Education & Pedagogy

Advocating development for all continuing education staff, the author asserts that staff who understand adult education theory, the goals and visions of the organization, the environmental context of continuing education, and the roles of other staff members will be more effective. Also essential are support mechanisms that facilitate change. (SK)

A teacher describes a core course, "The Educating Profession," of the University of Rochester's graduate education program. Designed to teach analytical theories of professionalization and historical background of professions, it examines twentieth-century scholarship, nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholarship, nineteenth-century professions. (SM)

Health educators should consider autoerotic death as a topic for possible inclusion in health and death education classes. This article provides background information which includes extent of the problem, signs and symptoms of participation, health education curriculum, prevention, and implications for death education. (IAH)

Outlines continuing education options for the rural social worker: traditional on-campus college programs, off-campus extension courses via telecommunications systems, staff development activities offered by agencies or professional associations, and self-directed learning. Contains 19 references. (SV)

In nineteenth-century Britain, adult education for the working classes was provided by Sunday schools, working men's colleges, university extension, and mechanics' institutes. Similar efforts in colonial Australia laid the foundation for twentieth-century adult education initiatives. (SK)

Data on the amount of adult education activity were collected from 454 Norwegian municipalities. Variables were geographic centrality, population density, commuting status, educational resources, municipal finances, and municipal subsidies for adult education. Material and population structures had more effect on activity level than did economic resources. (SK)

Reviewed is the status of geology education and labor market shifts which will cause academic geology departments to restructure. Sources of new geology faculty and the needs of new faculty are discussed. (CW)

The Ulster People's College and the Community Education Research and Development Centre in Northern Ireland attempt to achieve peace and reconciliation through nonsectarian programs of community education, developing a middle ground and common agenda, promoting social change, and challenging myths and stereotypes. (SK)

Examines the traditional liberal adult education thesis of educational externalism: that the role of the educator must be undertaken by a person other than the learner. Argues that this requirement is without defensible grounds in the management of the educational event or through singular contribution to its content. (Author/JOW)

A secondary science teacher education program at University of Iowa is outlined. The three required methods courses and the student teaching component are described, as well as supervision of preservice teachers by cooperating teachers and university faculty. (IAH)

Phenomenological and feminist themes in reconceptualist curriculum theory are used to address the political and social status of teachers and their intellectual preparation for teaching. Arguments are offered for autobiographical studies in education, collaborative modes of learning and teaching, and interdisciplinary approaches to liberal arts education. (Author)

Described is physics education in Australia at the secondary level. Its origins based on British traditions and the influence of American thought and practice on its development are discussed. Implications for the future are examined. (YP)

Practical reasoning with its dialogical nature and its special attention to aims, context, alternatives, judgment, and action emerges as an appropriate approach for understanding and taking action in the redesign of teacher education programs in vocational education. (Author)

Considers three issues related to gender-balanced global education: gender's place in the social studies; survey results on awareness and implementation of the National Council for the Social Studies' resolution on gender in global education; and criteria for evaluating global education materials. (DB)

Discussed is a conference aimed at organizing the efforts to reform science education in the United States. Participants from business, industry, labor, scientific and engineering societies, and education associations were included. (CW)