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These conference papers report on interim outcomes of investigations conducted at the German Institute for International Educational Research. An opening address, "Education, Democracy and Development in a Period of Revolutionary Change" (Wolfgang Mitter), is followed by four sets of papers. The first set, "European Community," includes "European Dimension, Multiculturalism, and Teacher Training--Experience in a Network of Training Institutions" (Christoph Kodron) and "Democratic Legitimation and the Educational Policy of the European Community" (Ulrich Schaffer). Next, "Post-Communist Societies" presents "School Development in the East German Federal States and the European Context" (Hans Dobert); "Upheavals in Hungarian Education" (Martas Gutsche); "First Projects of Functional Literacy in the New Federal States of Germany" (Gerhard Huck); "Comparative Education between Ideology and Science on the Self-Concept and the Evolution of the Discipline in the GDR" (Bernd John); and "Global Changes and the Context of Education, Democracy and Development in Eastern Europe" (Botho von Kopp). The third section, "Asia and Africa," offers "Inspiring Achievements and Hard Tasks Ahead: A Study on the Recent Development of Literacy Education in the People's Republic of China" (Fu Li); "UNESCO's Environmental Education Efforts in the Tanzanian Context" (Gerhard Huck); and "The Japanese University in a Changing Context: More Market or More Regulation?" (Botho von Kopp). Finally, "Research Projects in Progress" contains the papers: "School as a Place of Socialization and Learning--an International Comparison on School Reality: Description of the Project" (Peter Dobrich); "Intra-national Comparson of Instructional Time, Time in School, and School-related Time in Bavaria, Hamburg and Hesse" (Wolfgang Huck); "Time for School--Initial Results from an International Comparison" (Wolfgang Huck); "Immigrant Children and Special Education: The Situation in Germany" (Andrea Mertens, Dirk Randoll); "Effects of Mainstreaming in Schools: Results from Empirical Studies in Two European Countries" (Dirk Randoll); and "Recent Trends in All-day Schooling and Child Care in Some European Countries" (Gerlind Schmidt). (LL)

This report contains conference papers on geometry teaching. There were five plenary talks given and a review of Hungarian geometry teaching. The plenary talks addressed background theories of the psychology of learning such as constructivism, perceptional psychology, and motivational psychology. The themes of the 21 short talks were on a varied range of topics from kindergarten to junior high school. The point of emphasis of the conference was on problem-oriented teaching, e.g., pupil activities. Papers include: (1) "Teaching Geometry within the Framework of Constructivism" (J. Leino); (2) "Problems of Language and Communication in the Mathematics Classroom" (H. Maier); (3) "Anregungen der Wahrnehmungspsychologie fur den Geometrieunterricht" (M. Wittoch); (4) "Zum Motivationsproblem im Geometrieunterricht" (E.M. Zbick); (5) "Geometrieunterricht in Ungarn" (A. Ambrus); (6) "Indirekte Denklveisen im Geometrieunterricht" (A. Ambrus); (7) "Using Analogies in Early Secondary Education in Geometry" (G. Becker); (8) "Was nutzt der Computer im Geometrieunterricht?" (P. Bendert); (9) "Computers, Geometry and Logo" (J. Enkenberg); (10) "Flachenauslegen in Klasse 1/2" (A.M. Fraedrich); (11) "Konig Senkrecht IV. und sein Reich" (A.M. Fraedrich); (12) "Problem-Orientated Geometry Teaching with Consideration of Computers" (G. Graumann); (13) "Zur computerunterstutzten Steuerung der mathematischen Begriffsbildung" (L. Haapasalo); (14) "Konstruktion von Aufgabensystemen im Geometrieunterricht" (K. Krainer); (15) "Some Features in the Development of Geometry Teaching" (P. Kupari); (16) "Preschool Geometry" (O. Magne); (17) "Do We Still Need Euclid?" (G. Malaty); (18) "Acht kongruente Wurfel--Vom Bauen mit Bauklotzen zum systematischen Suchen beweglicher Ringe" (K.P. Muller); (19) "Mathematical Activities with the Theorem of the Inscribed Angles" (M. Neubrand); (20) "Verwenden der geometrischen Problemnfelder" (E. Pehkonen); (21) "Planimetrische Konstruktionsaufgaben und problemhafter Unterricht" (G. Pietzsch); (22) "Measuring Areas by Means of Hyperbolas--Teaching Units in Elementary Geometry" (L. Profke); (23) "Elliptische Sektordiagramme" (E. Rosenberg); (24) "Video Films for Geometry Teaching" (P. Sahlberg); (25) "Neue Moglichkeiten des Geometrielernens durch interaktives Konstruieren" (H. Schumann); and (26) "Exploring Graphs with Logo" (H. Tuominen). (Author/ASK)

