TY - BOOK ED - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. ED - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. TI - Education in Asia and the Pacific : : Reviews, Reports and Notes Number 26, December 1989-1990 U1 - 370.95 PY - 1988/// CY - [Washington, D.C.] PB - Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse KW - Child Development KW - ericd KW - Educational Change KW - Educational Opportunities KW - Educational Planning KW - Educational Policy KW - Foreign Countries KW - Literacy KW - Telecommunications KW - Asia Pacific Region N1 - Reviews, Reports and Notes, n24 Dec 1987; ericd; Microfiche; [Washington D.C.]; ERIC Clearinghouse; microfiches : positive N2 - Designed to facilitate the dissemination of information and sharing of experiences among countries in Asia and the Pacific, this annual publication includes special reports, reviews of recent publications and studies, and notes on Asian documents and sources of documents concerned with recent trends in educational development, reforms and renewal, modernization, innovations, and experimentations in the region. Two special reports review the Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL), and educational policies, plans, and perspectives in three countries, i.e., China, India, and the Philippines. Reviews are provided of recent publications and studies in the following areas: educational challenges in Japan; educational reform in the Republic of Korea; secondary education and youth in Australia; improvement of higher education management in Australia; decentralized educational planning in Papua New Guinea; school clusters in Thailand; child development and child rearing practices in Asia; the child and family development project in Thailand; the psychology of literacy; communication technology in Southeast Asia; and education as a commodity. Sources for the documents reviewed in this issue are included, as well as an update of the list of publications available from the UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. (EW) UR - http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED297721 ER -