Education & Pedagogy

The need to expand graduate programs in veterinary medical education is described and suggestions are offered for developing curricula. It is noted that the comparative training in species approach of veterinary schools provides a basis for launching expanded graduate programs. (LBH)

An alternate method of defining the terms "service,""training,""education," and "learning" is presented from the viewpoint of the role changes that students experience as they become medical practitioners. These operational definitions permit new approaches to program evaluation and a new basis for student-teacher discourse. (LBH)

Education for the rural aged has been neglected. This paper proposes an ecological-consultative continuum of education centered around the outreach functions by a multidisciplinary team. This paper was presented at the 4th annual conference of SAGE (New York State Association of Gerontological Education), New York, October 12, 1976. (Author)

A program in which parents and teachers work as partners in the education of preschool children, both in a home and school environment, develops teaching skills in the parent, gives the teacher insights into the child's needs, and provides the child with wide learning opportunities. (JD)

Presents minutes of a discussion meeting held by Shanghai university students to describe and evaluate an agricultural and technical correspondence program in which they had taken part. Ways of relating the correspondence courses to the needs of a socialist economy are suggested. (Author/DB)

Reviews, from the perspective of a school counselor, basic tenets of two contemporary educational trends, optional alternative education and deliberate psychological education. Describes blending of these trends at ALPHA (Alternative Learning Program for the High School Age), a public alternative high school located in Livonia, Michigan. (Author/MC)

Discusses ways in which industrial education teachers can stretch their budgets, which include reducing waste to a minimum, keeping an accurate and up-to-date inventory, trading surplus or excess materials with neighboring schools, and planning programs more carefully. Money-saving tips concerned with metals, plastics, woods, and printing are also included. (HD)

Tells where to get more information and application forms for grants and how to write proposals to obtain aid in expanding or building school shop facilities. Useful tips which may enable educators to obtain funding are also offered. (HD)

Described are advantages and disadvantages of pragmatism and phenomenology for developing intercultural curricula for the social studies. The conclusion is that the two philosophies can and should be joined to make a holistic philosophy to undergird intercultural education. (Author/DB)

The Community College of the Air Force is unique as a postsecondary occupational education institution because it integrates Air Force technical education and civilian-related education into programs which are totally responsive to the Air Force community. (JG)

Results are presented from the third biennial National Education Association "Survey of Instructional Problems" affecting teachers in their current assignments and particular concerns regarding class size, discipline, mainstreaming, and inservice education. (MB)

Presents the four components that must exist before any on-the-job training program can be successful and discusses twelve specific problems of cooperative training (at the secondary level) that present the greatest problems to on-the-job training coordinators. (SH)

Health education, particularly at the undergraduate level, is in the stage of professional development for experimentation and raising such issues as: accrediting/approving mechanisms, identification of knowledge and skills, practical field experience, and self-study guides for direction of preparation. (JD)

There are two basic trends in alcohol education--one aiming at containment and control, the other envisioning a society in which alcohol is morally neutral, its use integrated into activities that reflect social solidarity, and in which drinking is not associated with social hazard. (JD)

Reports a study to identify, describe and analyze evaluation methods used in 536 environmental education programs and projects. Data from questionnaires provided information regarding goals, project evaluation, student performance, and change in student attitude. (CS)