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The educational problems of the developing countries are closely connected with the limited nature of sources and means; yet in this study an attempt has been made to devote special attention to qualitative aspects and less to quantitative ones. From November 1981 up to April 1982 a four months' visit was paid to Egypt in order to obtain as differentiated and reliable a picture as possible of the present state of primary teacher education in Egypt. The aim of this "Verhandeling" is to give a description of the present state of and developments within the preparation of primary cycle school teachers in Egypt, as was found during this research. (DÜI-Sdt)

The eighteen fifties were years of progress in Canadian education. Concrete steps were taken in each of the colonies to establish public systems for providing educational services which would supplement those already being provided by private and religious bodies. In Nova Scotia, Joseph Howe persuaded William Dawson to become the first superintendent of education in 1850 ; two years later, Prince Edward Island became the first colony to provide free schooling for all its children; Canada West had already begun to build its public system under the dynamic leadership of Egerton Ryerson; Jean Baptiste Meilleur, after a decade in office as superintendent in Canada East, was challenged because the reform had proceeded too slowly and was replaced by P.J.O. Chauveau in 1855 ; and in 1858 New Brunswick set up a system of public schools and appointed its first superintendent. Education, which had long been negleeted, was now on the move. Moreover, there was some interchange of ideas between the leaders of this movement. Dawson, after four years in office in his native province, moved to the principalship of McGill, where he became closely associated with Chauveau. Ryerson, who had made an extensive tour of European countries in the mid-forties, was appointed to serve with Dawson on a commission on higher education in New Brunswick. Since the two provinces of Canada East and West were united under a single government, there was regular collaboration between the departments of education in such activities as the publication of a bilingual journal of educational news and developments. As a further link, and one that was not insignificant, Sir Edmund Head, an enlightened governor with a genuine interest in education, served first in New Brunswick and then as Governor-General of Canada. It was he who established the commission in New Brunswick, who later recommended Dawson for the principalship of McGill and suggested to him that the establishment of a normal school within the university would be a wise and profitable move.

The recent growth in policy studies curricula in political science departments affords increased opportunities for experimentation with alternative instruction modes. This article describes one innovation found to be appropriate for courses for which the instructor has access to experts in the policy being studied. In this example, community experts in health policy issues were used as resource persons to assist in discussion of specific health policy concerns. Other policy courses should be amenable to this format, including energy, environment, and economic development courses. Even without using community experts, the general format of weekly colloquiums could be replicated for other policy courses.The courses described herein is an upper division/graduate level course in American Health Policy. It is taught for one semester every other year as one of several topical courses in the public policy track within political science.

Nach einer allgemeinen Einführung über Probleme und Perspektiven des Bildungswesens auf kommunaler Ebene werden zwölf Projekte aus diesem Bereich vorgestellt. (DÜI-Ker)