This publication consists of eight articles in which contributors discuss the following educational issues: (1) "Prospects for Schooling" (Friedrich W. Busch); (2) "Broadcasting, Education and Active Citizenship" (Brian Groombridge); (3) "On the Role of Mother-tongue Education in Multilingual Societies" (Wilfried Hartmann); (4) "Theory, Practice and Teacher Education" (Paul H. Hirst); (5) "Pedagogical Thinking: The Basic Problem of Teacher Education" (Pertti Kansanen); (6) "Self-Esteem and School-Achievement Revisited" (Patrik Scheinin); (7) "An Ethnographic Approach in Research on Teaching" (Eija Syrjalainen); and (8) "Phenomenological Study of Concentration versus Disruption in Class" (Rupert Vierlinger). (LL)