Education & Pedagogy

The year 1973 was marked by uncertainty and frustration regarding the federal role in education. The Congress and the President were deadlocked on key education issues. Administrative impoundment of funds and delays on appropriations forced State and local officials to struggle with day-to-day continuation of federal programs rather than focus on planning and implementing an integrated use of federal, State, and local programs and funds. Significant changes must be made in 1974 if the most effective use of federal resources is to occur. In this brochure, the Regents examine existing programs providing aid to elementary, secondary, and higher education and make recommendations on the educational issues now before this session of Congress. (Author/JF)

A recommended State plan for the establishment and operation of a comprehensive community college program as part of the higher educational system of West Virginia is presented. The chapters of the report, which follow a Foreword and a Summary of Recommendations, are: 1. Comprehensive Community College Education, II. Present Status of Community College Education in West Virginia, III. State Level Responsibility for Comprehensive Community College Education in West Virginia, IV. A Plan for Implementing Comprehensive Community College Education in West Virginia, and V. Considerations and Suggestions for Implementing the Comprehensive Community College Education System in West Virginia. Appendixes provide a chart, tables, and selected biographical data of consultants. (DB)

Project Outreach is a consortium of public higher education institutions in California that aims to provide access to learning opportunities, by use of televised instruction, to those in the community who do not have access to educational institutions or programs. This document describes the first year of the project, Phase 1--planning. The chapters of the book are as follows: 1. An Overview of Project Outreach; II. Current Status of Nontraditional Education; III. Target Population; IV. Counseling; V. Curriculum; VI. Delivery Systems; VII. Evaluation; VIII. Administration; and IX. Future Directions. Notes are provided. (DB)

This document discusses some policy issues in British higher education. Section 1 covers the expanding concept of higher education. Section 2 discusses various objectives in higher education including competence; acquisition of skills for servicing the community; enjoyment; exploration of a field of knowledge for its own sake; critical awareness and commitment; and knowledge, empathy, and research. Section 3 emphasizes the advantages and disadvantages of the binary system. Section 4 reviews the dilemma of costs. Section 5 presents means to implement the objectives. Emphasis is placed on the diploma of higher education, the unit system, new courses, techniques for learning, the open university, higher education and other forms of experience, and the creation of a think-tank on higher education. (MJM)

Described is the inservice teacher training compontent for grade levels 1 through 3, of an early childhood urban education program funded under Title III in Paterson, New Jersey. Noted is development by teachers of tests for each of 10 previously identified performance objective areas. Described individually are workshops held on the following topics: the performance objectives, oreientation for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers in the program, orientation for aides, a 3-day orientation for project teachers, language disorders, learning disabilities and reading, and interrelationships in urban schools. Listed are members of the Board of Education, the Community Advisory Committee, the Parent Committee, and the project staff. (DB)

We must know more about adult education, why people enroll, who they are, and what they expect; we must develop new and better techniques for serving them; and we must define the role of government. Some have proposed a National Center for Lifelong Learning, which could interpret data on adult education and serve as the instrument in developing a network of communications among adult education programs. It could work jointly with the Office of Education to develop data collection requirements. Local Lifelong Learning councils could provide opportunities for adults to join in local task-centered activities seeking solutions to community and human problems. This system might become the central ingredient in the reform of education at all levels. (se)

This is the second in the third series of general bibliographies developed to disseminate information on documents analyzed at the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science Education. Reported are some 113 citations of selected documents related to teacher education in science and mathematics education. The documents included represent research reports, research reviews, manuals, textbooks, and other types. Citations are listed in alphabetical order by author and indicate sources, availability, and major ideas of the document. This bibliography updates, but does not replace, general bibliography 2 (ED 015 879) and general bibliography 12 (ED 026 278) produced earlier by this Center. (RH)

