The importance of translated children's books to the literary and cultural development of children is well documented, and the study of other countries is an important part of the school curriculum across grade levels. Therefore, purposes of the research were (1) to share results of research on outstanding translated children's books published…

This resource handbook for educators is divided into three broad sections: "Curricular Ideas and Support Materials"; "About Tibet"; and "Suggested Sources for the Study of Tibet." The handbook's first section, "Curricular Ideas and Support Materials," contains the following subdivisions: "Thematic…

These two curriculum units were developed as a result of study in Mexico and Guatemala during the Fulbright Hays Summer Seminar Abroad Program, 2000. The units are designed for use in an upper-level high school Spanish class. They are intended to be taught in Spanish, and the supplementary materials (with a few exceptions) are written in Spanish.…

This brief report offers an explanation for mutual understanding among European Community Member States of how "subsidiarity" applies for future cooperation in education and training. Basic information on the division of responsibilities, both administrative and financial, in education and training in the Member States is presented. The…

This report provides a synopsis of the scientific information available at present on the beneficial effects of European pre-school education. The analysis also deals with the organisational characteristics of those institutions achieving the most positive results. The second part presents descriptive reports on the situation in each of the…

An interdisciplinary course can offer new dimensions to both teaching and learning, but along with freedom there must be discipline. (Editor)

The black immigrant as a subject has hitherto escaped the concerns of the large majority of mainstream social scientists and historians. (DM)

Discusses the need for decompartmentalization in education and an attempt to unify the student's learning experience through interdisciplinary study. (DD)

Excerpted from The People's Republic of China,'' No. 4 in the Issues in United States Foreign Policy series, the material discusses (1) Profile, (2) Customs, Etiquette, and Rhetoric, (3) Women in the P.R.C., (4) Cuisine, (5) Medicine and Health, (6) Education, (7) Language, and (8) Communes and Agriculture. (JB)

Article shows how a visitor from another country enriched a social studies program; describes methods used, and the results gained with these methods. (RB)

The first part of this bibliography lists works of a theoretical nature. The second part is devoted to problems relating to the financing of education in certain regions or countries. All problems of the first part are found here but reference is made to specific situations: local, national, or regional. (Author)

Iranians are torn between a desire to change and to modernize and a resistance to depart from well established modes and patterns of life. (Author)

A plan which recognizes the clear distinction between individual aims, aspirations and achievements of students on the one hand and the purpose and function of adult education as an operation on the other, is likely to have a higher degree of success. (Author/RB)