Education & Pedagogy
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Argues that the accelerating trend of standardization has produced a sameness in American education. Highlights Hillsdale College's refusal to accept federal funds, out of a conviction that quality in liberal education can only thrive without government interference. (SK)
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Suggesting that urban education should be involved with the politics of a community and focusing on race and class, discusses ways in which students, once sensitized to problems, have solved them. (Author/JN)
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Discusses the meaning of Schwab's "substantive structures" of a discipline in terms of science philosophy. Presents three techniques for representing substantive structures and discusses some of their uses in science education research. (SK)
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In 1978, Iowa began a program of assessing conditions and designing statewide plans for comprehensive school health education. Curriculum tools were developed and put into use. The program is described and evaluated. (MT)
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Health educators have consistently shown creativity in using innovative teaching techniques. Three articles from the past discuss "new" teaching methods: (1) "A Radio Project Teaches Your Class" (Miller); (2) "An Activity Program in Alcohol Education" (Breg); and (3) "Teaching Health Through Pictures" (Haviland). (CB)
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Current agendas of the California State Department of Education, the California State Board of Education, and the California State Legislature are examined. Some part of each agenda has potential for impact on the social studies area of instruction. (RM)
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The hardware used in microcomputer/videodisk systems and the applications of videodisk technology to developing and using educational modules in optometric education are outlined and discussed. (MSE)
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Describes the use of an exceptional student education specialist to aid school counselors in providing services, prepare teacher inservice training, conduct parent workshops, help develop individual education plans, and assist teachers with classroom management. (JAC)
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Discusses existing traditional industry-education cooperative ventures and decreasing enrollment rates in these programs and reasons for the decreases. The article also examines the role of universities in job training and the conflict between corporate training and public education. (CT)
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The author observes that the report from the Council on the Continuing Education Unit, "Principles of Good Practice in Continuing Education," is a list of reductive, formal stipulations that imply that adults are not capable of self-directed learning. (CT)
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The experiences of the External Diploma Program, a competency-based alternative credentialing program for adults, are described in this article. Factors to consider when implementing a program in a maximum security facility are explored. (Author/CT)
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Presented is a humorous account of Burt Benfang, an art education major and artist steeped in the twentieth century tradition of unfettered self-expression, art materials potpourri ad infinitum, nonspecific creativity, minimal art, maximal art, conceptual art, and right-brain inflation via inverted images. (RM)
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The relationships between academe and industry in West Germany are examined through the various existing models of cooperation, interactions in continuing education and technology transfer, barriers to cooperation, and prospects for the future. (MSE)
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This article surveys the constitutionality of state aid to private sectarian higher education under the First Amendment. A typology for constitutional aid programs is devised to scrutinize selected state programs for constitutional compliance. (TE)
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Describes (1) characteristics of effective preservice teacher preparation programs, (2) characteristics of teachers who have compiled an effective program, and (3) undesirable qualities of teachers not likely to emerge in graduates of effective programs. (EL)