much of the resistance among mathematics teachers to educational change is due to lack of understanding of the objectives and operation of the new math. Suggests how to emphasize the successes and positive aspects of mathematics reform. (DB)

Discusses the educational needs of nurse administrators in developing counties and in areas of lesser development in the United States and compares them to the typical education received in nursing administration programs. Concludes that a focus on development management is needed. (JOW)

The educational needs of blind youth in developing countries are beginning to be met with training programs offered by such agencies as Helen Keller International of the United States, the Christoffel Blindenmission of West Germany, and the Royal Commonwealth Society of the Blind of the United Kingdom. (Author/DB)

This article examines the relevance of training and skills development to modern librarianship in the first generation universities in Nigeria. The developments noticed in this sector in the universities within the past decade made it imperative to have new workers with new skills to adopt to the many changes that have taken place that are likely…

This paper presents selected findings from 3.5 years of a research project funded by the Overseas Development Administration of the United Kingdom and entitled "Training Third World Educational Administrators--Methods and Materials." The report looks first at recent interest among Third World countries in the training of educational…