Education & Pedagogy

Reviews the positive effects of patient education, including the physician patient relationship, improvements in health status, and cost effectiveness. The status of hospital libraries in Nigeria is described, and suggestions for the implementation of patient education programs are made. (5 references) (CLB)

A longitudinal path-analytic study of influences upon education aspirations suggests that academic performance, parental supportiveness, faculty-student interaction, and major department context played significant roles in outcomes, beyond the role played by freshman-year background characteristics. (Author/MLW)

Examines four approaches to global education: the traditional approach, the world-centered approach, the world-order approach, and the single-issue approach. States that global education needs to be reexamined for similarities that could be synthesized into one curriculum. Argues for refinement of the current definition of global education. (GEA)

Argues that contemporary world problems involve intractable questions of values and value priorities. Presents supporting material from four sources and considers the challenges posed to higher education. States that teaching must evoke a personal response from students so that they may deal with questions of values. (Author/GEA)

Reviews the goals of drama/theater education set forth by the National Theatre Education Project. Provides an overview of the knowledge and skills teachers need to teach theater and drama in elementary and secondary schools. (MM)

Problems to be overcome in making the transition from a traditional classroom to a real business environment include provision for a mix of activities, variety of space sizes and shapes, multifuction spaces, and flexible planning. (Includes guidelines for adapting facilities.) (JOW)

Defending his concept of the science of education, the author addresses common errors in thinking about epistemology and educational science, the concept of education, the problem of determinism, the technology of education, and the relationship between educational theories and educational actions. (Author/BSR)

Describes reforms of university engineering education in Spain and suggests these reforms as guidelines for the training of European Engineers. Discusses the cyclic approach whereby an engineer acquires generalized "formation" via specialization. States that cultural differences should be respected. (CW)

Describes the practical workup of a multiple choice examination system in electrical engineering. Discusses some of the pedagogical advantages obtained by statistical handling of the data. Provides some examples of items. (TW)

Describes typical winter farm lessons for students visiting Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center located 70 miles north of New York City: butter and corncake making, soil erosion experiments, dissecting and growing seeds. Emphasizes major theme of conservation of farmland from destructive farming practices and careless development. (NEC)

Outlines content of an extended inservice workshop (three hours credit, sixteen weeks, graduate level extension course) for professional school personnel which enables participants to take responsibility for improvements making their school site suitable for outdoor education activities. (NEC)

Provides an overview of the courses for pre-engineering attrition. Suggests ways to improve retention rates of students in cooperative college programs. (RT)

Describes a microcomputer program that simulates the pattern of evolution and produces clade diagrams and summary statistics. Allows users to vary the odds affecting the fate of a species. (TW)

Historically and constitutionally, state education agencies (SEAs) have directly influenced education at the local district level. This article reviews the services SEAs offer to local districts; examines the agencies' scope and functions; identifies their fiscal, policy, and leadership constraints; and lists improvement prerequisites. Includes 10 references. (MLH)

A proposal for early field experiences in teacher education is based on the goal of preparing a teacher who will act on developing principles and who will continue to grow in contrast to a technician who acts with no underlying rationale. (CB)