Education & Pedagogy

Presents 15 suggestions for training business education students in the use of computers. Suggestions involve computer language, method of presentation, laboratory time, programing assignments, instructions and handouts, problem solving, deadlines, reviews, programming concepts, programming logic, documentation, and defensive programming. (CT)

A project was conducted to develop an instrument to evaluate the degree to which teachers actually participate in career education programs. It also identified subfactors which together comprise the concept of career education participation. Development procedures are described and data tables are included. (CT)

Investigates which types of reflective activities should be considered as philosophy and reviews how education, experience, and philosophy are interrelated. Journal availability: see SO 507 421. (DB)

Suggests that institutions of higher education will meet future educational needs better if they reevaluate such areas as student starting and finishing ages, course length and continuity, curriculum, and the relationship between higher education institutions and the schools. (DB)

A description is given of an in-service course or workshop on the subject of the mathematics developed by the peoples of Africa and other cultures in the course of their daily lives. (MP)

Relates the ways in which the various vocational programs and student organizations are making free enterprise/consumer/economic concepts an integral part of classroom, laboratory, and community activities. Lists activities for eight vocational education program areas in Florida. (LRA)

Comprehensive community education programs can help make the best use of available facilities. A number of counties have joined with school boards to develop one-stop shopping centers for community services. (Author/MLF)

Traces the history of the "compulsory-cure" model of United States education (in which students are assumed to need "curing") that is currently in use. Notes the problems caused by accepting and perpetuating this educational model. (JT)

Describes a field-tested program for making students aware of and adept in skills that have brought success to business owners in their local community. Entrepreneurship education must be regarded as a complement to existing vocational and business education programs. (JOW)

Discusses sources and implications of the quantitative expansion of the system of higher education in Germany, which altered the character and structure of the university. Suggests that the quantitative expansion will be followed by a qualitative one. (KC)

The humanistic, moral, and essentially religious (re-ligare: to tie together) nature of education is examined to answer the questions: What are we educating for? And what kind of community are we trying to create through education? (MJB)

The impact of the Health Activities Project (HAP), an activity-centered, supplementary health education program for fifth- to eighth-grade students, on their attitudes toward health education was studied. Results indicated a positive change. (JD)

Answers are provided to questions received by the New Jersey Education Association concerning placement of handicapped students in vocational classes. Questions involve the wording of the Education for All Handicapped Students Act, class size, and proper training for teaching the handicapped. (KC)

Outlines steps to follow and recommends special features when selecting equipment for an engineering computer graphics laboratory. Expansion features are also discussed. Provides a systems checklist for software and hardware. (CS)

Lists suggested term paper topics and discusses the positive aspects of requiring a technical research paper and accompanying oral report of students who are mathematically and technically, rather than verbally, oriented. (CS)