Education & Pedagogy

Attempts to explain why, despite its importance and expensiveness, education is generally neglected in the American press. Suggests that a major reason might be a lack of reliable outcome measures in education, which limits the amount of "hard" educational news. (KH)

This article reports on a survey of chief state school officers which assessed state policies that influence the quality of teachers and teaching. Twenty-one recommendations to help guide state educational policy and strengthen teacher preparation are discussed. (DF)

The role of the International Council of Scientific Unions is to establish links between organizations around the world for the development of science and technology education, particularly in developing countries. (MSE)

The background and development of "capacity planning," the procedure of reconciling social demand with government funding, in non-university-based professional education in the Netherlands is outlined. Issues arising from it are discussed. (MSE)

A unit was established at a residential school in Britain to meet the needs of physically disabled students over 16 years of age. The program focuses on maximum physical independence, social skills, work experience, and the continuance of basic education. (CL)

Audioconferencing, a system of interactive communication among three or more separate locations through telephone lines, is one promising solution to budgetary problems in inservice teacher education. Carefully planned networks with equipment appropriate to the size and frequency of conferences are time-saving and cost-effective in keeping educators current with the field. (Author)

Describes Georgia's Career Development Centers, model programs of support services to enable learning disabled students to enter postsecondary vocational programs successfully. Components include vocational evaluation, disability specialists, modified curriculum, counseling, and remedial instruction. (SK)

Discusses the nature of physics by examining what physicists do in relation to what mathematicians, chemists, and biologists do. Also discusses the future of physics and physics education, focusing on four frontiers waiting for a breakthrough. These include high energy, many degrees of freedom, life, and zero-time frontiers. (JN)

Highlights six papers presented at the Seventh Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (Stillwater, Oklahoma 1982). Topics addressed included history, status, and future of SI units, algebra of SI units, periodic table, new standard-state pressure unit, and suggested new names for mole concept ("numerity" and "chemical amount"). (JN)

The Houston Plan for Excellence in Education aims to achieve quality in staffing and in education by recruiting and rewarding excellent staff, initiating a competency-based selection process for all school personnel, and providing renewal and professional growth opportunities. (SK)

Business education teachers can enhance the image of their profession by becoming actively involved in creditable research projects. Research needs to be provided to business educators and those outside the field and must be reported in a scholarly way and in a variety of journals. (JOW)

With health care costs rising rapidly and medical technology expanding, health education has become increasingly important to patients and health care providers. This article provides a brief reminder that health education programs must continue to be a priority and should be evaluated with potential benefits in mind. (Author)

The growth of nonschool educational programs that are supported by business, government, and other groups is described. Teacher educators should keep abreast of new developments in this area, because they may need to train teachers for these expanding programs. (PP)

The Life Centered Career Education (LCCE) approach is discussed and strategies of providing career development experiences at preschool/elementary, middle school/junior high school, senior high and postsecondary/lifelong learning levels. LCCE's competencies are reviewed in terms of daily living, personal-social, and occupational skills. (CL)

The work of the National Child Labor Committee is described, including its study of cooperative work experience and recommendations, and its advocacy of vocational education and cooperative work experience. Arguments for eliminating vocational education are listed and refuted. (CT)