Education & Pedagogy

Five curriculum designs appropriate for general education programs that have evolved in American secondary schools and colleges are identified: distribution requirements, required courses, correlated courses, combined courses, the integrative seminar, and core curriculum. The advantages and disadvantages of each are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Discusses the impact that Spelman and Bennett Colleges have had on educational opportunities for Black women and highlights the contributions to the Black community of several alumnae from these institutions. Also provides an extensive bibliography of materials that focuses on Black women and higher education. (Author/GC)

Reviews general education reforms since the first major study of general education in community colleges in 1952 and general education's current status. Notes general education reform projects and changes in emphasis and priorities in areas such as basic skills, personal development, specialization and fractionalization, and goals. (DMM)

Legal education, it is suggested, has been unwisely dominated by the study of doctrine and rule-manipulation, and there must be greater emphasis upon both the broader theoretical underpinnings of law and legal systems and the practical role and tasks of the lawyer. (MLW)

This study assessed the continuing education needs of 830 leisure services practitioners in Wisconsin. Analyses provide information regarding similarities and differences among leisure services professionals. Demographic characteristics, continuing education needs, interests, participation, and attitudes toward continuing education are discussed. (Author/CJ)

Examines the implications of a British plan to provide one-year paid traineeships to all unemployed 16 year-old school dropouts. Rising youth unemployment has prompted proposals for new postsecondary vocational and technical education programs. The program's impact on the secondary curriculum and postsecondary educational systems and on program costs is considered. (AM)

Beginning with statements indicating the serious inadequacy of America's science education, the author describes a National Science Foundation program to recruit principals to support science education improvement and to conduct inservice training in science education for their teachers. (JM)

Administrators of teacher education programs should exert more leadership and insist on higher standards and adequate resources for their programs. Ohio's new teacher education standard provides for a ratio of one faculty member for every 14 students. (PP)

Describes a music education program designed specifically for adults. The program was so successful that it has been expanded to include an instrumental program, choral music, and piano instruction. The implications of the increased demand for adult music education programs on college music education departments are discussed. (AM)

Briefly describes NSF-funded weekend courses at Western Illinois University. Includes a list of 16 courses with topic and enrollment data and a list of topics in which teachers felt a need for more preparation. (SK)

A survey to identify factors contributing to the low enrollment and subsequent cancellation of a continuing education program is described. The major element contributing to the low enrollment appeared to be the time of the year the program was scheduled. Consequences of program cancellation are discussed. (Author/MLW)

It was only in the late 1970s that Australian educationists began to devote particular attention to the development of multicultural education in Australian society. Nonetheless, Australia has made very substantial academic and practical contributions to a field which is of increasing worldwide interest. (BRR)

Argues that, despite the plethora of federal, state, and local policies that now affect children, there is not (and never has been) a conscious national policy toward them except one: that all children should attend school until a state-mandated age. Offers, from the perspective of private education, nine recommendations for creating an appropriate national public policy. (Author/MP)

Argues that two of the major causes of the current state of public education are the nature of teacher education and the strength of teachers' unions. His solutions include parental control of schools, academic requirements, abolishing tenure and credentialism, merit pay for teachers, and dismissal of incompetent teachers. (SK)

The "two context-oriented" typologies identify implications of current bilingual education, provide practical guidelines to develop a desirable form of bilingual education, and contribute to the development of a theoretical framework to unfold the complexities of social, economic, and political implications of bilingual education. (ERB)