Education & Pedagogy
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Reports on a way in which student teachers are given the opportunity to work with partially hearing pupils in the context of environmental education outside the science laboratory. Focuses on student investigation of moss on trees. (DDR)
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Details a study exploring a problem-based learning framework used to develop preservice teachers' knowledge base for teaching and pedagogical reasoning ability. Emphasizes an undergraduate preservice science teacher education unit. Contains 30 references. (DDR)
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Reports on an effort to improve articulation between science and education at Temple University. Describes the implementation of the cooperative controversy strategy into elementary science methods courses. Contains 26 references. (DDR)
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Provides a basis for reconstructing media curricula by integrating normative media theory within Africa's media education and media training programs. Profiles media education programs in Kenya. Proposes a model curriculum for Kenya and for anglophone Africa. (RS)
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Describes the debate in Canada about using property taxes to fund education. Reviews alternatives to the property tax and discusses education funding in provinces across Canada. (LMI)
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Reflects on the journal "English Education" from the viewpoint of the editor during the early 1980s when English teacher education was undergoing a period of soul searching as it carved out a place for itself as an area of important research. (TB)
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Promotes teacher training and culturally sensitive curricula to help alleviate the discrepancy between low-teacher and high-student expectations for student academic success. (YKH)
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Argues that the development of reasoning ability--a major goal of education--should start in the intermediate grades with curriculum materials that include simple proofs. How the proofs concept for developing reasoning skills works in mathematics instruction is explored. (GR)
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In interviews 30 Chicano/a adults without high school diplomas described their experiences with education: teachers' discriminatory attitudes, lack of academic quality in youth and adult education, and lack of respect for their culture. (SK)
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Describes the development of an outcomes document that specifies measurable objectives for knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be developed by management students. Discusses the use of student portfolios to assess attainment of these objectives. (SK)
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Focuses on further education (FE) in Great Britain and describes the nature of science education within the program. Describes the Spotlight on Science project which focuses on chemistry, physics, and biology. (DDR)
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Discusses the history of library education and library educators. Highlights include Melvil Dewey's proposal for formal library education, the earlier apprentice system, obstacles to formal education, changes in attitudes toward patrons, accreditation, standards, and technological changes. (LRW)
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In U.S. schools, art education at many levels focuses predominantly on Western European art. Art created by other ethnic groups is ignored in survey courses and confined to infrequent electives. Art students of color often feel disadvantaged when having their work critiqued. (SK)
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Examines Hong Kong's environmental-education initiatives beyond schooling, with reference to the engagement of environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) under an emerging sponsorship routine. Contains 49 references. (DDR)
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Argues that newly-graduated chemical engineers frequently encounter projects that involve solids processing and find their knowledge of particle technology to be inadequate. Describes a senior undergraduate course on solids processing. (DDR)