Education & Pedagogy

Responds to Alan Singer in his "Response to Milson on Character Education." States that Singer's account is flawed because his article is based on a misunderstanding of the purpose of the study presented in Milson's original article, "Social Studies Teacher Educators' Perceptions of Character Education." (CMK)

Content analysis of Chinese nursing education curriculum and U.S. associate degree nursing curriculum revealed differences in course offerings, time allocation, clinical instruction, and clinical experience. Chinese curriculum emphasized physiology and disease and had minimal humanities and social sciences content. Limited clinical experiences throughout the program were a concern. (SK)

This study compared student ratings of graduate teacher education courses given either on campus or off campus through distance learning technology. Overall, course, instructor, and general ratings were similar for the course given regardless of setting or delivery format. Discussion focuses on appropriate applications of distance learning technology. (Contains references.) (DB)

Builds on Nel Noddings' work on caring encounters to develop a care-centered approach to teacher education. This model emphasizes the important contributions to the process of preparing caring teachers made by enhanced interpersonal commitment, membership in a community of learners, and passion for the creative, intellectual aspects of teaching. (Contains references.) (SM)

Offers an analysis of church and state influences on the development of education in British Honduras (now Belize). Focuses on the British neglect of education in the colony; the emergence of tensions between the church and state, exploring issues related to Roman Catholic and Protestant rivalry; and church-state issues. (CMK)

Evaluated outcomes in selected Australian schools of an intervention project, Health Promoting Schools (promoted by the World Health Organization). Found that studied schools moved beyond oppositional constructions of health and education towards approaching health as an element of effective schooling. (EV)

Describes a study that assessed faculty needs for incorporating Web-based instruction into the teacher education curriculum. Defined optimal performance, assessed actual practice, and identified the gap separating the two, in order to understand the technological and pedagogical requirements necessary to prepare education faculty for the paradigm shift driven by information technology. (Author/LRW)

By probing into the relationship of senior students' demand for "internationalization", students' expected economic returns in future careers, and their individual concept of modernity, this study attempts to explore several factors that are influencing the demand for overseas higher education.

As the United States moves toward expanding programs for pre-kindergarten children, leaders in higher education are asking themselves some how-to questions about implementation. This article summarizes nine facts about higher education. One of these facts is the growing demand for teachers qualified with a bachelor's degree in Early Care and Education.

Discusses some emerging discourses on environmental education and how "sustainability" has been used within different discourses. Asserts that the contested nature of the concept does not mean that it cannot be usefully adopted within environmental education processes. Focuses on how the concept has been adopted by students in a preservice science education program at the University of Stellenbosch. (EV)

Discusses educational marketing in terms of branding and consumer trust. Argues that the labeling and marketing of Britain's new foundation degrees, employment-related higher education qualifications, is detrimental to their success. Suggests a need for more clarity and veracity in the claim for parity of esteem for vocational qualifications. (Contains 45 references.) (SK)

Comparison of agriculture courses delivered synchronously via interactive television (20 students) and asynchronously via the Web (22 students) showed similar achievement of core distance education competencies: adult learning, technology knowledge, instructional design, communication skills, graphic design, administration) regardless of delivery method, gender, degree, or major. (Contains 19 references.) (SK)

Uses a framework of educational sociology to illustrate benefits and challenges of agricultural communications' relationships with agricultural education departments and private industry. Examines agricultural communications as an academic field and the influences of home department, journalism, and industry. Issues include graduate education capacity and reliance on other departments. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)

Presents a future for career and technical education (CTE) mirroring the last 20 years of technology-driven changes in the work force. Argues that education must shift to prepare flexible, high performance knowledge workers for a continuous innovation society and that CTE is appropriate and preferred for this task. (Contains 61 references.) (JOW)

Presents a theoretical model toward the study of globalization and internationalization in mathematics education based on previous publications by the authors. Also, identifies some key issues that have been discussed in the literature and that may require further discussion and research in the field. (Contains 22 references.) (AUTHOR)