 In
this issue
No.
122 April 1983
LettersUpdate
 THE
CLASS SYSTEM
Mass
public education was promoted as the great equalizer. But has the system
lived up to its notices? Wayne Ellwood reports.
The
facts on education
Learning
to say ‘no’
Richard
Kazis talks to US education critic Jonathon Kozol.
No
private paradise
Pierre Pradervand
argues that development education is more than heart-felt sympathy for
the Third World.
The
place of learning
A
brief photo tour of the world’s classrooms.
Mixed
messages
The hidden bias against girls in school is examines by Felicity
Edholm.
Each
one, teach one
Some literacy drives succeed famously while others never get off the
ground. John Bevan reports on Central America.
Bound
to learn
Michael Rose
looks at the new education system being forged by Chile’s military
regime.
Reaching
for the top
Students the world over know the fear of exam time. But is their learning
worthwhile? Angela Little reports on the ‘Diploma
Disease’.
A
parent’s primer
Do’s
and Don’ts and dilemmas for parents with kids in school.
Taming
the beast
Bob Davis charts the history of the alternative
schools movement and asks whether those earlier criticisms are still valid.
Worth
reading on... EDUCATION
Drawing
conclusions
Poling their knowledge, people can learn a great deal about the way
the world works. Dennis Howlett reports on a Canadian
experiment in adult education.
Ideas
for action
Reviews:
New books and a classicCountry
profile: NamibiaCover
photograph : Hans and Laura Samson |
