Education & Pedagogy

Discusses the problem of establishing gaming as a legitimate educational form by locating it within a larger theoretical scheme pertaining to what might be called the sociology of knowledge and by postulating how it ought to affect players as a learning experience. (MLW)

A cumulative special education teacher training model is described which purports to promote retention and transfer of acquired competencies from semester to semester and to teach preservice teachers in development stages that mirror the ways they will be teaching children. (Author/CL)

Citing the nation's need for an environmentally aware citizenry, the author discusses federal and international efforts toward environmental education, particularly UNESCO's First Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education, held in Tbilisi in October, 1977. She proposes methods by which the United States could implement the recommendations of that conference. (SJL)

Because of the focus on student teacher achievement, a product evaluation of instruction (as opposed to a process evaluation) is appropriate for use in performance-based physical education teacher education internship programs. (LH)

The relationship between American business and higher education is examined. Corporate gifts and corporate programs including guest lecture programs and cooperative education programs are discussed. The most controversial program, "chairs of free enterprise," which promotes capitalism, is highlighted. (JMD)

In the present civic environment there is no purpose for liberal education, for an education worthy of free persons, for the simple reason that there is no place for free persons, for citizens in the full sense who engage together, integrally involved in the pursuit of common purposes. (Author)

The authors describe a starting point in spreading adult education to the lower classes--a community education program in a large housing project in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which involved working class mothers in discussions of child development. (MF)

Information from a limited school survey on local competency-based vocational education (CBVE) programs is presented in three tables for comprehensive CBVE programs, model CBVE examples, and promising CBVE examples. Some program features, addresses, contact persons, and phone numbers are included. (MF)

Quality assessment of a nontraditional degree program for adults at Saint Louis University includes assessment of impact as perceived by alumni and their employers. Also considered is practical use of these findings in the college. (CT)

The author analyzes the different purposes and processes of religious nurture, religious studies, and religious education to show why "commitment" becomes a problem in school-based Religious Education when the roles of the religious nurturer and the religious educator are confused. (Author/SJL)

There is a need to provide business education students with decision-making and problem-solving skills, knowledge of economics, understanding of the individual's role in the workplace, human relations skills, and understanding of the computer's role in our lives. (CT)

Describes a local career education program designed to assist students to understand the relevancy of their school work, and to plan, identify and meet realistic career goals considering employment opportunities in the local community and beyond. (CT)

States and the federal government have made efforts to encourage the implementation of career education. It appears to be one of the viable alternatives for bringing about educational reform that could result in the improvement of the quality of education. (CT)

The article points out the nature of resistance to evaluation in special education, discusses the implications inherent in the commitment to evaluation, and presents some of the complexities in the process of evaluation which account for why evaluations is sometimes perceived as hard to do. (Author)

The author defends his conceptualization of a cost of education index against criticisms made in the preceding article. The defense focuses on the availability of teachers and the impact of this availability on education costs. (IRT)