Education & Pedagogy

Activities and instructional strategies for two multigrade lessons are provided. Activity objectives include describing an artificial reef (such as a sunken ocean liner) as an ecosystem, knowing animal types in the ecosystem, and describing a food web. (JN)

Institutional and geographical decentralisations of higher education and research in Norway have mainly taken place during the last 10-15 years and represent a break with the past policy in this field. In many respects both decentralisations have turned out to be conflict-ridden processes. (BRR)

Describes briefly the integrated elements of a nursery nurse program for 16- to 18-year-old trainees in the United Kingdom. Topics include supervised placements, integration of continuing education with preprofessional work, the student/tutor relationship, and seminars with peers. (RH)

The teacher's day amounts to six or more hours of isolation from other adults, and the special education teacher is more lonely than the regular classroom teacher. Parents need to be called frequently, and evaluation team and individualized education program sessions need to be attended. (SEW)

Kohlberg's interpretation of moral choice is criticized. The alternative view proposed locates Kohlberg's conception of moral choice as a stage in a larger process of moral deliberation that has a progressive structure. How deficiencies of the Kohlberg approach can be remedied is suggested. (Author/RM)

Engineering graduates are choosing to enter immediate employment rather than going on for further training and a master of science. Issues and trends related to the decline in advanced engineering training, a threat to United States technical vitality, are addressed. (JN)

Discusses a two-year distance education course in educational technology developed at Jordanhill College (Scotland), including the students' learning activities, workshops and seminars, problems related to distance learning, and the justification of the existence of such a course. (EAO)

Identifies the distance education learner, examines the approaches and teaching models of various educational theorists to the satisfaction of learners' needs, and relates these approaches particularly to the field of distance education. An extensive bibliography is provided. (EAO)

Strategies are described for longitudinal career education programing for handicapped students in elementary school (such as having guest speakers and field trips), middle school (including running a classroom business), and high school (such as sampling vocational courses and encouraging cooperative agreements between special and vocational educators). (CL)

A consensus among government, the private sector, and education recognizes that youth socialization and skill development are critical to the future direction of all social institutions and must be shared through a new set of multi-institutional relationships. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the failure of traditional schooling in the Hispanic community. Marginal communities structure education very differently from traditional schooling and learning progresses at an incredible rate. Too often administrators fail to see the need for nontraditional programs that meet the needs of a particular group. (JOW)

Because of technological advancement, the relationship between education and industry will require strengthening at all levels to effectively prepare workers with higher level skills. Current efforts of industry/education cooperation and obstacles to the alliance are discussed. (RM)

Consumer education should be part of our educational system, teaching a way of thinking and problemsolving that is transferable to new circumstances in the future. It should be part of the foundation on which we begin to build a more responsive and humane world. (MD)

Describes a study that identified factors that nontraditional and traditional completers of vocational education programs perceived as barriers in obtaining their vocational goals. Concludes that many school-related problems remain, and makes recommendations for further research. (NRJ)

Describes a study that evaluated the effectiveness of a one-day inservice workshop to assist teachers in using a new state curriculum guide. Results implied that a one-day workshop can be effective in stimulating the professional development of teachers and improving school practice. (NRJ)