Education & Pedagogy

Evaluates an environmental education professional development course using Stake's Countenance Model as the organizational framework. A complex analysis of 10 course features using eight evaluation instruments focused on congruence between what was intended to occur and what was actually observed to occur before, during, and after instruction. (Author/SAH)

Used a pre-test, post-test design to evaluate a pilot entrepreneurship education course at a South African university. Found that the course had no significant effect on the career expectations of students. Concluded that such education should begin earlier. (EV)

Focuses on two examples of how the English education system acquired characteristics and practices from Scotland and other sources. States that since Scottish and English backgrounds were similar, the predominant progress of Scotland's education system played the larger role in English educational development. (KDR)

Discusses the ASE-Wellcome Trust National Conference on Citizenship Education and Science. Explores some possible approaches to achieving citizenship education through the use of print media. Links with other issues in the forefront of current debates in science education, particularly scientific literacy. (Author/NB)

The new phenomenon of European integration has again challenged our conceptual and empirical tools for higher education studies to integrate the international dimension into frameworks that tend to concentrate on the single nation state and domestic:

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires inclusive education to the maximum extent appropriate, students with special needs be educated in the "least restrictive environment" (LRE). The scope of inclusive education practice continues to evolve as new technologies and innovative instructional methods emerge.

In this article, the author comments on the article "An Ongoing Conversation", by Frederick Hess. The author points out that the increasing polarization of the public's views on public education serves us poorly and we need to revive the skill and will to engage in more thoughtful dialogue.

This article contains excerpts from a winter 2004 report from the National Association of State Boards of Education, "The Complete Curriculum: Ensuring a Place for the Arts and Foreign Languages in America's Schools." [C] The National Association of State Boards of Education, 2004.

Describes an introductory chemistry course for nurses in which students learn basic chemical principles by performing 12 chemical analyses that are routinely conducted on body fluids and listed on a patient's clinical laboratory chart. (MLH)

Discusses the lack of earth science education in the elementary school curriculum; includes reasons why the earth sciences have been neglected, why they should not be neglected, and what can be done to prevent the neglect. (SL)

Criteria or standards for a high-quality, off-campus program are identified by a panel of judges composed of practitioners, administrators, and supervisors. Data were gathered from questionnaires regarding program components, organization, and activities. (LBH)

Medical students who attended the one-day workshop were compared with their classmates who did not. Results of before and after testing with the Sex Knowledge and Attitude Test (SKAT) showed that the workshop group's knowledge was increased and their attitudes were liberalized. (LBH)

Advantages and disadvantages of the Keller Plan in medical education are reviewed. The author's advice is based in part on his experience using the method in a course in histology at the University of Dundee, Scotland. (LBH)

This article was written to demonstrate how career education concepts and techniques can be integrated into school psychology training programs. Each basic career education phase was presented along with implications for training programs. (Author)

Criterion-referenced measurement is valuable and useful in evaluating instruction in areas of the pharmaceutical curriculum in which a minimal knowledge base independent of peer group performance is necessary. Implications of its use are discussed. (LBH)