Education & Pedagogy

Describes recent materials useful for secondary classes in economic education available through the National Specialized Economic Education Center for Business Education. (CH)

Describes attempts in several countries to reorganize higher vocational, technical education and university studay into a unified system of tertiary education. (Author)

From an address delivered at the 20th Annual Industrial Fall Education Conference, Pennsylvania State University October 10, 1970 by the Assistant Commissioner of Education. (Editor)

The open approach to teacher education at Churchlands Teachers College, Perth, Western Australia is described. (SD)

The Commissioner of Education reviews trends in vocational education and reports findings of government inservice education programs for vocational education teachers. (GW)

Outlines the formal and informal preservice programs for outdoor education offered at eight South Australian colleges. (SL)

Postsecondary education has failed to help students develop a broad base of knowledge that is relevant. Experiential education can help transform postsecondary education. A stronger commitment to research and scholarship is needed, the theory of experiential education must be taught along with the skills, and college experiential educators must create bridges of common interest with other disciplines. (TD)

Illustrates the opportunities and challenges women face in education as a whole and in science and technical education in particular. Draws from the global and regional context and uses Uganda as a case study to present a brief background on the status of women in science and technical education in that country. (Author/DDR)

Examines the aspects of the 1944 Education Act that promoted outdoor education and the changes as the Bill passed through parliament. Reviews the practice of outdoor education and how Local Education Authorities (LEA) responded to the legislation. Demonstrates how the outdoors was incorporated into children's education as a response to social and political concerns. (CMK)

Focuses on the labor market and its influences in education in Central and Eastern Europe. States that a considerable effort has been expended to renew education and to adapt it to the needs of the market. Draws conclusions about the countries observed in Eastern and Central Europe. (CMK)

Canadian Catholic education has increasingly been defended from a theological rather than a philosophical position. This article reflects on how the contemporary stress on experience and subjectivity influences Canadian religious education and how these qualities may fashion a distinct, pluralistic Canadian Catholic education for the future. (Contains 25 references.) (MLH)

Describes the infusion of a health-related physical fitness education strand into the physical education teacher education curriculum at West Virginia University, also discussing the role of health-related physical fitness in teacher preparation and explaining the infused curricular approach to physical education teacher education (sample infused curricular approaches and steps to curricular infusion). (SM)

Summarizes eight papers presented during the Nation's Bicentennial Congress in Adult and Continuing Education (New York City). Focus is on adults' educational needs in career, vocational, and technical areas. Among topics covered are the future of adult education; research on adult learners; continuing education; womens education; and local, state, and federal interagency coordination and cooperation. (SH)

Presented is a summary of the ancient Greek idea of education and how this idea relates to the question of vocational education vs the liberal arts in higher education today. The need for vocational education is acknowledged, but it is argued that a liberal education in some form is best in the long run. (JMD)

Does the development of undergraduate social work education represent the profession's abandonment of its traditional respect for liberal education and the joining of ranks with advocates of a professional school model of undergraduate education? The history of liberal education is traced and suggestions are offered for increasing the interface between liberal and professional goals. (Author/LBH)