Education & Pedagogy

Community adult education centers in Germany (Volkshochschulen) have the following characteristics: autonomous; open to all; easy access, convenient times and locations, and low fees; comprehensive; and focused on community service and lifelong learning. They collaborate with secondary and vocational education and build networks among community institutions. (SK)

Argues that alternative education can promote excellence and high expectations within a nontraditional school setting, with educators rethinking key assumptions, and using a progressive education model with problem solving as a central feature. (SR)

Looks at the history of the national advocacy group now known as the Association for Career and Technical Education. Profiles three people, Lowell Burkett, Byrl Shoemaker, and Kay Clayton, who have dedicated their lives to career and technical education. (JOW)

Discusses factors associated with fairness and equity in relation to student discontinuation in nursing education. Shows how discontinuation is an integral part of higher education quality reviews. Promotes pre-exit counseling, monitoring of attrition, and review of academic and professional standards. (SK)

An arts and humanities course for students in a midwifery diploma program explored images and concepts of childbirth, caring, and parenthood. Evaluation showed the 20 students gained insights into human experiences that will enhance practice. (SK)

Elementary school technology education exists in all of the traditional school subjects and often remains isolated and foreign when teachers fail to perceive its importance. Technology changes the way children process information and it should be integrated into the curriculum. (JOW)

Introduces a developing intelligent medium aimed at filling the gap by means of modern information technologies. Finds that the medium can be used for training purposes in the engineering sciences as well as for solving problems in industrial places. (Author/CCM)

By getting students out into the community, service learning advances their understandings and their relations to problems through hands-on experience as students actively work to apply knowledge learned in more traditional school settings to problems in the local area. (Author/CCM)

Compares the extent to which two types of advanced level qualifications, General Certificate of Education (GCE) A-levels and General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ) advanced science, meet the needs of employers and tutors of science courses in higher education. (Author/CCM)

Describes the Science, Technology and Society (STS) approach in environmental education which is based on the premise that meaningful science and technology education requires the teaching of science and technology topics along with their social context. (CCM)

Outlines the stages of Slotnick's model of physicians' practice-based learning: scanning problem evaluation, acquisition of required skills and knowledge, and introduction of new learning into practice. Describes learning outcomes for each stage. (SK)

A fundamental task for individuals is construction of a guiding vocational narrative that states their work in a purposeful vision. Vocational education should facilitate the capacity to detect meaningful challenges, pose responsible visions, and engage in living a coherent story of vocation. (SK)

Describes a science lab in which first-grade students are linked via internet with a marine scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Antarctica. (CCM)

A market intelligence database is a vital tool for continuing education providers and brokers. Its components are as follows: layout of potential markets; analysis of population, demand, environment, and competitors (market opportunities analysis); market performance measures; and college consumer trends. (SK)

Briefly describes the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) organization, administration, and results as they relate to Australian science and math education. (Author/WRM)