Education & Pedagogy

This proceedings contains 13 papers on the role of distance education in sustainable community development, particularly in Canada's remote northern communities. Four sections cover theoretical issues such as the meaning of "community" in international distance programs and the influence of students' immediate community on their survival in distance education programs; international and African perspectives; specific Canadian projects, including three involving First Nations communities; and issues related to management, pedagogy, and the student-teacher relationship. Papers are: (1) "Thoughts on the Theory of Community and Distance-Education: The Significance for Maintenance and Sustainability of Development Programs" (Denis Wall); (2) "Linking Distance Education to Sustainable Community Development" (Michael Robinson); (3) "Trends and Issues in Distance Education with Implications for Northern Development" (Margaret Haughey); (4) "Distance Education in Northern and Remote Communities: Understanding Social Networks, Change, and Process" (Richard D. Hotchkis, Linda Driedger); (5) "Commonwealth of Learning and Distance Education" (Hafiz Wali); (6) "The Role of Adult Education in Assisting Sustainable Development in Remote Area Dwellers of Botswana" (Johannes N. S. Mutanyatta); (7) "Successfully Implementing a Native Teacher Education Program through Distance Education in Labrador" (Dennis B. Sharpe); (8) "Distance Education Delivery Networks--Role in Community and Institutional Development" (Terry Anderson); (9) "Developing and Implementing a Distance Education Secondary School Program for Isolated First Nation Communities in Northwestern Ontario" (Margaret Fiddler); (10) "Literacy Proposal for the Community of Nose Creek, Alberta" (Pat Larsen); (11) "Distance Education: En Route from Management to Pedagogy" (W. Bruce Clark); (12) "Teacher Perspectives on Distance Education" (Noel Gour); and (13) "Library Services to Athabasca University Students" (Steve Schafer). Contains references. (SV)

The conference papers examine higher education reforms in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe from several research perspectives: political, economic, pedagogical, and sociological. Papers are organized in three sections: Higher Education Policies and Institutional Change; Central European Higher Education in Transition; and Higher Education Reforms in Eastern Europe. Titles are: (1) "Social Changes, Politics and Higher Education" (Claudius Gellert); (2) "Knowledge about Higher Education for Its different Stakeholders" (Maurice Kogan); (3) "Researchers and Policy Makers in Higher Education in East Central Europe" (Don Westerheijden); (4) "Institutional Innovations in Higher Education in East and Central Europe--a Progress Report" (Peter Darvas); (5) "Adaption Processes at Universities: Organizational Implications of a Complex Environment" (Barbara Sporn); (6) "Typical Features of Education and Education Reforms in Central Europe" (Jana Hendrichova); (7) "The Power of the Professoriate-Politics and Higher Education Reform in Austria" (Erich Leitner); (8) "Autonomy of Higher Education Institutions and Reforms--the Polish Case" (Ireneusz Bialecki); (9) "Academic Staff Facing a Changing University" (Elzbieta Wnuk-Lipinska); (10) "Changes in the Market of Educational Services in Poland" (Ewa Szemborska); (11) "New Challenges of Tertiary Education in East-Central Europe" (Tamas Kozma); (12) "Policy-Development and Educational Research: The Hungarian Experience" (Janos Setenyi); (13) "Renewal of Higher Education in Slovenia with Special Attention to Quality" (Sonja Kump); (14) "The Progress of Education and Higher Education Reform in Slovakia" (Maria Hrabinska); (15) "Intellectual Elite and Population of Russia about Problems of Education and Personnel Training" (Natalia Kovaleva); (16) "Development of Higher Education Reform in the Ukraine" (Igor Folvarochny); (17) "Higher Education in Romania: The Imperatives of Reform New Paradigms, New Options, New Strategies" (Ioan Neacsu); (18) "Higher Education Reform in Bulgaria" (Nickolay Popov). (Individual papers contain references.) (CH)