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These papers, produced for a graduate seminar at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, represent an attempt to devise a methodology for the comparative study of adult education. "Introduction," by G.S. Bains, provides a justification for the study of comparative adult education. "Comparative Philosophies of Adult Education," by Donald Verwayen, and "An Exploration of the 'Developmental/Rationalistic' Dichotomy for Comparative Adult Education Studies," by Michael J. Heus, examine basic philosophies. "The National Establishment of Adult Education," by Barbara D'Onofrio, concerns the status of adult education. "The Organization of Adult Education," by A. Brian Calhoun, "A Comparative Adult Education Inventory," by Marianne Maynard, and "The Arrangement of Study Activities," by Thomas C. Smrcka, present different forms of arrangement. "Cultural Differences and Evaluation," by D. Merrill Ewert, explores cultural influences creating differences between countries. (KM)

IN THIS REPORT OF AN AUSTRALIAN TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON CASE STUDIES AND RESEARCH APPLICABLE TO PROFESSIONAL EXTENSION WORK, INCLUDING FARMER CONTACTS AND SUCH SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES AS LIAISON WORK AND COURSE WORK IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. THE FIRST SECTION DESCRIBES SERVICES IN EACH STATE AND IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, NEW GUINEA, AND NEW ZEALAND. THE NEXT THREE SECTIONS COVER COMPARTIVE EXTENSION IN AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, AND THE UNITED STATES, SPECIAL PROBLEMS RELATING TO AUSTRALIAN PASTORAL AND OTHER INDUSTRIES, AND THE WORK AND PROBLEMS OF DISTRICT ADVISORS. THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMERCIAL FIRMS AND PRIVATE ADVISORY SERVICES (INCLUDING FARM MANAGEMENT CLUBS) IN FARM MANAGEMENT EXTENSION ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE FIFTH SECTION. OTHER SECTIONS DEAL WITH PROGRAM PLANNING, GROUP METHODS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, TELEVISION AND OTHER MASS MEDIA. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENSION AND REGULATORY SERVICES AND RESEARCH EXTENSION LIAISON, RESEARCH IN COMMUNICATIONS, ADULT LEARNING, DECISION MAKING, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION, ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (HIGHER EDUCATION, INSERVICE TRAINING, INTERNATIONAL AID), AND POSTCONFERENCE REPORTS BY OVERSEAS VISITORS AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE FOUR FIGURES, 35 TABLES, AND NUMEROUS REFERENCES. (LY)

This paper presents a study of Yanyula nouns and noun modifiers. Yanyula is the language spoken in parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia. In relation to noun modifiers, the paper discusses adjectives and numerals, demonstrative and possessive pronouns, prefix allomorphs, and noun modifier occurrence in noun phrases. Regarding nouns, the linguistic (semantic, grammatical, phonological) and anthropological aspects of development and current usage are discussed and a complex noun classification system is outlined. (DD)

RF values of metal ions obtained under Australian field conditions are reported. The effects of temperature and humidity are shown. Precautions leading to effective use of the technique in the field are mentioned.

This paper considers the recent development within political science of an interest in education problems and in the political functions and political aspects of education processes and institutions in societies. The paper further provides an exploratory account of some of the connections between formal education and political life in Australia. (Author)

The eleven papers presented at the 1970 meeting of the Australian Science Education Research Association are arranged in five sections. The first two sections, "Countenance of Science Education Research" and "Cognitive Style," contain one paper each; the first, a review of research trends and the second, an experimental report. "Sequencing and Inquiry/Discovery Studies" contains three papers; one reporting the effects of varying amounts of guidance given students learning graphical skills, one comparing the effects of guided discovery and other methods of instruction in an elementary school science unit, and the third reporting correlations between components of inquiry methods and U.S. biology students' perceptions of instructional outcomes. Two studies using interaction analysis techniques, one in in-service teacher education and the other comparing the characteristics of students who exhibited different amounts of interaction with the teacher, are reported in "Micro-teaching and Interaction Studies." The final section, "Curriculum Evaluation," contains papers that report the plan for the formative evaluation of the Australian Science Education Project units, describe changes in content-free characteristics of students studying the different physics courses (e.g., cognitive preference, enjoyment of physics), outline problems of curriculum evaluation in developing countries, and assess a method of measuring scientific attitudes. (AL)

