Education & Pedagogy

Examines the possible relationships between the variables of age, sex and educational background and the attitudes of black adults toward continuing education. Also examines insights and feelings according to these variables to determine the variation between the cognitive and affective dimensions of the attitudes. (RB)

Author describes inservice training program currently operating at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, and comments on the reasons for and role of political science in pre-collegiate education. (MB)

Cites 124 references to science education research literature and summarizes research on instruction, curriculum, teacher education, developmental studies, teacher characteristics, and instrument development. (AL)

From this survey conducted in Skipton, England, it appears that personal influence is more likely to assist recruitment in adult education classes among residents on private estates than on council estates. (Author/MB)

Maintains that the long-run challenges to the predominantly white colleges and universities of increased numbers of black students do not lie in the personal and social areas; the greatest challenges posed are academic--career choice, educational relevance, and financial constraints. (RJ)

A K-12 conceptual approach to environmental management education is advocated. The role of education in cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development is defined together with the term environmental management. Several new approaches being attempted to develop concepts appropriate for environmental education are also described. (BL)

Describes briefly the different stipulations in the Education Amendments of 1972. Some of the areas covered are the National Institute of Education, student assistance, instructional equipment, graduate programs, community colleges, occupational and vocational education, instructional assistance and integration and busing. (PS)

Author's purpose is to (1) examine the functioning organizational structure of public education in India in relation to the flow of educational manpower, and (2) to measure the quantitative effort of public education in India, making general comparison with the American educational endeavor. (Author/CB)

Describes an early childhood program for 120 disadvantaged students, ages three to five, developed by the Green County of Eutaw, Alabama, funded under Title III, E.S.E.A., and based on a three component model: community, inservice, and instruction. (JM)

Three functional roles, as reflected in Teacher Behavior Improvement, Retraining and Staff Development, tied together through cooperative relationships with colleges and universities, represent the broad scope of activities of Detroit's Teacher Education Department. (Authors)

The time to debate whether industrial arts is or is not a part of vocational education is past. The question now is what is the role of industrial arts in relation to career education as well as vocational education. (SB)

A study examining which of 66 basic mathematical skills are requisite to success in selected vocational education courses and identifying those areas in which students are least prepared as reported by vocatonal education teachers is described and discussed. (DT)

Reported was a project intended to develop regional centers for preservice and inservice education to assist teachers, administrators, parents, and teacher aides to incorporate exceptional students into regular classrooms. (GW)

As a result of a survey on the practices and requirements in teacher education programs, the authors conclude that a need for developing a model set of requirements for teacher education candidates exists. (BY)

Instructional Materials designed for junior high students in an attempt to bridge the gap between education and work by helping students develop an understanding of economic processes and the role of work in their lives are assessed. (SM)