Continuing education in Europe is being influenced by economic, social, and cultural changes; the liberal tradition; and program diversity. The increasing integration of European society necessitates reformation of a vision of what lifelong education should be. (SK)

Discusses the relationship between research and social and political policies, and proposes three major topics which need systematic and in-depth study: cultural and linguistic differences among children that impact their school experiences, the effectiveness of programs/interventions with children with exceptionalities, and long-term consequences…

Briefly chronicles selected major events and personalities that have stimulated and shaped career development practices in the 20th century. In its headings by decades, seeks to contextualize major political, social, economic, and scientific themes that have influenced the evolution of models of career behavior, career interventions, and the…

Over the last 25 years, autobiography has gained increasing epistemological and methodological popularity and legitimacy in teacher education. Although this trend has opened up valuable new lines of inquiry, it has not been unproblematic. We have moved beyond the romantic, uncritical celebration of stories to the recognition of autobiographies as…

This article focuses on some ideas from social and political philosophy concerning the ideal of freedom that may be useful for thinking about issues associated with the rise of network societies. The tendency for "freedom" to mean very different things to different people has carried over to the context of thinking about issues associated with new…

This second part of a three-part article explores the development of political attitudes and political socialization in middle-class children. (EH)

Describes a number of studies which treated recruitment as an emergent property of the sociopolitical system: the social and political processes that interactively narrow the population of a community to the very few citizens who are elected to the school board were traced. (Author/JM)

This is a report on a conference on "Students and Politics" held at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan from March 27-31, 1967. The purpose of the conference was to bring together scholars from various counstries who have been doing research on the nature and causal background of university student participation in politics. Some 36 papers…

To demonstrate the central position of classical education and ideas in our national history, this brief address, delivered before the first international classical meeting to convene in the United States, emphasizes the influence of the classical world and its experience (especially political experience) on the American revolution and the shaping…

This study is limited essentially to adult education in West Germany, although the historical sections include references to earlier experiences and experiments in areas now Russian-occupied. The terms "adult edcuation" and "workers' education" are clarified. Both are presented as separate movements. Brief reference is made to…

Conventional education has impeded human progress. It has had a mistaken sense of values, established systems of evaluation that blocked real learning, and upheld a routine that made the school an experiment in endurance. It has cherished patience rather than enthusiasm and given the teacher mainly a custodial function, so that he has become a…

This article characterizes the extent and nature of the vocabulary changes in the People's Republic of China by identifying general areas of change and by observing particular features of the changes. (CLK)

Using a model for higher education, the author explores the relationship between planning and university autonomy. He examines how the two imperatives can be satisfied at the same time. (Author/AV)

As a contribution to Black protest historiography, "Along the Color Line" contains some good empirical work on a number of Black leaders, ideologies, and civil rights organizations. However, Meier and Rudwick fail to provide an original and coherent perspective on the nature and function of Black leadership and ideology. (Author/EB)