These proceedings of a conference sponsored by the International Biological Programme committee of the Australian Academy of Science contain the six major papers presented to the conference. An overview of the perspectives and responsibilities resulting from environmental change is followed by an outline of a strategy for curriculum development and implementation in environmental education at elementary and secondary levels. Three other papers are concerned with biological education; one an analysis of curricula and textbooks used in Australian schools from the point of view of relevance to environmental issues; one an account of a biologically based environmental education course for non-biologists at university level; and one the discussion of teaching biology to infants. A paper on the responsibilities of the mass media for producing an groups on "Environmental Education in the Schools,""Environmental Education in the Community,""Environmental Education at the Tertiary Level" and "The Education of Environmental Scientists" conclude the report. A list of conference participants is appended. (AL)

The papers in this volume were presented at the ninth annual conference of the Australian Association of Adult Education. Included in the program of the conference were discussions on "Recent Projects in Adult Education" and "Research in Adult Education." These were dealt with by two syndicates which met throughout the conference and presented reports on their discussions to a final plenary session of members. The material for Syndicate 2 consisted of papers prepared by a number of adult educators who described one or more projects included in their programs. The basis for discussion by Syndicate 3 was a paper on "The Clientele of Adult Education." The papers and other material in this volume provide a record of the work done by these syndicates. (Author/CK)

The papers presented in this volume were prepared for the ninth national conference of the Australian Association of Adult Education. The Conference was mainly a gathering of professional adult educators from Australian departments and institutions created for the purposes of adult education. The education of adults on a voluntary basis and without provision of qualifications is as yet a very minor social institution within Australian society. It is an institution which responds to a wide range of other more dominant social institutions, such as the political system. It is particularly in the political sense that all the papers which are included have relevance for teachers in whatever setting they work. (Author/CK)

The present situation of biology teaching in Australian secondary schools is described in Part 1 of the proceedings of the 1970 conference on "Biological Education in Australian Secondary Schools." The six papers discuss the relationship of biology to other science and non-science subjects, enrollment trends, teacher qualifications, and assessment practices used in each state. Part 2 contains three papers which suggest some aims of biological education for Australian conditions, and a summary of the discussion of these proposed aims. Papers evaluating the Australian adaptation of the BSCS programs, the biology component of the New South Wales "Science" courses, the Queensland "Zoology" course, and the pilot course in "Human Biology" offered in Western Australia, are contained in Part 3. Three background review papers, on discussion as a teaching technique, on the value of laboratory work, and on research on "inquiry" teaching, are included, together with reports of working groups that discussed evaluation techniques, teaching techniques, and the appropriate content of future courses. The report concludes with a list of eight recommendations to the conference sponsors, the Australian Academy of Science. (AL)

The eight papers included in this anthology were originally presented during the 1968 quarterly meeting of the Public Libraries Section, Victorian Division of the Library Association of Australia. The papers are: (1) Some Current Problems in Public Library Development in Victoria, (2) The Role of Government and Public Libraries, (3) Regional Library Systems and Regionalization, (4) Optimum Sizes of Population and Area of Regional Library Services, (5) Trends and Development in Reader Services, (6) Standardization and Centralization of Technical Services: Possibilities and Limitations, (7) Personnel Administration in Public Libraries and (8) Library Promotion. (MM)

Presented are nine papers given at a 1973 seminar at the University of Queensland in Australia on the identification and treatment of children with learning disabilities. Noted are recommendations of the Senate Standing Committees on Handicapped Persons and Teaching Education which would require increased numbers of trained teachers and other professionals. Included papers have the following titles: "Some World Trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Children with Learning Problems", "School Problems and the Neurologist", "Children with Reading Disabilities", "Helping the Adolescent with Learning Problems", "Organization and Implementation of Individualized Programs Within the Framework of a Junior High School", "Auditory Immaturity as an Educational Handicap", "Prescriptive Teaching of Children with Learning Disabilities", "A Developmental Approach to Identification and Treatment of Children with Minimal Cerebral Dysfunction", and "Queensland Provision for Children with Learning Disabilities -- Performance and Promise". (DB)

These conference papers on prospects for the future of Australian adult education concentrate on issues in rural adult education, postsecondary education by colleges of advanced education, international cooperation to meet the educational and related needs of developing nations, the future contribution of New Zealand universities to residential and other forms of adult education, and approaches to program research and evaluation. Educational impacts of trends in rural social relationships and groupings are discussed with reference to work, employment, and rural and nonrural community participation. Also considered are influences on innovation in community education and agricultural education, developmental tasks, orientations toward adult education and participation or nonparticipation therein, influences on participation, and different adult educator job orientations. Commentary on the background paper on colleges of advanced education is also reproduced. The document includes 86 references. (ly)

