Education & Pedagogy

Argues that two barriers to literacy are the failure of teacher-education programs to adequately prepare reading specialists to work with language-minority learners and of education researchers to engage in more substantive research on English reading development for such students. Points out the barriers that exist within the literacy education profession that may slow or even prevent language-minority learners from becoming fully literate in English. (SG)

Investigated the effects of multimedia-based instruction versus lecture-based instruction on teaching cognitive components of manipulative skills to physical education majors. Comparison of control, multimedia, and lecture group students' pretests and posttests indicated that though there were no significant differences in scores between the multimedia and lecture groups, intervention group scores were significantly higher than control group scores. (SM)

Native identity as conceived by Native people is not incorporated meaningfully into Ontario's rational, standardized curriculum. The omission of Native languages and understandings perpetuates the erroneous colonial notion of Native inferiority. First Nations education as sui generis should affirm the Native way of life through the use of Native story, land, identity, and language. (Contains 19 references.) (TD)

This article presents the chronology of events in China's education in 2003. The events of the year 2003 started in January 7 when the Ministry of Education promulgated the "Provincial Regulations on Joint Sino-Foreign Higher Education Programs," which was to take effect February 1, 2003. The events of the year 2003 ended with "China Economic News" reporting that the Ministry of Land and Resources studied how universities used land. [This selection is an abridged version of the chronicle composed by Li Yancheng of the University of Hong Kong. Translated by Jennifer Eagleton.]

Organizations such as National Art Education Association (NAEA), local, and state art education associations offer workshops and institutes to help art educators develop and maintain their art and teaching skills. Conventions provide an opportunity to hear and meet famous artists and educators. It's also an opportunity to try out new art materials and peruse art education media, textbooks, and other teaching resources. In this article, the author cites several benefits that teachers can get when they join any art education organizations. (For part 1, see EJ746977.)

In this article, we explore the models of literacy conveyed by contemporary secondary career education policies, programs, and imperatives in the province of Ontario. The Ontario career education policies we reviewed uniformly advance a functional and socially reproductive model of literacy that undermines the democratic agency of learners. In response to these concerns, we propose that critical literacy should be introduced into Ontario secondary career education initiatives to encourage the democratic participation of students in shaping their vocational experience.

Personal Broadcasting, which includes podcasting, vodcasting, phonecasting, Webcasting, blogging, and wikis, is one of the emerging technologies that will have a significant effect on education within the next five years. This article describes the techniques used in personal broadcasting, describes how they are being used in higher education, outlines some advantages and disadvantages of personal broadcasting, and speculates on the role of personal broadcasting in student learning outcomes.

This article examines the career progression of self-employed graduates immediately following graduation and four years subsequently. Using a career socialization theory specific to entrepreneurial settings, it links the role of skills acquired in UK higher education courses and the use of support with self-employment outcomes. Using a wide range of controls (e.g. individual background, prior education, career orientations), the article finds that higher education is initially important in supporting graduate self-employment, but that this support decays in value. (Contains 6 tables.)

This article begins with an introduction to the context and general situation of transnational higher education (TNHE) in Asia, especially in East and Southeast Asia. It then examines development of TNHE in some selected Asian countries from different perspectives and provides a detailed description of TNHE in China. The article concludes by discussing challenges and opportunities for the development of TNHE in Asia.

Higher education today fails to exploit the power of emergent educational technology. If it did, the authors contend that "everyone on the planet would already have access to a top-quality college education for pennies a day acquired in less than half the traditional four years." The authors envision a college education that replaces the lecture format with the opportunity and potential of a hands-on, long-distance--and very cost-efficient--technology-driven learning experience. (Contains 7 footnotes.)

The purpose of this article is to provide a rationale and suggestions for emphasizing health-related physical education in preschool settings. In order to accomplish this, it will examine what is currently known about early childhood physical activity, as well as the existing professional preparation and accreditation standards for early childhood programs. Then it will make recommendations for increasing the emphasis on health-related physical education in these settings.

This article focuses on the radical changes taking place in skills development for work and life, and their implications for the content of education and schooling. It examines skills development for employability and workforce education, with particular reference to technical and vocational education and training (TVET). In turn, it is argued that the impact of these issues upon the world of work will be reflected in those education reform initiatives that will become necessary to keep pace with such institutionalized change. (Contains 1 table.)

In a statement issued in July, "Rebuilding Campus Community: the Wrong Imperative," the National Association of Scholars calls for exactly the right thing--a renewal of liberal education, that broad and deep education beyond students' majors on campuses--but misses the point about what is needed to achieve it. Claiming that liberal education has been hijacked by residence-life programs, these authors state that the association distracts itself rather than focusing on the real opportunity that liberal education offers the nation. In this article, the authors offer their views on the association's statement.

The study outline differences among classes and genders within higher education. Because of the expansion of places of study, higher education has lost some of its former selectivity. The matriculation of one full birth cohort into Swedish higher education was studied. The results showed that the enrolment of working- and intermediate-class women had increased, while women from the upper-middle class, also previously enrolled in higher education, had expanded their educational options becoming involved in prestigious and previously male-dominated programmes.

This article presents an acceptance speech by Jere T. Humphreys, the recipient of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) 2006 Senior Researcher Award. Humphreys discusses his observations about music education research in MENC's first and second centuries. Most of his observations focus on the present--the nexus of the two centuries: first about music education practice, then music education research, and finally the training of music education researchers. (Contains 1 figure and 35 notes.)