This selection of the papers presented at a conference includes 6 introductory papers, 32 papers dealing with innovations and experiences in the authors' own countries, and reports from 6 working groups. These working groups addressed the six key topic areas of the conference: (1) relationships between new technologies and labor relations and their impact on the labor market, education, and schooling; (2) new technologies in the learning process; (3) technology's impact on relationships between general education and education for careers; (4) technological demands upon recurrent education, adult education, and non-formal education; (5) technological developments and their impact on education in the Third World; and (6) the impact of technological developments on both initial and inservice teacher education and training. The majority of the papers are in English, although six are in French and one is in German. (RP)

This publication consists of a collection of 18 papers in English, German, Swedish, and Finnish originally presented at a 1988 symposium of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics (AFinLA), which was organized jointly by the University of Vaasa and the Department of Teacher Education at Abo Akademi, Finland. Papers focus on the following topics: Second language learning and instruction; computer assisted translation and language learning; language research; instruction of Swedish as a second language in Sweden; translator training; textlinguistics; semantics; morphology; cross-cultural language styles; and languages for specific purposes in Finnish universities. (VWL)

This special issue concerns the content, function, and form of instructional materials dealing with second language instruction. The following articles appear: (1) "Deliberate Semantics--an 'Interventionist' Approach to Second Language Teaching Methodology," by A.P.R. Howatt; (2) "Sprechakte und Sprachunterricht (Speech Acts and Language Research)," by T. Ebneter; (3) "Materiels pedagogiques et/ou materiels heuristiques (Pedagogical Materials and/or Heuristic Materials)," by R. Richterich; (4) "Texte linguistique et representation iconographique (The Linguistic Text and Pictorial Representation)," by E. Arcaini; (5) "A propos de la conception d'une unite didactique dans le cadre du francais, language etrangere (On the Idea of Didactic Unity in the Framework of French, Foreign Language)," by A. Barrera-Vidal; (6) "Accuracy and Fluency as Polarities in Foreign Language Teaching Materials and Methodology," by C. Brumfit; (7) "La linguistique et le reste dans la conception des materiaux pedagogiques pour l'enseignement scolaire des langues secondes (Linguistics, etc. in the Concept of Pedagogical Materials for the Teaching of Second Languages)," by D. Coste; (8) "Lehrwerkanalyse und Lehwerkkritik aus der Sicht der linguistischen Pragmatik (Analysis and Criticism of Instruction from the Point of View of Linguistic Pragmatics)," by M. Pelz; and (9) Reve et Realite (Dream and Reality)," by G. Capelle. A synthesis article concludes the volume. (AMH)

These proceedings on applied linguistics and language learning contain the following papers: (1) "Audio-visual and Applied Linguistics; The State of the Question," by V. Ferenczi (in French); (2) "Research in Fundamental Language: The State of the Question," by B. Pottier (in French); (3) "Psycholinguistic Insights into Language Learning," by F. Smith; (4) "Applied Linguistics and Language Learning: The Role of Psychology," by W. von Raffler Engel (in French); (5) "Reading and Writing in the Teaching of Second Languages at the Elementary Level," by Mme A. J. Game (in French); (6) "Fundamental Languages: Studies and Applications," by R. LeBlanc (in French); (7) "English Language Teaching to French Speaking Students at a Bilingual University," by M. Massey; (8) "Personality and Foreign Language Learning," by F. Neufeld; (9) "Some Reflexions on Lexical Studies, and their Applications to the Teaching of English as a Second Language," by E. Pressman; (10) "Audio Visual and Second Language Learning at the Secondary Level," by J. J. Van Vlasselaer (in French); (11) "A New Perspective on Listening Comprehension; Reading and Second-Language Comprehension -- A Useful Analogy?" by J. Woodsworth; and (12) "German: Theory and Teaching Practices," by W. Bausenhart (in German). (AMH)