Education & Pedagogy

Educational reform in Poland will have to parallel economic reform to be most effective, particularly in the areas of manpower development, equal educational opportunity, and training for career change, short-term specialization, and professional reorientation in midlife. (MSE)

The Romanian aproach to the concept of integrating education in general and higher technical education in particular with scientific research and production is outlined. It is illustrated with an engineering program of the Bucharest Polytechnic and its relationship with research and industry. (MSE)

Aldo Leopold, the founder of wildlife management (wildlife ecology) is credited with powerfully advocating for the first time in Western intellectual history, broad human ethical responsibility to the nonhuman natural world. Leopold's views on education and Leopold as an educator are discussed. (Author/JN)

Chronic faculty shortages, overenrolled classes, obsolete equipment, and insufficient space have caused a substantial decline in the quality of engineering education. Concludes a report endorsed by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC). Highlights of the report and recommendations are presented. (Author/JN)

Evaluated the effectiveness of a series of training workshops for 92 elementary and secondary school teachers. Responses on a questionnaire showed improvements in teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and assertiveness skills, but not in values clarification ability. (JAC)

A pilot study at a higher education institution compared grades of teacher education graduates to noneducation graduates to observe if there were significant differences. A related purpose of the study was to undertake a new research design that could be used for similiar studies. (DF)

Discusses issues complicating the message of alcohol education, including the ambivalent nature of alcohol itself, personal uncertainty about the effects of alcohol, and moral issues. Suggests that the schools may be too involved in alcohol education and risk losing credibility with students. (JAC)

The nature, characteristics, and sources of investments in all levels of education in China are discussed in this special issue. At present there are imbalances in educational spending in the Chinese system, which overwhelmingly favor higher education. (RM)

Investigated how state officials most directly involved in hunter education programs perceive problems associated with these programs. Major concerns and constraints focused on: program instruction; course content; and program communication, funding, and evaluation. Includes recommendations (based on analyses of concerns/constraints) to effectively implement hunter education programs at the state level. (JN)

Business is a major social institution, but liberal education has traditionally ignored it. Instead, it should see business as a major field of application of humanistic and liberal values, theories, and methodologies, as well as a place where ideas can be tested against the pressures of real life. (Author/MSE)

Analysis of the numbers of referred students who were evaluated and the number of evaluated students who received special education from 1977-80 in 94 districts revealed that, overall, the probabilities associated with the evaluation of referred students and delivery of special education sevices to evaluated students were high. (CL)

The need for special education faculty development is emphasized and factors contributing to faculty development failure (including arbitrary agendas and lack of incentives) and to success (such as systematic planning and programing and institutional support) are considered. A listing of administrative and individual/group options is presented. (CL)

Describes the metamorphosis of Holt's philosophy of education and criticizes his recent advocacy for home schooling. Claims that Holt's proposals are based on a romantic conception of the private family and an unfounded pessimism about the possibility of school reform. (RDN)

A discussion of the trend to employ students without pedagogical preparation in teaching positions for brief periods of time is offered in this article. Reasons for the short-term professional emphasis and weaknesses with this position are identified. Alternative directions for education are recommended. (DF)

Art teachers and special education teachers should form a new alliance to become a new "dynamic duo." Because of the very concrete nature of art, children who have trouble with the abstract often find art experiences appropriate vehicles by which to understand and to learn. (Author/RM)