Education & Pedagogy

Discusses the changes in art education within the last 30 years and considers their effect on assessment. Briefly touches on theorists and their contributions to the field, including Elliot Eisner, Robert Stake, and Leonard Meyer. Includes a summarized list of art education guidelines. (MJP)

The University of the West Indies failed to obtain funding for a certificate program for adult education, indicating that access is a key issue. The future of Caribbean societies depends on more flexibility from higher education institutions in admissions policies, course offerings, and teaching approaches. (SK)

Reviews selected literature on involving adolescents in providing health education to their peers, providing examples of programs that have used adolescent peers to reduce health risks related to tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, stress, eating behavior, and AIDS. (SM)

Problems of adult education in Turkey, such as funding, research, teacher training, and coordination, are related to politics and to the high degree of centralized decision making. Decentralization with community participation could improve training for adult educators and delivery of adult education provision. (SK)

The insistence of the Holmes Group, in its recent report on schools of education, that schools of education must focus exclusively on the preparation of teachers and that faculty should concentrate their research on professional development, would severely limit the potential contributions of educational research. (SLD)

Survey responses from 217 (62%) Finnish polytechnic students indicated that they made choices according to family background. Mothers' education was related to their interest in continuing studies; fathers' education was related to the status of their intended educational choice. (SK)

Education for work has changed in terms of the amount of education required, the nature of skills/knowledge needed, and instructional delivery formats. In addition to new forms of preparing people for work, old forms should be changed in terms of when and how they are applied. (SK)

Presents a strategy and accompanying methodology for establishing environmental education as a major force for implementing Agenda 21. Proposes the establishment of an Education 21 program and the designation of the educational community as a new Rio major group. Makes recommendations to appropriate component bodies. Contains 10 references. (JRH)

James R. Mingle and Larry Gold discuss distance education issues raised in an American Federation of Teachers report, "How Unions Can Harness the Technology Revolution on Campus." Highlights include cost-effectiveness, quality control, access to education, faculty jobs and roles, and the future of distance education. (AEF)

In this study researchers conducted exercise testing, collected data on demographics and physical activity, analyzed data by gender and major, and compared results with data on nonphysical education majors. The paper presents the results by category. (SM)

The Southern Regional Education Board's Commission on Educational Equality comments on the role of higher education in the U.S. economy, the decline in per-student spending for higher education, and the need for institutional change. A greater focus on the needs of customers, including students, industry, and government, is recommended. (KRN)

Results are reported of a national study designed to identify preferred curriculum content important to the "professional foundation" in social work education. Findings show a high degree of consensus on curriculum material thought to be appropriate for a professional foundation. (Author/MH)

The author describes the development of agricultural education as a profession during the early 20th century. Topics covered include (1) supply and demand of agriculture teachers, (2) typical teacher training programs, (3) minority teacher education, and (4) practice teaching. (CH)

Reports on a conference on Biochemical Education and National Development held at the University of Lagos (Nigeria). Includes the author's personal impressions on biochemical education at Nigerian universities. Summarizes the sessions held at the conference regarding undergraduate, graduate, and research programs in those universities. (TW)

The author addresses the impact and significance of the back-to-the-basics movement as it relates to business education. She focuses on curriculum for business students, the need to train teachers to provide basic skills instruction, the role of business education, effects of the educational reform groups, and strategies for business educators. (CH)