Education & Pedagogy
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Current issues of multicultural concern include language, nonverbal communication, cognitive styles, and intelligence testing. Discussions about court mandates and research findings are included. Teacher attitudes and the responsibility of schools of education are examined. (JN)
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Describes an overnight camping experience in Gateway National Recreation Area, New York, with a class of physically handicapped elementary school children. Special problems exist, but virtually every activity could be adapted to the students' abilities. (WB)
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It is recommended that courses be provided for architectural students in postoccupancy building performance and user experience. A course in disaster mitigation is described. It was introduced to increase student awareness of the importance of design decisions in building safety. (MSE)
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A summary and a critique of citizenship education that defines it as education for decision making within a democratic society. Ethical and epistemological aspects of the fundamental assumptions are clarified. (Author/MLF)
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Lists the graduate-level environmental science and environmental education courses offered for teachers by the Schuylkill Valley Nature Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The financial and programatic benefits that accrue to the center through these cooperative efforts are described. (Author/WB)
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The impact of the new biology on what, how, and why persons learn in medicine is discussed. The transformation of medical education is reflected in the radical changes in views of man as organism that are arising from new discoveries in molecular and cellular biology. (MLW)
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Describes transferable features of a graduate internship offered by the College of Education at the University of North Carolina to train students for the role of principal in nontraditional elementary schools. (Author/WD)
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Explores relationships between cooperative education work experiences and subsequent benefits. A literature review is followed by a report of data from a survey designed to discover which internship processes are the best predictors of desired outcomes. (CT)
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Asserts that Competency Based Teacher Education as a social science is extremely inadequate, and that attempts to standardize teaching through formal performance criteria ought to be viewed as the bureaucratization of education. (Author/ML)
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The author examines British industrial schools. He explores their history, student characteristics, types of industries that students performed, followup of graduates, the schools' success rate, their problems, and how they influenced present-day vocational education. (CT)
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Suggestions for facilitating dental health education programs in public schools include: (1) determining who will be responsible for dental health education; (2) involving parents; (3) using community health resources; and (4) assessing the results of programs. (JN)
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The possible futures of health education are reviewed along with the futures of society and education in general. Both pessimistic and optimistic outlooks are viewed, and priorities in future educational programs are discussed. (JN)
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Examines the impact of the World Bank on education funding in developing countries. The author concludes that the bank's objectives make education an instrument of national economic growth rather than contributing to individual development. (AM)
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Delineates three major differences in the educational philosophies of secular and religious (Judeo-Christian) secondary schools and colleges. The author argues that these philosophical differences profoundly influence the scope and emphasis of religious school education. For journal availability, see SO 509 295. (AM)
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Different approaches for including urban studies in elementary and secondary school curriculum are discussed. Program development in Hertfordshire, England that describes problems and issues associated with environmental education and interdisciplinary approaches are included. (DC)