Education & Pedagogy

This paper examines the influence of educational fever on the development of the Republic of Korea education and economy in the context of the cultural history of this country. In order to examine this study, the author explains the concept of educational fever and discusses the relation between Confucianism and education zeal. Educational fever and human capitalization in South Korean higher education are analyzed from a comparative viewpoint. The study evaluates the effects and problems of education fever this country's current higher education, and it concludes that Koreans' educational fever has been a core factor by which to achieve the development of the national economy as well as the rapid expansion of higher education.

The present reconfiguration of education by neo-liberal forces worldwide is taken as a basis for this essay. Drawing on examples of how this reconfiguration operates on national arenas through decisive and dishonest discourses of commoditisation and privatisation, management and efficiency, education for all and student-centred education, the essay looks at the Ethiopian case and how neo-liberalism operates on that arena and how a counter-hegemonic agenda was implanted through a master course for teacher educators following a different and critical practitioner inquiry approach modelling emancipation and social justice within teacher education and society at large. (Contains 1 footnote.)

The purpose of this support document is to: (1) provide a fuller version of the literature review than in the report and issues paper; and (2) provide the interview schedules that were used to gather the data for this project. (Contains 7 footnotes.) [Funding for this report was provided through the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training. This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report "Higher Education in TAFE," and is an added resource for further information. For the main reports, see ED507212 and ED507153.]

The purpose of the U.S. Department of Education's online newsletter "The Education Innovator" is to promote innovative practices in education; to offer features on promising programs and practices; to provide information on innovative research, schools, policies, and trends; and to keep readers informed of key Department priorities and activities. This issue of the newsletter includes feature article "Shooting for the Moon: A Joint Venture," highlighting the Obama Administration's creation of an environment for education reform's moon shot--a chance to dramatically change the playing field for children and parents in this country. Regular sections include: (1) What's New?; and (2) Innovations in the News. [For "The Education Innovator. Volume VII, No. 7," see ED506666.]

The term pedagogy has been appropriated in education discourse as simply strategies of instruction. This instrumental understanding of pedagogy has reified the term both in the vernacular of education and in research of teaching and teacher education, leading the scientific pursuit of pedagogy to exclude the relationship between pedagogy and pedagogue. Based on this concern, this paper will consider the artistic and relational dimensions of pedagogy in teacher education. Drawing on the perspective that pedagogy is akin to art, this paper seeks to sketch a more holistic understanding of pedagogy in teacher education. Afterwards, I suggest self-study of teacher education as a suitable epistemic frame to appreciate the artistry of pedagogy in higher education.

As new estimates of state revenues continue to emerge, public officials struggle to understand their implications for public education. The goal of this analysis is to produce rapid projections of the effects on public education of the most recent estimates of declines in state revenues. More specifically, what's sought are both estimates of the degree to which K-12 education spending could be cut under a specified set of assumptions and the corresponding effect on employment. This analysis summarizes both the magnitude of projected reductions in state spending on K-12 education and the projected impact on job loss in K-12 education. (Contains 2 tables, 1 figure, and 9 notes.)

Ed McCrea, former executive director of North American Association for Environmental Education (NAEE), calls the development of the environmental education guidelines the single most important event that has occurred in the field of environmental education in the last decade. For the first time in its history, environmental education has a set of tools that promotes unity, a common language, and the professionalization of the field. These guidelines, which are described in this document, grew from NAAEE's desire to ensure that environmental education was a part of the national standards movement. Most of all, the guidelines offer a way to ensure that environmental education materials, programs, and practitioners are of the highest possible quality.

The goal of this publication is to stimulate dialogue about defining opportunity for postsecondary education and ways to measure progress. It is hoped that this dialogue will inform the decision-making process of policymakers as they tackle policy challenges ranging from reform of K-12 education to improvement of postsecondary education. The purpose of this report is threefold: (1) to measure the opportunities for low-income students to access and succeed in higher education; (2) to track progress and improvement over time; and (3) to use the findings to advocate for increased understanding and support of programs that improve access to higher education. (Contains 8 endnotes and 5 graphs.)

Online learning is becoming an important facet of K12 education in meeting the requirements for highly qualified teachers in every classroom, in providing professional development for teachers and school choice and in tutoring options to students and parents. This fact sheet provides statistical data and U.S. Department of Education (USED) Office of Educational Technology initiatives in the areas of academic competitiveness, online learning as a valuable instructional tool in higher education, percentage of public schools with Internet access, distant learning enrollment, USED grants towards delivering online supplemental education services to rural and remote students, and USED support of online professional development for teachers.

This paper presents the historical growth of teacher education in Ghana and the various attempts made to ensure that societal demands are met as far as teacher effectiveness and supply are concerned. Since the colonial period, teacher education has received the desired attention. This attention is seen in the manner in which teacher education has been changing both in structure and content. Various governments have been quick to realise that education holds the key to the development of the nation and at the heart of the education system is the teacher. In this Paper, the writers present the development of teacher education from 1925 to 1997.

"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) State of American Business: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Says U.S. Could Face a "Severe Worker Shortage" Unless It Produces Better-Educated Workers; (2) Separate and Unequal: Report Finds Growing Segregation in American Schools; (3) State of the State Addresses: Now Enjoying Budget Surpluses, Governors Begin Giving Back to Education; and (4) Houston School Board Approves Pay for Performance for District Teachers.

Multiple providers (including state, quasi-state and non-state ones) have contributed to raising initial enrolment and improving gender balance in Bangladesh. The critical question is how multiplicity and diversity of provision can contribute to achieving truly universal primary education with high completion rates and acceptable levels of learning. In this paper, these questions are addressed in the context of history and circumstances of educational development in Bangladesh, as the Government attempts to put into effect a new national education policy and design a five year (2011-15) national development plan. (Contains 5 tables.)

This guide is intended for students, career counsellors and others assisting vocational education and training (VET) students in the credit transfer process. It is based on research that set out to identify the core elements required to negotiate successful pathways from VET to higher education. Credit transfer structures between Deakin University and three Victorian TAFE institutes, as well as the experience of enterprise registered training organisations, were used as case studies. The guide offers some strategies and guidance from the research which may assist students who seek recognition for their VET learning. [This guide is based upon the "Crediting Vocational Education and Training for Learner Mobility" report. For the full report, see ED509572.]

The purpose of Preschool Units EMIS Staff Report is twofold. First, it helps School Districts and Educational Service Centers (ESC) ensure accuracy and validity of preschool staff, student and program data submitted to the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) through the Education Management Information System (EMIS). From this report, school districts, ESC's and data acquisition sites have the opportunity to review preschool special education teacher, adaptive physical education and related service, and summary data. A second major purpose of this report is to provide source data used to determine foundation funding. This publication describes the layout of the Staff Report and provides instructions for properly filling out and submitting the documentation.

A major function of the Louisiana Department of Education is to provide relevant and timely information related to education for a variety of readers. Section 1 of this report, Statistical and Financial Tables, includes 18 tables covering subjects such as Louisiana parishes; public elementary/secondary schools; average ACT composite scores; average SAT scores for college-bound seniors; adult basic education enrollment; expenditures; and revenues. The second section of the report, City/Parish School District Profiles, provides profiles based on: (1) public education data gathered from the public school systems; and (2) nonpublic education data collected from the 371 nonpublic schools that voluntarily submitted data to the Louisiana Department of Education. The third and final section of the report contains nine "Quick Reference" tables.