Education & Pedagogy

A school superintendent looks at new demands on public education to "leave no child behind" and urges: (1) preservice training in learning processes for all teachers; (2) administrator training in curriculum best practices; (3) collaboration between regular and special educators; (4) provision of specialist skills in individual cases; and (5) training in collaboration with parents. (DB)

Revisits the author's lecture and discusses progress in the area of asynchronous learning. The lecture addressed trends in technology in society and education, the changing professoriate, public-private partnerships, and leadership in global education. Some predictions from the lecture proved true; others did not. (Contains eight references.) (WFA)

A report on a study that employs data from 490 surveys to discern education majors' attitudes about diversity. The findings suggest that most students are unaware of university diversity initiatives and support the idea for targeted recruitment of faculty and students of color. (Contains 4 tables and 36 references.) (AUTHOR)

Review of research on the correlation between education and health indicates that the relationship is influenced by when in the life course education is experienced, the type of health condition, and the national context. The findings have implications for understanding the influence of health behaviors on health outcomes and the mediating role of learning. (Contains 103 references.) (SK)

New Mexico agriculture teacher education graduates currently teaching secondary agriculture (n=25) rated their at-graduation competencies as satisfactory. Their biggest improvement since graduation was in keeping students on task. Enthusiasm for all facets of the education program remained high. Work experience had the most influence on growth of teaching competencies. (Contains 13 references.) (SK)

Discusses the use of aesthetic knowledge to grapple with transformational projects for engaging preservice teachers in critical examinations of self, exploring the teaching of philosophy, autobiographical experience, and cultural collage (which includes five layers: critical aesthetics; emergence, relationality, and transformation; teacher preparation; identity and pedagogy; and vision and bias). The article presents a sample student collage. (SM)

Examined the efficacy beliefs of elementary teachers regarding character education. Data from the Character Education Efficacy Belief survey indicated that respondents felt efficacious about most aspects of character education. Teachers who earned their undergraduate degrees from private, religiously affiliated universities had a greater sense of efficacy for character education than did those who attended public or secular private institutions. (SM)

Focuses on the Atlanta (Georgia) Junior League, a women's volunteer organization, that chose to address education and welfare of disabled children. Explores the League's role in the education of children that have speech impairments, addressing the establishment of the School for Speech Correction. Reports on the League's role in social mothering. (CMK)

Explores the research on argumentation in science education by focusing on two questions: (1) what should constitute argumentation?; and (2) what does research say about classroom conditions that promote, nurture, and sustain argumentation practices among students? Discusses possible barriers to argumentation and foundational frameworks and conditions for inquiry and argumentation. (Contains 126 references.) (YDS)

Information and communication technologies are changing the role of the university as sole provider of higher education. Universities lack international commercial experience, investment capital, and the capacity to innovate. Corporate providers lack experience in educational delivery and the authority to accredit and certify diplomas. Successful global educational enterprises will require partnerships between traditional universities and the new providers. (TD)

Recognizing the many outside pressures early childhood teachers face from parents, students, administrators, and policymakers, this article contends that early childhood teacher preparation must encourage and support leadership by promoting autonomy for teachers. The article asserts that teacher educators must consider developmentally appropriate practice in their decisions regarding their own teaching practices. (SD)

Responses from 51 of 134 members of the National Association of Business Teacher Education (NABTE) rated the quality of 22 business education journals. The top two were Delta Pi Epsilon Journal and NABTE Review. Refereed and national publications rated higher than nonrefereed or state journals. Most departments did not rank journals in the tenure/promotion process. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

A critical ethnography of reentry students in higher education showed how they construct "studenthood" as instrumental and transferable means of making them viable higher education participants. Studenthood is conceptualized as surrogate occupation, a prerequisite for completion of higher education and entry into desired employment. (Contains 22 references.) (SK)

Accepts the premise of Rene Arcilla's article, "Why Aren't Philosophers and Educators Speaking to One Another?" asking how philosophers of education of a Deweyan character can occupy the intermediary position between philosophy and education with their different languages, contexts, and concerns. The essay uses examples from the work of Cornel West, highlighting his self- described performance of "heteroglossia" and focusing on the question of communication. (SM)

Demonstrates the case of technology education in British Colombia and discusses its invulnerability of teachers to curriculum reform. Draws on historical and survey data related to school practices and Ministry of Education enrollment data disaggregated by sex. Casts these data into a politics of curriculum framework informed by the work of scholars. (Author/KHR)