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The papers is this volume were presented at the 1981 World Assembly of the International Council of Education for Teaching, attended by representatives from over 35 nations. The papers are organized in seven sections, and all relate to the theme of the assembly, basic skills development. Section I contains one paper, an address on motivating people for educational change, by W. Clement Stone. Section II presents three papers by Egyptian educators on the educational system in Egypt. The four papers in Section III discuss methods of linking education with economic goals. The fourth section is a paper by a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization on redirecting educational priorities toward eliminating illiteracy and providing basic education for all individuals. An international perspective on basic education is presented in Section V, with reports from the United States, Nigeria, Great Britain, Kenya, Brazil, Trinidad, Tanzania, Bolivia, and South Korea. The papers in Section VI survey the preparation of teachers in basic education in the United States, Australia, Ireland, and Malaysia. The final section has four papers on methods of relating educational research to practice, using case studies in the United States, Colombia, and Japan. (FG)

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