Education & Pedagogy

Critical and feminist analyses illustrate how the marketplace has influenced lifelong learning discourses to emphasize competition and individualism. Justice, equity, and critical thinking are suppressed when the marketplace predominates in education. (Contains 52 references.) (SK)

Considers mentoring in mass communication and journalism programs, by which the dual objectives of professional and liberal arts education can be addressed by faculty recruited from the professions as well as from backgrounds of graduate education and research scholarship. (EV)

Supports an engineering model of tracking programs in veterinary medical education and suggests that undergraduate student quotas need to be considered in order to educate a sufficient number of new veterinary graduates in the different fields needed by society. (SLD)

Suggests that unproblematized Eurocentrism characterizes adult education; explores the works of Cornel West and Lucius Outlaw, who racialize adult education discourse. Considers implications of their perspectives on critical thinking and offers recommendations for challenging the myth of neutral nonimpositional adult education. (Contains 74 references.) (Author/SK)

Reviews the use of the concept of "ideology" in interpretation of science education curricula, textbooks, and various practices. Provides examples from Norwegian curricula and textbooks. (Author/SOE)

Makes the case that the market model of education, which is enveloping Canadian universities, endangers the advancement and dissemination of shared knowledge as a public good. It fails to acknowledge that education has goals, motivations, methods, and standards of excellence that oppose those of the market. (SLD)

Considers the role institutional types play in the diversification of higher education and addresses recent moves to put more emphasis on levels of programs. Also considers the role individual profiles of higher education might play in the future. (SLD)

Highlights the manner in which different models for financing higher education can contribute to the management of higher education in Germany. Includes discussions of the management of student distribution within a given university and the development of systems for performance analysis. (SLD)

Describes how the technology education program at Driver Middle School in Winchester, Indiana evolved from one with inadequate facilities and materials to one that received the Program Excellence Award from the International Technology Education Association. Includes tips for improving a technology education program. (JOW)

Discusses nihilism as a characteristic of contemporary discourse regarding morality and moral education. Examines this discourse in light of Emmanuel Levinas' account of the primacy of ethics: absolute responsibility in the face of the other, of the asymmetry of relations to each other. (CAJ)

As new technologies become a part of the 'landscape' of universities and colleges, many questions arise concerning the transformation resulting from their utilization in these institutions. This paper discusses the increasing use of technology for education, training, and development in higher education, and challenges that higher education faces in its integration.

The effective utilization of Education in Environmental Chemistry (EEC) in addressing global and societal environmental problems requires integration between educational, technical, financial, ethical and societal considerations. An interdisciplinary approach is fundamental to efforts to achieve long-term solutions.

Medical students are taught the importance of variable relationships in scientific research. We propose augmenting this education with teaching about direct acyclic graphs (DAGs)--a graphical model used to analyze complex systems of variables. DAGs are increasingly used in medical research and education about their creation and use would be valuable.

Related herein are the proceedings of The Education Conference held at the University of Nottingham in March 1976. Topics discussed included: the work of the Education (Research) Committee; the LAMP (Less Academically Motivated Pupils) Project; and the Schools Council proposals for a common system of examining at 16+ and 18+. (BT)

The role of the unit leader in IGE programs is examined, and recommendations are made for general courses and workshops to develop leadership characteristics in the prospective unit leaders. (MM)