Existing official and unofficial colleges of advanced education (CAE) including numerous technical, paramedical, and agricultural colleges in Victoria, a few institutions in New South Wales, and other schools and institutes in Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia, are described; and plans for future colleges or the upgrading of existing institutions, are noted. Next, in a background paper and commentary, are somewhat divergent opinions on such questions as the balance between vocational and general education in CAEs and overlapping between CAEs and university extension. Evaluating both the background paper and the commentary, Section three stresses the view that a broad, extensive program at the subuniversity academic level has an important place in Australian adult education and that CAEs would be well fitted to the task. Detailed comments from six administrators and other educators also appear. (ly)

These papers cover planning, organization, and administration of programs conducted by the Department of University Extension of the University of New England (New South Wales); they are concerned primarily with rural extension. The first paper reviews elements of program planning and program implementation in general. The second evaluates an extension program by applying a model of the program planning process developed by Boyle. Papers three and four describe in detail the planning and organizing of non-residential and residential schools for adults, with emphasis on the challenge these techniques hold for the adult educator. The fifth paper is a reappraisal of the place of the arts in the education of adults. The sixth paper stresses the importance of thorough program planning and draws some implications of the present monograph for the adult educator. (Editor/NL)

This paper is a critique of the Australian educational system from the Marxist viewpoint. The teaching philosophy of the schools of education is based upon capitalistic ideals, despite the emergence of more progressive educational practices. The connection between teaching, politics, and political activism is emphasized in this paper as a positive thing that should be recognized by teacher educators and instilled in fledgling teachers. The point is made that teachers are crucial to social change and that through correct attitudes society can be remodeled. (JD)

The complete program for this four-day conference is included in this proceedings. The papers are grouped into the following major sections: Official Opening, Greetings from American Library Association, Presidential Address, Plenary Papers, General Papers, Archives Section Papers, Public Libraries Section Papers, Children's Libraries Section Papers, School Libraries Section Papers, University and College Libraries Section Papers, Special Libraries Section Papers, Law Group Papers, and Automation Group Papers. An author index is included to provide easier access to specific papers. (Author/NH)

The fifteenth biennial Conference of the Library Association of Australia was held from August 25th to 29th, 1969, in Adelaide. This proceedings volume contains many of the papers given, and summaries of many others. Five papers were presented during the plenary sessions. Thirty-one authors presented general papers. There were nine seminars encompassing 41 papers covering the following topics: archives, automation, children's libraries, education for librarianship, library buildings, public libraries, readers services""reference and bibliography, school libraries, and special libraries. (Author/SJ)

The first group of papers starts with a tutorial paper which surveys the methods used in data acquisition systems. Other papers in this group describe: (1) some problems involved in the computer acquisition of high-speed randomly-occurring data and the protection of this data from accidental corruption, (2) an input/output bus to allow an IBM 360/50 to handle specialized small peripheral devices and (3) a system which uses post office lines to link computing centers in four states to a central installation. The next group of three papers discusses programming problems. This is followed by two papers dealing with the processing of data which is primarily pictorial in form. The use of computers in control applications is discussed in the tutorial paper which introduces the last group of papers. An interesting feature of the papers is the extent to which high-level languages are used in areas which are normally regarded as the domain of the assembler language programmer. (Author/NH)

The major papers presented at the 1971 conference of the South Australian Science Teachers Association are included in this pamphlet. Scientists from industry, research institutions, and the police forensic laboratory, and practicing teachers presented papers which included descriptions of modern scientific techniques, discussions of the role of science education in meeting some societal problems, and a series of teaching techniques. The titles of the major papers are: "Education for Our Students in the 80's,""The Australian Science Education Project,""The Work of the Practising Scientist,""Forensic Science," and "Science and Culture." The descriptions of classroom techniques include projection techniques, teaching the topic "machines," demonstrations in fluid dynamics, and a series of demonstrations for chemical reactions illustrating the formation of new substances, energy changes, reversibility, reaction rates, stoichiometry, and catalysis; most of the demonstrations are suitable for use at the junior high school level. (AL)