Education & Pedagogy

An approach for empirically determining the effectiveness of workshops in continuing social work education is described. In testing, the approach yielded unambiguous results on workshop participants' conceptual knowledge, ability to recall and recognize practice skills, and satisfaction with instructional quality and relevance. (MSE)

Higher Education expenditures and common economic indices are charted: Consumer Price Index and Higher Education Price Index (1958-79); U.S. Gross National Product (GNP) in current and 1972 dollars (1946-79); general and higher education expenditures as a percentage of the GNP (1949-79); and total and per student voluntary support of higher education (1965-78). (MSE)

The authors review compensatory education programs, summarize studies of their effectiveness, and conclude that such programs can be effective--although they must be accompanied by increased opportunity in the society as a whole. (JM)

As law schools shed their pervasive elitism, clinical training will grow in scope and importance. Lawyers who meet the demands of a broad-based clientele cannot function with the limited skills that traditional education has provided. Law schools will have to train people to operate independently. (MLW)

The Harvard Law School is in the process of fashioning a multilayered program in law teaching for American lawyers who are candidates for the LL.M. degree. The Program on Preparing for Law Teaching is described and its objectives are outlined. (MLW)

An interview with Secretary of Education Bell is presented. Federal regulation, tuition tax credits, how proposed legislation might effect higher education, and how the Department of Education might be restructured are discussed. The Secretary hopes to reverse the trend toward federal control of education. (MLW)

The combination of microcomputer and videodisc will play an increased role in the education of special education teachers, making technology literacy essential for teacher educators. Sample goals of technology literacy include ability to integrate computerized teaching materials into a course and knowledge of sources for computer materials. (CL)

Various types of entrepreneurial education are examined: (1) adult programs (individualized programs capitalizing upon existing skills); (2) college and university programs (home economics teachers learning what to teach); (3) youth programs (programs involving 4-H and FHA/HERO members); and (4) women's programs (emphasizing planning, marketing, and implementing educational assistance). (CT)

The author presents a conception of aesthetic education grounded in an aesthetic motivation and suggests that an important function of art is to occasion high levels of aesthetic experience, satisfying the universal human instinct for dramatic order. (Paper presented at the Aesthetic Education Conference, London, September 1980.) (Author/SJL)

Discusses changes which occurred in European higher education from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. These included an increase in the number of higher education institutions and in the number of persons wishing to pursue higher education, the desire among educators for new and innovative institutions, and educational legislation which provided funding for new institutions. (DB)

Explores a range of links between chemistry and historical and sociological events and emphasizes that these links need to be given more attention in chemical education if the true cultural value of chemistry is to be recognized. (CS)

The author gives an account of past library movements in rural India and suggests that a network of rural libraries and reading rooms should be an important component of the National Adult Education Programme, as a means of reinforcing the effects of literacy education. (SK)

Reviews the Program for Excellence in Vocational Education, which is designed to stimulate excellence in vocational education in Black urban schools. Lists involvement activities for the community, school system, school, principal, parent, and student needed for program success. (LRA)

Paid educational leave, although a recurrent topic of discussion, is not the highest priority in the concerns of British trade unions. In Italy, however, the trade unions have been largely instrumental in bringing about the introduction of "second chance" education extending beyond retraining. (Author)

The authors argue that the expression theory of dance is subjectivistic and false, thus failing to provide an adequate rationale for criticism and dance education. They sketch out a theory of dance which focuses squarely on movement itself, and claim this provides a coherent, objective basis for dance education. (KC)