Education & Pedagogy

If colleges are to be relevant to the needs of India, they must plan and implement programs of direct benefit to the community and thus contribute to the nation's resolve to extend adult education programs within the next five years to combat illiteracy. (LBH)

Romania's program is described in terms of: general information; medical studies and practical medical education; practical work in the first and second years; the third year; externships; and internships. (LBH)

Stating that the classroom teacher has primary responsibility for curriculum development in consumer education at the course or unit level, the author presents a framework for teachers in consumer education beliefs, learner needs and activities, unit objectives and content, and learner evaluation. (MF)

A suggested secondary business curriculum for future entrepreneurs should include a foundations course in the private enterprise system and courses in accounting, distributive education, data processing, and perhaps business law, leading to a capstone course in small business management. Some career possibilities are also noted. (MF)

Key elements of a business data processing program at the high school level includes relevant curriculum, the active support and involvement of business, interested students, and qualified faculty. The article discusses these elements and the need for program acceptance and evaluation. (MF)

Verbal skills training is one aspect of accounting education not usually included in secondary and postsecondary accounting courses. The author discusses the need for verbal competency and methods of incorporating it into accounting courses, particularly a variation of the Keller plan of individualized instruction. (MF)

As a result of state board of education regulations requiring schools to offer intramural activities to boys and girls of average and below-average abilities, large numbers of Pennsylvania elementary and secondary school students now have the opportunity to engage in noncompetitive physical activity. (Author/MJB)

Learning centers: (1) provide the teacher with time to spend more than a few minutes with a student; (2) allow a student to work at an appropriate level of ability at an appropriate pace; and (3) provide for individual needs and interests. Uses of learning centers in elementary physical education are discussed. (Author/MJB)

Encourages the examination of incorrect responses given by students to questions in the belief that the responses will reveal information concerning subjects' logical thinking and concept-forming abilities. College students' incorrect responses to physical science questions are analyzed. (CP)

Summarizes curriculum guidelines for the following engineering technologies: chemical, industrial, mining, petroleum, nuclear, civil, mechanical, electrical, automotive, and manufacturing. In a few years, these Engineering Council for Professional Development committee guidelines are intended to become the criteria by which programs will be judged for accreditation. (MA)

This article considers the factors which mark the present as a turning point for education for librarianship, and recommends goals for future library education. Methods for implementing these goals and the role of the Association of American Library Schools in this implementation are suggested. (Author/KP)

Notes the need for parent education in the secondary school and suggests an interdisciplinary effort with the home economics teacher as coordinator for a program involving education, community, and social services. (MF)

The conventions of vocational education are not suited to adult vocational education. The author notes that policy changes are needed to respond to demographic changes, to provide for institutional solutions for adult vocational education, and to match vocational education and training with the entire age range of the occupational structure. (MF)

Research in the use of calculators, both office models and electronic hand calculators, indicates that while most students do not improve achievement they are more willing to do class work with them. However, noncalculator math skills are still needed. (MF)

Three areas in the religious education debate are: the religious developmental stages of the child, the concept of religious experience, and the language of religious education. In a compromise view, religion may be presented objectively, as a controversial issue. (SJL)