Education & Pedagogy

The Situated Evaluation Framework for continuing professional education programs situates the learner and knowledge assessment at the junction of three contexts: educational, practice, and evaluation. The framework incorporates the following components of evaluation theory: programming, valuing, knowledge, and utilization. (SK)

Guntersville Elementary School, a preK-2 school in Alabama, earned the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Schools award through creative programs addressing school readiness, parent education, and the need for extended-day and summer activities; a progressive curriculum; and various community partnerships. (SV)

This annual directory lists university and college programs for personnel in deafness including programs for training teachers, programs for professional specialists, and programs for training interpreters. Listings typically include program name, location, contact person, level, and enrollment. (DB)

Explains the importance of English, mathematics, and science in every student's career preparation. Identifies the links between the subjects and careers and describes how English, math, and science are used in everyday life. Lists occupations requiring various levels of competence. (JOW)

Surveys the history of elementary-school technology education from the establishment of industrial arts in the progressive era through the 1990s. Considers repeated patterns of historical impediments to its widespread implementation and identifies failure to resolve recurring issues in the field. (JOW)

Discusses the several meanings, approaches, and implications of community as it relates to art education and schooling. Provides examples from the experiences of one rural southern Indiana school community as parents, students, and teachers worked to develop and implement changes in the arts program. (CMK)

Describes the origins, developments, and trends of andragogy, the theory of adult education. Focuses on highly developed adult education all over the world, specifically Russia. Discusses the concept of adult education as a service to its educational consumers. (VWC)

Presents views of three faculty members at Penn State about online distance instruction. Discusses their opinions on interaction with students; whether online courses are demanding; instructional effectiveness; faculty support; student profiles; and reasons for distance education. (AEF)

Educators from Scotland and Spain met to exchange ideas about popular education and the role of university departments of adult education. The meeting resulted in formation of the Popular Education Network to continue the international dialog. (SK)

Reviews the work of Paulo Freire, one of the first internationally recognized educational thinkers who appreciated the relationships among education, politics, imperialism, and liberation. Discusses critical pedagogy and the place of liberation as the central project of education. (SLD)

Discusses the current status of research-based knowledge about young children's literacy experiences and describes efforts that are being made to bridge the gap between early-childhood education and high-quality schooling in the elementary years. (Author/SLD)

Presents a statistical record of the progress of African Americans in institutions of higher education in the United States. Contains a black/white educational equality index and reports on students and faculty at black colleges and universities. (SLD)

Reexamines materials from an ethnographic study of science-education laboratory work in a teacher-educator course through the lens of three Marxist concepts: alienation, reification, and commodity fetish. Concludes that the potential for generating criticism of science in teacher education is squandered because of a fetishized notion of science. (Author/SLD)

Presents profiles of 15 college faculty, administrators, and advocates selected by the journal as exemplifying true dedication to access and equity in higher education. The individuals profiled represent diverse institutions across the country. (MSE)

Political education is back on the agenda, following the Labour Party's election in Britain and the end of Communist one-party rule in Central/Eastern Europe. This paper explains the formal teaching of political literacy to students in Scottish secondary schools through the Modern Studies curriculum. Contains 37 references. (MLH)