The past 25 years have shown an international trend toward destructuring in education: creation of new nonformal options; outreach to unserved groups; less rigid curriculum; more inductive pedagogy; and new student assessment methods. Despite this, formal schooling and traditional methods remain strong and may be beginning a cyclical resurgence.…

Traditional approaches to formal education in the Caribbean have not achieved sufficiently high levels of sensitivity towards the environment. Nontraditional approaches and new strategies for sustainable development are needed. This paper reviews some approaches being undertaken in the English-speaking Caribbean designed to foster positive change…

Bangladesh is currently suffering from a number of debilitating weaknesses in its education system. Seventy percent of all children are enrolled in primary school, but 75% of these children do not reach grade five. Futhermore, with absentee rates of 50% for both students and teachers, it is estimated that 35% of children who attend school are…

This theme issue contains 10 articles related to core issues of the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen in March 1995. "Social Summit, People, and Education" (Om Shrivastava) addresses the summit's focuses: elimination of poverty, reduction of unemployment, and social integration. "Education for All by the Year…

This proceedings describes a conference organized by the Alaska State Department of Education and the Alaska Association for Bilingual Education. The theme of the conference emphasized the common foundation of story telling across all cultures as a way to impart learning to younger generations. A focus on language learning strategies and gender…

Before engaging in a debate about the relationship between culture and education, it is necessary to recognize how teaching about folklore and folklife can serve as an agent for cultural conservation. The example of the prohibitions given Lakota children at a mission school two generations ago illustrates constraints imposed on the practice of…

This article defines education as a nationwide learning system which encompasses a broad range of learning opportunities and programs. (MK)

Reported are the proceedings of a conference of practitioners of energy education including classroom teachers, curriculum experts, administrators, and representatives from industry and government. Participants worked in six groups to produce papers and recommendations. Topics addressed by each group included: (1) State-of-the-Art and Needs…

This volume serves as an overview document for a six-volume sourcebook collection describing the development of a regional environmental learning system. Included in this volume are: (1) organization of the sourcebook, (2) project description, (3) issues, (4) definitions of environmental education, (5) approaches and strategies for environmental…

Emergent reforms in education in the formal and nonformal sectors in the Philippines are changing the answers to traditional research questions and ways in which educational research will be carried out. Informal education is the ongoing process of transmission of knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes by a society to its youth. Formal education…

Travellers with their distinctive cultures and lifestyles have been part of Scotland for centuries. The two main groups are the traditional Travelling People (Gypsies) and the Showground Community. Mobility and migration patterns have implications for Traveller children's education and for schools. Scottish national surveys show Travellers…

Examines the relationship between informal environmental interpretive experiences and formal environmental education. Similarities and differences are delineated and implications are drawn for the use of interpretive experiences in environmental education school curricula. The Informal Environmental Learning Checklist (IEL) is presented as a means…

A study of English students' concepts of pollution (n=122) indicates students understand pollution in two distinct ways: pollution that goes into the atmosphere and pollution that damages or destroys. Concludes that to the students' minds it seems that both these definitions can only be valid if associated with human-made activities. (Author/MCO)

Stories handed down about the author's two Salish great grandmothers illustrate two different styles of child-adult interaction (authoritarian versus egalitarian) and their effects on the learning process. These child-rearing/teaching styles are compared to monitorial and humanistic methods of classroom management. Implications for Native…

Examines characteristics of traditional indigenous education of Aboriginal Australians and the discriminatory and inappropriate education introduced by Europeans. Discusses aspects of Aboriginal learning style (holistic, imaginal, kinesthetic, cooperative, contextual, person-oriented). Lists classroom strategies to make mathematics learning more…