Education & Pedagogy

Discusses the current controversy in teacher education about whether or not there is a research base that justifies particular practices related to the preparation, certification, recruitment, retention, and entry routes of teachers, focusing on guiding metaphors for research underlying these discussions, which include: research as weapon, research as report card, research as warranty, research as foundation, and research as stance. (SM)

Presents the views and experiences of six girls in two co-educational mathematics classrooms in which computers were regularly used. Indicates a diversity of experiences and views and multiple gender identities. Discusses implications for social justice in mathematics in the age of the information super highway. (Author/KHR)

Investigates the perceptions of in-service science teachers in the Asia-African region on the status of environmental problems, environmental education (EE), and the possible need for international cooperation in EE. Reports that despite teachers' high consciousness of EE, it has not yet sufficiently been integrated into formal education systems. (Contains 17 references.) (Author/YDS)

A special education lawsuit against the Baltimore City Public School System resulted in a consent decree that evolved into a systemwide management plan. By 1997, the system collapsed and a city-state partnership integrated special and regular education. The focus on outcomes for court disengagement instead of student outcomes is discussed. (CR)

A study explored gifted education in Slovenia and found the following positive developments: new school legislation that provides pupils with the possibility of acceleration, pedagogically important international expert scientific conferences on giftedness, introduction of financially supported additional classes for gifted elementary students, introduction of outside differentiation, and teacher education on giftedness. (Contains references.) (CR)

In this interview, Seokee Cho, the Director of the Research Center on the Education of the Gifted and Talented, discusses the implementation of gifted education in Korea, key issues in gifted education, the role personality plays in giftedness, the importance of mentors, parental involvement, ability identification, and fostering giftedness. (CR)

Discusses important aspects of curriculum reform in Romanian secondary education in the 1990s. Reports, for example, that reform has resulted in no improvement in the status of secondary teachers or in student educational access and equity. Curriculum reform has, however, reinforced the use of private tutors, thus creating a de facto private-education system. (Contains 23 references.) (PKP)

A survey indicating that 77% of Connecticut family and consumer sciences teachers would retire by 2012 spurred the work of a coalition to reinstate the teacher education program at a public university. A stakeholders' forum and collaborative linkages resulted in a teacher education curriculum proposal. (Contains 12 references.) (JOW)

Survey responses from 91 of 201 institutions in the United States, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, and Japan indicated that 55 offered distance learning in a variety of industrial teacher education programs; 45 used various televised formats, 44 used web-based delivery, 18 CD-ROM/print, and 9 videotape; and 46 allowed transfer of distance learning credits. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)

Tim Horton Children's Foundation operates camps for disadvantaged children that build their self-confidence. The newest camp, Onondaga Farms in Ontario, is also a year-round outdoor education center. Its five program streams--environmental education, creative arts, agriculture, adventure, and recreation--all have direct links to Ontario's curriculum expectations. Partnerships with six professional organizations enhance programming. (TD)

Commentary on educational leadership includes portions of a critical research project to analyze revolutionary multiculturalism and McLaren's use of Che Guevara as a pedagogical leader for U.S. schools and culminating in a reflexive response to the rigorous dialogical study of the international scholar's work as well as the revision and publication process. (Contains 19 references.) (Author/MLF)

Discusses Paulo Freire's theories about the nature of differential power and the effects of the politics of exclusion and oppression. Contends it is not possible to understand "reforms" in education and society without placing race at the center of one's critical analysis. (Contains 5 notes and 31 references.) (Author/MLF)

Describes the Technology Collaborative for Simultaneous Renewal in Teacher Education project, based in John Goodlad's theory of simultaneous renewal, which is a systemic approach to using technology to help facilitate renewal in both teacher education and elementary and secondary schools. Evaluation results suggest changing attitudes and capabilities of preservice teachers. (Author/LRW)

Examines Ohio education finance case of "DeRolph v. State" within framework of judicial attempts to define education adequacy. Summarizes problem with education finance; traces emergence of adequacy as goal. Discusses the meaning of educational adequacy in "DeRolph," earlier court decisions, statutes, and research. Calls for public willingness to assume responsibility for an adequate education for all children. (Contains 126 references.) (Authors/PKP)

Describes personal reflections on "Communication Education" between 1976 and 1978 under the author's editorship. Discusses reflections under three headings: events and experiences shaping the editor's views of the field of communication education; the transition from "The Speech Teacher" to "Communication Education," and dominant issues that authors wrote about between 1976 and 1978. (SG)