Education & Pedagogy

In response to the need of adults, especially in rural areas, for more flexibility in course scheduling, a Welsh community education agency designed a home-based learning program. Courses typically consisted of a tutorial every three weeks, homework, self-tests, and assignments submitted by mail. (SK)

Discusses a project which investigated the provision made in schools for students termed "the new sixth form." They are students continuing their full-time education beyond age 16 who are suited neither to A-level nor vocational training traditionally offered in further education. (Author/JOW)

In the third of four articles concentrating on six basic weaknesses in campus-based teacher education programs, the problems of inadequate research and development activities and ineffective admissions standards are discussed. (CJ)

To serve exceptional students effectively, all professionals involved must share responsibilities as members of a team. Other issues facing special education professionals include feelings of territoriality, opposition to mainstreaming, and strategies for change. (CJ)

Parents' roles in educating their exceptional children have changed dramatically in the last decade. If attention is paid to their rights and responsibilities, parents and school personnel can provide the best possible educational experience for all exceptional students. (CJ)

Presents reasons why art education should be considered a mainstream discipline. The author argues that art educators must use their skills in visual media to communicate the importance of visual literacy. The relevance of art to work skills, language acquisition, and cultural values is examined. (AM)

Registration for continuing medical education at McMaster University can be done for each course separately or by annual membership in a professional association. The three-year-old arrangement allows for decreased course costs, greater selectivity in course material, and increased physician motivation. (MSE)

With an increased need for managerial professional development, seminars and workshops for improving supervisory, managerial, and executive performance have been developed. Some experiences from the Center for Executive Development at Southern Colorado's School of Business are described. (Author/MLW)

A survey of 243 school districts across the U.S. revealed that state governments were the primary source of funding for special education programs and that the costs of special education are at least 1 1/2 times as high as those for regular programs. (Author/WD)

In this excerpt from an address to the 1982 meeting of the American Educational Research Association, the director of the National Institution of Education reaffirms the Institute's commitment to equal education and quality education and outlines priorities for the funding of educational research in the 1980s. (Author/GC)

Presents an integrated generalized model of education, called Holistic Education, which the author feels is equally relevant to all adult educators regardless of their area of specialization. The author describes those characteristics which distinguish the Holistic Education model from other approaches. (CT)

The results of this study suggest that men and women who select careers in physical education are similar in cognitive style and tend to be moderately field-independent. The women entering physical education and sport, which has been a "masculine area," would be nontraditional. (Author/AL)

Describes an elementary music education student teaching program which provides student teachers with experiences both working with cooperating teachers and having complete, unsupervised control of their classrooms. Teams of three students work independently for four weeks with combined lower-elementary music classes and then work individually with cooperative teachers. (AM)

Discusses rationale behind and content of a course (Industrial Pollution Control Techniques) combining knowledge from fields of industrial chemistry and chemical engineering and utilizing this knowledge in the context of understanding pollution problems and potential methods of pollution control. (Author/SK)

Develops a way to conceptualize the complementarity of quantitative and qualitative research in science education, demonstrating through analysis of examples that qualitative and quantitative research reports follow the same pattern of argument, although the metaphysical roots behind their methodologies are obviously different. (Author/SK)