Education & Pedagogy

This article argues for a social and cultural perspective on mathematics education that sees mathematical knowledge as a "new" civil right and cites The Algebra Project as an example of culturally-responsive instruction. Recommendations are made for reforming teacher education, by including a course for all prospective middle and high school teachers, regardless of the subject they teach, so they all become skilled at numeracy.

In the wake of No Child Left Behind, school districts increasingly are being held accountable for demonstrating improved student achievement in English language literacy. This article discusses the current state of literacy in the nation, why physical education teachers need to promote literacy practices, and creative ways that physical education teachers can promote literacy learning within the gymnasium, on the field, or in other physical education environments.

This article suggests an epistemologically nonfoundationalist approach to education in religion. First, it reviews the meaning of "epistemological foundationalism" and gives examples of its influence in the field of religious education. Then, differentiating between antifoundationalism and nonfoundationalism, it considers the educational implications of Richard Rorty's concepts of normal and abnormal discourse. Although acknowledging Michel Foucault's poststructuralist perspective as a critical caveat to Rortian optimism, it maintains the usefulness of Rorty's categories in relation to a proposed redefinition of the terms instruction and education.

Conclusions are: (1) school superintendents of many school districts feel that the public schools should be responsibile for educating students about sex; (2) teacher education institutions should begin offering training in sex education; (3) the majority of superintendents feel that sex education classes should not be coeducational and (4) superintendents feel that teachers, administrators, local citizens, clergy, and students should be involved when planning courses in sex education. (Author/CJ)

GPE (Global Partnership for Education) works with governments to include refugee children and youth in national education systems and helps strengthen capacity and resources to meet the education needs of refugee children. Refugees have access to public schools in 20 of GPE's partner countries, where GPE is supporting governments to build more inclusive and equitable education systems. This brief describes the challenges, approaches, and results that GPE has encountered in education for refugee students with a focus on Ethiopia.

This document contains Volume Five in the "National Series" of the "American Journal of Education." It focuses on scientific and industrial education while providing an account of systems, institutions, and courses of instruction in the principles of science applied to the arts of peace and war in 24 different countries and nations. [This volume was published by the Office American Journal of Education. Publication date varies: 1871.]

This publication focuses on the duration of compulsory education/training in Europe. It highlights the starting and leaving ages and distinguishes the notions of full-time and part-time compulsory education/training. The information is available for 43 European education systems covering 38 countries participating in the EU's Erasmus+ programme. [For the 2019/20 report, see ED610848.]

Through our national thematic reports HM Inspectors of Education share their professional view on particular aspects of education. This report focuses on sharing the key features which, when taken together, make the greatest difference to using assessment effectively to improve learning and teaching and in turn, outcomes for children and young people.

This report summarizes Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program Analysis Scorecard results from the 2017-2018 school year. To better understand and measure conditions in the program prior to implementation of the CTE 5-Year Plan. To establish a baseline data, indicators related to quality of instruction, program alignment, and access and equity are described.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the fulfillment of the parameters of the Bologna Process in the education system of Kazakhstan. The author gives short review of higher education system of the Republic of Kazakhstan with necessary data. And the weaknesses of the system of higher education are identified. Moreover, implementing recommendations of the Bologna Process based on international cooperation and academic exchange are given. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]

Thirty years after the advent of the modern women's movement, women are still underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, and mathematics. This paper presents statistical snapshots--facts--of the situation for girls and women in education and employment, and discusses what makes these facts problems for our society. The paper suggests that teacher education on gender equity in the classroom will help girls and women persist in these fields. (AA)

This book is written to help readers anticipate and understand problems in university-school partnerships and solve them. It focuses on the collaboration of two elementary schools and a university in the Midwest to improve the mathematics education of elementary students as well as their teachers. A chapter is dedicated to each major group involved--inservice teachers, preservice teachers, and the university-- to indicate their separate roles. (KHR)

Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Nigeria; (2) St. Lucia; (3) Tanzania; and (4) Zimbabwe. Charts and statistical data support each country's report. (EH)

Research briefly details the purpose of the Harry S. Truman administration's Commission on Higher Education for Democracy to support community colleges. Contrary to histories that define later origins in the 1960s, this paper makes an argument that the historical foundations of ideation for international education in community colleges originate with the Commission report's goals to advance global themes in higher education. (Contains 15 footnotes.)

This note claims that contracting in education can be employed for initiatives of varying sizes and across a range of services. For policy-makers, contracting represents an effective means of introducing accountability in the education system. Contracting can also insulate governments from some of the criticism leveled at privatization. Moreover, it can bring in skills and capital to the education sector. (Contains 2 tables.)