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Twelve conference papers on cultural aspects of second language instruction include: "Towards True Multiculturalism: Ideas for Teachers" (Brian McVeigh); Comparing Cultures Through Critical Thinking: Development and Interpretations of Meaningful Observations" (Laurel D. Kamada); "Authority and Individualism in Japan and the USA" (Alisa Woodring); "Study Trip to France" (Alain Lauffenburger) (in French); "Everything You Need To Know Begins at Kindergarten" (Laura McGregor); "Native Americans and Europeans, Ainu and Waijin: Culturally Relevant EFL Content-Based Social Studies Comparative History Curriculum Design at a Japanese Junior College" (Robert E. Gettings); "Folklore in the ESL Classroom" (Virginia A. Jenkins); "Redefining Our Educational Parameters" (Eton F. Churchill, Jr.); "Commonly Asked Global Issues Questions" (Jessica Newby Kawata, David Peaty, Donna McInnis, Junko Mukainakano); "Geography in the Global Issues Classroom" (Kawata); "Gender Issues in Language Education" (Thomas Hardy, Amy Yamashiro, Cheiron McMahill). Individual papers contain references. (MSE)

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)

Among 8 French and 36 English papers are the following: "Confronting the Self in Research" (Baskett); "Learning Processes as They Occur in Groups" (Becker, Hill); "La pensee critique a-t-elle un sexe?" (Bedard, Ouellette); "The Effect of Literacy on Income and Duration of Employment" (Blunt); "Graduate Student Groups for Popular Education" (Briton et al.); "Working Knowledge" (Butterwick et al.); "Etude des liens entre l'autodirection et le rendement academique chez des etudiant(e)s d'une universite venezuelienne" (Cesljarevic et al.); "Developing the Text Together" (Collard et al.); "New Approaches to Social Activism" (Dyson et al.) "The Impact of a Collaborative Workshop Based on Feminist Pedagogy" (Elias et al.); "When Institutions Collaborate" (Geissinger); "Deterrents to Participation in Adult Education (AE)" (Gibson); "From the Inside Looking Out" (Gillen); "Reflections on Development" (Harris et al.); "Gender Differences in Caregiver Stress" (Hinds); "Multiple Role Women Studying AE" (Home, Lemaire); "The Museum as Popular and Mutual Enlightenment" (Hunt); "Adult Development through the Spectrum of Consciousness" (Karplak); "L'adulte au musee et ses souveniors" (Lapointe); "Integrating Computer-Based Instruction and Computer-Conferencing for Distance Delivery" (Lauzon, Moore); "Impossible de lire ce paragraphe sur le disque" (Lefebvre, Dufresne-Tasse); "Women in University" (Litner); "Conceptual Basis of Program Failure in Tanzanian Agricultural Extension" (Mlozi); "Interculturalism and Andragogy" (Ouellette); "An Exploration of Factors Affecting Student's Choice to Continue Postsecondary Studies at a Distance" (Ross); "Hospital Ethics Committees" (Rundle); "Teaching Ourselves To Read" (Schick); "Yesterday Speaks to Today" (Selman); "Understanding Social Education in Japan" (Thomas); "Apprenticing in a Thesis Support Group" (Van Daele et al.); "The Museum as Adult Educator" (Van Gent); "Death: The Adult Learner's Penumbra" (Wall); "Persistence and Participation Research" (Walsh); "The Hidden History of Women in Frontier College" and "'Mining' the Frontier College Archives" (Wigmore). (YLB)