Education & Pedagogy

Investigates the relationship between institutional affiliation and scholarly activities and outlooks for a sample of Indian engineering faculty. The research is based on a survey of Indian academics conducted in 1971-72. (Editor)

Frontier College in Toronto, Canada hires university students to work at laboring jobs during the day, and in their spare time to organize and help their coworkers upgrade their educations. The labor/teacher idea is Canada's finest contribution to adult education. (Author/PG)

It was found that women in medical schools support the option of careers for women generally, although not necessarily at the expense of the maternal role. This pattern was stronger among students than faculty members. (Editor)

A procedure for writing a term paper and suggestions on how to select a topic in consumer education for the paper are offered as learning experiences in consumer education whereby the student can select, delimit, study, organize, summarize, and verify material related to a topic of personal interest. (AG)

The widespread acceptance and adoption of the unit is offering to the individual adult student a single unit of measure which can be accumulated and is becoming a means for personal recognition, professional certification, and employment improvement for upgrading and promotion. (Author)

The task of making teacher education more suited to the prevailing conditions in Russian society requires both a rethinking of the goals and curriculums of programs, and better coordination of activities across the spectrum of educational institutions.

The Directory of In-Service Training is a listing of short courses and seminars offered in the fields of science, technology, management, medicine and health, and law and government in the United States. Listings by subject and location and a sponsor address list are included. (AJ)

The Project is committed to the philosophy that career education should be a total educational endeavor for the community. It is an instructional, counseling, guidance, and placement program which begins at the preschool level and extends through community college and adult education. (AG)

Continuing education is an ever increasing requirement for health professionals and technicians. The use of computer assisted and computer terminal accessible modules brings the college into the health facility without the need for actual personnel movements. (Author/NH)

This article seeks to characterize culturally responsive teaching; consider how it differs from other pedagogical approaches in music education informed by culture, such as multicultural music education; and offer ideas for making the general music classroom more culturally responsive.

Progress, problems, and solutions for minority groups--including women--in technical education are recounted by the authors, who urge colleges for technical educators to devise courses and internships which focus on technical education for minority groups and the disadvantaged. (AJ)

In speaking to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the author expresses the need for an intercultural dimension in all curricula and suggests goals to strive for in an effort to enrich not only specialized international studies but all subjects and grade levels. (JH)

This article critically examines conceptions of emancipatory education grounded in the work of Jacques Rancière. It investigates whether Rancièrian contributions to the theory of emancipatory education draw consistent conclusions from Rancière's interventions and whether Rancièrian conceptions of political education are capable of addressing their potential limitations. To this end, the article reconstructs Rancière's interventions alongside Rancièrian conceptions of emancipatory and political education. It then examines these approaches and develops arguments about how a Rancièrian notion of emancipatory education should be understood. Finally, the article presents guidelines for emancipatory education that are relevant to both intellectual and political emancipation.

This document records testimony from a hearing before the Committee on Education and Workforce examining the policies and priorities of the Department of Education. Opening statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Tim Walberg, Chairman, Committee on Education and Workforce; and (2) Honorable Robert C. Scott, Ranking Member, Committee on Education and Workforce. Linda McMahon, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, presented a witness statement. Additional material was submitted by members of the Committee including (1) articles; (2) letters; (3) reports; (4) organizational statements; and (5) responses to questions submitted for the record by Secretary Linda McMahon.

Despite the fact that China has a deep-rooted history of sympathetic attitudes toward individuals with disabilities, and has begun to serve individuals with disabilities in their public schools, Special Education in China today is much like it was in the United States prior to the implementation of the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975. China has little of the uniformity that is evident in special education programs across the United States. This paper compares special education as it is implemented in these two nations. A survey is conducted to ascertain the support that teachers in these countries receive for teaching struggling students. (Contains 4 tables.)