Education & Pedagogy

The five objectives of this paper are: (1) to make some observations about the California Community Colleges, (2) to state appropriate goals to be accomplished by a system of public education, (3) to relate these goals to alternative options in possible changes in governance of public education, (4) to relate these goals to possible changes in the California Constitution, and (5) to provide suggestions in respect to possible revisions of the California Constitution. (Author/DB)

Learning-teaching philosophies basic to open education are presented, and classroom processes which grow out of these philosophies are described in this booklet. Contents include a summary of the Environmental Studies Project in North Carolina and discussions of several aspects of open education (including interpersonal relationships, individual attention, teacher roles, student interests, learning groups, learning designed by students, freedom in choosing, learning styles, creativity, community resources, inactivity, sharing, and evaluation). (DT)

This course, which can also be taken as part of the Vocational Office Education, Secretarial Series (7758), is designed to help students acquire the basic skills needed to perform jobs required in most offices. Course content includes goals, specific block objectives, filing, manuscripts, tabulations, an English review, letters and forms, the 10-key adding machine, and shorthand speed-building and transcription. Posttests, assignment sheets, and a bibliography are included. (NH)

Ninety books and articles published between 1929 and 1967 are listed in this bibliography for educators interested in rural education and small schools. Twenty-nine yearbooks, published between 1930 and 1958 by the Department of Rural Education of the National Education Association, are also included. Though emphasis is on rural education, publications on administration, small schools, curriculum, personnel, facilities, district reorganization, finances, and transportation are cited. (SW)

Definitions of "area vocational education school construction", "school facilities", "equipment", and "occupational field" are given in terms of the Vocational Education Act of 1963. The terms and conditions for approval of projects, matching requirements and purposes, criteria in determining relative priorities of projects, steps for planning area facilities, and a proposal outline are discussed. (HH)

This brochure describes the development and operations of a supplementary educational center in downtown Cleveland. The facility used had formerly been a warehouse. The center offers the school children of Cleveland new and varied educational experiences not available in the neighborhood school. Objectives and programs are discussed as are floor plans for the history, science, and music sections. (FPO)

Organizations and individuals who participated in an adult education workshop are listed and described. Publications and information sources in adult education are included. Instruction is given on how to apply for program or project funds. A section on searching skills and sources describes adult education magazines, information sources in state and university libraries, publisher lists and catalogs, and tells how to use ERIC. (SK)

Among articles written in English in this newsletter are a discussion of school reform experiments in Austria; a proposal to restrict university entrance in Denmark; the state and the provision of teaching materials in Finland; higher education--problems and prospects, educational leaves, and teacher's work loads in Germany; equivalency examinations in Scandinavia; compulsory inservice training for Swedish teachers; and proposals for a new B Ed degree and difficulties facing educational publishers in the United Kingdom. (BR)

This is a selected bibliography covering a subject which was under consideration at the seventh annual meeting of the Education Commission of the United States in 1973. Articles listed under overall topic of equal rights for women cover the following subjects: (1) affirmative action, (2) continuing education and counseling of women, (3) employment profiles and opportunities, (4) manpower research, (5) sex discrimination, (6) women's studies, and (7) the status of women in higher education. (PC)

In the Division of Teacher Education at Indiana University, all teacher training programs and administrative and service functions are organized on an ad hoc working group basis. This document contains a description of the organizational arrangement within the division and a list of its teacher training programs. It also discusses the decision-making process within the Division of Teacher Education and includes a statement about the evaluation process. (Author)

An annotated bibliography stressing methods for evaluating distributive education programs or the results of an evaluation of such programs is presented. The bibliography is based on a search of documents announced in Resources in Education (RIE) and journal articles indexed in Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Each entry contains the following information: personal or corporate author, title, place of publication, number of pages, price of the document in microfiche and/or hard copy, and an abstract. A subject index is provided. (Author/BJG)

This issue presents a collection of articles providing an overview of the philosophy and history of community education, as well as some views regarding its future. Characteristics of successful community education programs are listed, as are areas of the community/school relationship that should be analyzed to determine the potential acceptance of community education programs by the local community. Two articles concern the ways recently authorized federal funding for community education will necessitate serious planning and staff training. (Author/MLF)

This document was designed for use by professionals concerned with bilingual and multicultural education. It is divided into three sections. The first encompasses various aspects of teaching methodology and materials, history and background, and evaluation problems. Part 2 focuses on the Texas law governing bilingual/multicultural education (Senate Bill 121), textbooks submitted to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for adoption, and certification requirements established by TEA. The final section lists Texas resources in bilingual/multicultural education. (Author/PMP)

This study provides an overview of the current literature dealing with coordination and control of institutions of higher education. The 120 items that make up this annotated bibliography deal primarily with statewide planning for higher education, state systems of higher education, governing boards, state coordinating agencies, state coordination and control of higher education, state financing, state university/college relationships, establishment of junior colleges, interinstitutional cooperation, and educational policy. (AF)

This is the first volume of a six-volume review of educational practices and policies in Canada. This is an introduction that provides a general overview of the constitutional, statistical, operational, and organizational background of education in the nation. The subsequent volumes deal with education in four geographical regions and the educational activities of the federal government. (Author/IRT)