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Legal education in Israel is experiencing an era of transition from a European-oriented system to a system akin to the one prevalent in the United States. The history of legal education in Israel is described and analyzed, particularly recent reform in curriculum, teaching methods, grading system, and evaluation. (JT)
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The middle school concept has not and never will be successfully achieved unless future middle school teachers are markedly different from their present-day counterparts. This can be achieved only through better pre- and in-service teacher education. (RC)
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The debate between particularism and pluralism is summarized, and multicultural education policies in six states (California; New York; Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Walled Lake, Michigan) are described. Recommendations include planning for demographic change, reviewing curriculum policies, and emphasizing staff development and recruitment. (LMI)
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Discusses the concept of continuing education in relationship to the problems of Third World countries and the situation in Zambia in particular and outlines existing continuing education efforts there with focus on past and future role of the Center for Continuing Education of the University of Zambia. (JT)
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The article lists the topics of 45 inservice workshops offered by the nine Texas teacher education institutions and by cooperating agricultural companies. Their variety is considered sufficient to keep Texas vocational agriculture teachers adequately supplied with the competencies necessary to keep abreast of curricular changes. (Author/AJ)
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The nonformal education of rural workers can be implemented within their workers' organizations through sub-branch meetings or the multi-branch-level meetings. Aspects that have to be covered in the education and training of officials of workers' organizations and the educators who train them are discussed. (EC)
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Guidelines and objectives for organizing an educationally oriented farmers' fair for rural Indians are presented. Various activities are suggested and described, including: research farm visits, question and answer sessions between farmers and experts, farm equipment demonstrations, agro-industrial exhibitions, and competitions. (LH)
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Study emphasis within the Commission on Liberal Learning during the year was on the role of liberal education in the society of the future. The relationship of undergraduate liberal education to the world macro-problem--population growth, industrial production, food, materials and energy scarcities, pollution and environmental degradation--was examined. (LBH)
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To ascertain some possible consequences of prospective law students taking undergraduate legal studies courses, a number of legal scholars were asked to comment on how law schools, professional education, or understandings of law might be different if undergraduate legal education were taken seriously. Responses by six scholars are included. (JT)
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The Training Center conducted three nine hour drug education workshops for selected staff of a large industrial concern of the Northwest. The workshop experience and the data generated during the workshop suggest the usefulness of such non-school drug education programs. (Author)
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Described is a study of the issues concerning the characteristics, interests, and needs of adult women returning to higher education. This paper focuses on the women in this study, describing their needs, interests, aspirations, goals, and views about education, work, and social action. (Author)
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The following analysis traced some of the history of general education in the two-year college, with an eye toward explaining why general education has reached its present low status in the hierarchy of community college concerns. (Author/RK)
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Learning to Be, the report of the International Commission on the Development of Education, is discussed in the light of various misreadings of the book. The author, the executive secretary of the Commission, discusses the functional contribution of education to society, education and economic development, and the school as an institution. (JH)
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A program of helping students learn French by integrating students' native tongue into their school instruction, along with French--the country's national language--promises to improve education outcomes in one of the world's poorest nations.
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A two-part questionnaire survey was conducted of California vocational, general, and academic high school teachers to ascertain their opinions toward career education and to identify differences in teacher background and experiences which correlated with favorable opinions of career education. The opinionnaire reflected five of the major concepts of Career Education. (DS)