Schools enrollment and premises. School buildings according to year of construction (1945-1981). Classroom area (number and size of classrooms). School buildings according to use, according to number of classrooms.
Problems of the changes in the school system in the post-communist countries: a Polish case
Education ; Poland ; School system ; Secondary education
Experiences and problems related with the attempts of the transformation of school systems in the post-communist countries are discussed and the analysis of the Polish general secondary schools is analysed in details. The general change
in the educational system cannot be done merely by non-public schools if not supported by the public administration. The latter is, however, too inert to assist the changes and needs reconstruction itself. - (DG)
China ; Educational programme ; Higher education ; School curriculum ; Teaching of geography
Brief discussion of the aims of geographic education in China's secondary schools as well as problems. China lacks qualified geography teachers. - (DWG)
Geography instruction in Dutck secondary schools: a personal experience
Didactics ; Netherlands (The) ; School system ; Secondary education ; Teaching of geography
The A. observed that geography has a high status in Dutch secondary schools, that Dutch textbooks tend to apply major geographic themes to a specific regional setting, and that classes use active learning techniques. - (DWG)
A foldrajzi ovezetesség oktatasa a gimnaziumok elso osztalyaban. (How to teach the geographical zonation in the secondary schools (i. e. gymnasiums in Hungary))
The paper aims at helping geography teachers of secondary schools in teaching the new physicogeographical curriculum introduced in September, 1979 in the first school-year of secondary schools. Basic knowledge on soil and the concept of geographical
Washington Schools, Little White Man Schools und Indian Schools - bildungsgeographische Fragestellungen dargestellt am Beispiel der Navajo Indianerreservation
Washington Schools, Little White Man Schools et Indian Schools - questions concernant la géographie de l'éducation, l'exemple de la réserve des Indiens Navajos
Travel to school and housing markets : a case study of Sheffield, England
Education ; England ; Housing ; Housing market ; Primary education ; School choice ; Secondary education ; Sheffield ; Time-distance ; Trip ; United Kingdom
This paper reviews the relation of patterns of travel to school to concerns about public health, school choice, urban form, and residential housing markets in Sheffield. The results suggest that, while there are high levels of excess commuting
, there remains a complex interrelationship between housing and neighbourhood characteristics, school performance, and commuting patterns. There are differences between the pictures for primary schools and secondary schools. Policies aimed at promoting transport
efficiency and those promoting school choice are likely to remain in tension.
An institutional analysis of school closures in Saskatoon and Windsor
During the 1978-88 period the public and the Catholic separate boards closed schools in these two Canadian cities. The repertories of involvements and interactions between the community representatives and the school board officials during
the reviews of the closure of these schools are theorized. The findings illustrate the real and instantiated powers, and the agency skills of the involved community representatives versus those of the school board officials.
Zur Bedeutung Peter Schollers für die geographische Japan und Ostasien Forschung L'importance de Peter Scholler pour la recherche géographique du Japon et de l'Asie orientale
Asie ; Asie de l'Est ; Ecole allemande ; Géographie urbaine ; Géographie économique ; Histoire de la géographie ; Japon ; SCHOLLER (P.)
Peter Scholler, mort le 16.03.1988, était un éminent géographe allemand. Il a effectué plusieurs séjours en Asie orientale et au Japon, et s'est intéressé particulièrement à la géographie urbaine et économique.
The primary school system in the Netherlands 1900-1980 in Dutch geography in the 1980s. A selection of contribucions to the I.G.U. 1984.
The paper describes the current primary school system in the Netherlands as an extreme case of the possible compromises over the basic church-state relationship problem in Western society. It is characterized by very low thresholds for the funding
of privately run schools from public funds. There are Protestant schools of various denominations. Catholic schools and public schools. The institutional rules embedded in the political structure of the country and the religious composition of the population
are considered as crucial factors in the distribution of types of schools. These distributions are analysed for two important moments in time (the years around 1920 and 1970) and for various parts of the country.