This annual report of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Israeli Council for Higher Education reviews: (1) the status of the Planning and Budgeting Committee, its composition, its work, and its relationship with the Council for Higher Education; (2) Israel's higher education system and a statistical review of developments; (3) planning…

Discusses the difficulties of educational reform in what was formerly East Germany. Describes the educational system in East Germany as uniform and military in nature. Criticizes the one-sidedness of socialist education and its politicalization. Compares classroom atmospheres before and after the Germanies were united. (DK)

Discusses difficulties in designing a curriculum for Soviet schools that will allow students to master subjects and develop their individual personalities. Describes specific problems in designing secondary research: formulation of specific teaching/learning goals, integration of content, and reflection of the tasks of upbringing. Maps out…

The problem of articulation is examined, including attempts that have been made to resolve it and new proposals for its resolution. In order for the discussion to be meaningful, several relevant terms are defined: articulation, horizontal articulation, vertical articulation, inter-/multidisciplinary articulation, level, learner outcomes, and…

Difficulties in language communication and in understanding cultural differences, values, and the structure of the family are a few of the topics included in this paper on counselor education. Teaching professional counselors about working with multicultural communities and the culture of newly immigrant communities allows them to function more…

This proposal for effective educational change is concerned primarily with the establishment of more appropriate systems for structuring the educational process in Europe following the developments in educational philosophy during the 1960s. Designed specifically to apply to the educational system in Norway but based on principles applicable to…

A comprehensive review of the public education system in Soviet Azerbaijan, this book traces the system's development since its establishment in 1920; it examines the system's context, goals, and organization, and analyzes its achievements and their economic effects. Two sections (four chapters each) cover the periods before and since the…

Prefaced by a review by the Chairman and a report by the Director-General of Israel's Planning and Grants Committee (PGC), this document contains nine chapters describing: (1) the Planning and Grants Committee; (2) the country's higher education system in 1986/87; (3) planning, information, and new units; (4) the higher education budget; (5)…