Twenty-two elementary and secondary schools from throughout the five-county Southeastern Pennsylvania region were selected by Project KARE (Knowledgeable Action to Restore our Environment) to receive grants for Local Action Programs (LAP) of environmental education during 1973-1974. This guide reviews these twenty-two programs including the program name, the school name and address, program leaders, number of participating students and grade level, geographic and demographic descriptions of the school, and a synopsis of program goals and activities. The programs reviewed in the guide cover environmental topics such as nature study areas, air pollution, cemetery studies, and land, air and water studies. (TK)

Lesson plans for elementary and junior high grades, developed by teachers in an environmental education workshop, are compiled in this publication. Curriculum areas covered by the plans include science, language arts, mathematics, social studies, art, recreation and health. The lesson plans specify: subject category, contributor's name, title of activity, major concept, grade level, purpose and objectives, materials required, procedures to follow, vocabulary words, related activities, resources, and evaluation. Lists of resource personnel and participants, the workshop schedule, and a reference list of books, pamphlets, and films supplement the lesson plans. (BT)

This paper describes and evaluates the coverage and content validity of the vocational/career education tests available commercially to high school educators. Tests were analyzed with respect to their collective coverage of the vocational/career education curriculum goals appropriate to grades 11 and 12, and the extent to which each possessed good content validity as defined by two criteria. The results indicate a good overall coverage of the curriculum goals for secondary education, however the poor content validity of the majority of tests is disappointing. The results of this analysis have many implications for the improvement of vocational/career education tests. (Author)

This paper describes the need for parenting education and presents some of the related educational approaches and problems. Different approaches to educating parents and handling their problems are described, including: (1) the ecological (or whole thing) approach; (2) the Nurseries in Cross Cultural Education (NICE) program; (3) insight programs; (4) crisis programs; (5) special group programs; (6) assisting programs; (7) home based programs; and (8) home-school communication approach. Concluding sections include an examination of the problems that can be found in parenting education programs and an annotated bibliography of reading materials, program descriptions, and films concerning parenting education. (SDH)

Beginning with basic socioeconomic and cultural aims of adult and continuing education, in France, this paper discusses difficulties (intellectual, sociological, and otherwise) in reaching adults and meeting their educational needs by conventional, individual oriented means. It then outlines a collective, group process oriented approach to adult education, with particular reference to industrial settings. The appendix describes a program of general and technical education developed during 1964-69 by the Centre Universitaire de Cooperation Economique et Sociale (CUCES) for iron miners in Lorraine, followed by a flexible new national scheme of adult diploma courses. Six tables are included. (LY)

Based on school visitation in Leflore County, Mississippi, interviews with first- and second-grade teachers, school social workers, and members of the central staff, the writer discusses the need for pre-school education in that county and evaluates the school program it relates to pre-school education. It is recommended that Project Head Start should resume operation, that nursery and kindergarten education be instituted in Leflore County, and that a course of study for the rural disadvantaged young children be prepared. This work was prepared in 1969 under funds from Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (AN)

The purpose of this study was to provide some basic facts about postdoctoral study in the United States. The report begins with a review of the history of postdoctoral education since its beginning more than 50 years ago. Succeeding chapters consider in detail the composition and distribution of the postdoctoral population; the significance of postdoctoral education for the individual, the department, and the institution of which he is temporarily a member; the character of postdoctoral education in different fields of study; the manner in which postdoctoral education is supported and provided for; and the costs of postdoctoral education. The report concludes with recommendations based on the findings, and appendices which include the questionnaires, compilations of data, and a bibliography. (AF)

Twenty-seven papers on agricultural extension, adult basic education, programed instruction, program planning, general education, research problems, motivation, behavior and attitude change, university extension, adult educators, and other areas of concern within adult education were presented at this research conference. Most of these papers are available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS); The rest are available from other sources as noted in the citations. The digests in this booklet are arranged alphabetically by author. Also included are an author index, a list of ERIC/AE publications, and instructions for ordering from the EDRS. (LY)