Education & Pedagogy

A comparison was made between test results of teacher education students at the sixty-six state approved teacher education programs in Texas. Twenty-nine of the institutions are NCATE accredited. The purpose was to see if NCATE accrediation affected the student passing rate. Results are presented. (MT)

The contribution of such varied fields as education, behavorial science, biomedical science, and management and marketing to health education and promotion is considered. A case is made for the further development of health education theory with much input from these varied disciplines. (CB)

Describes the early years of teacher education at Johns Hopkins University. Maintains that the program had a sophisticated concept of teaching that included elementary and advanced instruction, continuing education activities, training programs for public and university-bound teachers, and a pedagogical emphasis in the various disciplines. (BSR)

Discusses the trends in education toward computer equipment and computer assisted learning in England. Surveys some of the attitudes of educators and students toward home-based, computer-aided learning, hardware and software. Anticipates future developments in technology for education. (CW)

Criticisms of legal education are examined, and the use of more systematic instructional design to improve legal instruction is proposed. The instructional design process is outlined, including performance analysis, task analysis, skills analysis, and the writing of performance objectives. Potential problems are also discussed. (MSE)

Discusses data collected from state supervisors of technology education and trade and industrial education on the status of teachers, certification, starting salaries, vacancies, graduation requirements, student enrollment, and funding. (JOW)

Issues about the education of young children are discussed, including educational responsibility of preschools, the preschool curriculum, and the need for preschools. It is argued that preschool education should be part of public education but with its own curriculum, methods of evaluation, classroom techniques, and programs of teacher education. (MT)

Explains the background of a movement to weaken vocational agriculture programs in Texas. Describes the efforts of alumni and current members of Future Farmers of America to change vocational agriculture's image; these efforts have turned public opinion and enabled educators to help reshape the agricultural education curriculum. (CH)

Preservice teachers' needs as readers were considered during the development of a program intended to motivate these teachers to spend part of their summer reading education trade books, resulting in a marked increase in the number of trade books and books in general the teachers read. (CB)

Reports on a study into engineering education programs, focusing on graduate programs and research. Provides data reported by the 225 Engineering and Technical College Affilliate Members of the American Society for Engineering Education, and includes information on faculty, enrollment, degrees granted, and research budgets. (TW)

Examines the state of economic education with respect to the natural environment, discussing the role of textbooks in the formation of public policy and the effect of environmental economics on classroom literature. Surveys widely-used college texts, assessing their strengths and weaknesses, and notes possible directions in the field's future. (GEA)

Examines Japan's Reitaku University (Chiba-ken, Japan) and its goal of producing students who have a good balance between technical intelligence and morality. Discusses in detail how the university uses foreign-language instruction, moral education coursework, and dormitory living experiences to further the students' moral education. (GEA)

Discusses changes in Catholic religious education since the second Vatican Council. Addresses the contribution of classroom instruction to young people's religious education and identifies some aspects of shared praxis and appropriation of the faith tradition. States that improvement of religious education requires an upgrading of its role in the school. (GEA)

Examines the current dialog between academics in the United States and Britain, assessing the changes in mood and attitude within the academic communities over the past several decades. Discusses developments in both systems, emphasizing the current crisis in British higher education. (GEA)

Discusses the recent increases in funding to the science and engineering directorate at the National Science Foundation. Credits the resurgence to the United States Congress. Questions how long the rise in the science education budget will be maintained. (TW)