The notion of participation of people in their own development has been increasingly gaining momentum as a means of human empowerment and development. Many development scholars and experts have argued that people are the real source of information in their own development, and that their participation is essential across all phases of a…

Article considered the intricacies in designing a field study in sociology. (RK)

Techniques for sketching landscapes, drawing blackboard maps of the eastern hemisphere, and dramatizing world wind belts are described. (KM)

A description of a field experience to demonstrate some basic principles concerning the geologic transport of beach sands. (Author/CP)

Organized field trips in the tropics proved to be an effective way to gather new information about ferns. The areas of study covered were: systematics and ecology, cytology and gametophyte structure, and morphogenesis and physiology. (PS)

Summarizes the interrelationships of soil, topography, climate, organisms, and time in the Sydney (Australia) Basin, with particular reference to the effects of human intervention. (AL)

Short articles describing a model of protein synthesis, a simple constant temperature incubator, techniques for determining the age structure of populations from qualitative characters, an experimental demonstration of proteolytic enzyme action, and apparatus for demonstrating hydrotrophic response of roots and for measuring photosynthetic rate of…

Describes the philosophy of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study program. Explains the content structure of the program at the Seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. Discusses the individualized method of instruction of the program. Finally, reports the results and conclusions of the 1966-67 field trials and the CAI trials. Outlines future plans…