Education & Pedagogy

Presents interviews with active and prominent professionals in the arts. Attempts to show how practitioners view the role of the arts in education. (Author/IRT)

The main conclusions of this report are summarized in extracts from the three resolutions adopted by the Standing Conference of European Ministers of Education. (Author/RK)

A replicable design of environmental studies which places the greatest emphasis on the urban eco-system is discussed. (NQ)

Discusses teacher characteristics, student characteristics, curriculum development, and instructional methods related to secondary science education in West Germany. (MLH)

A description of what the future of art education should be was projected against the present tendencies in art education. (Author/RK)

Building this project helps explain theory of integrated circuitry. Technical Education is a supplement to Industrial Education. (MU)

The development of the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System since its creation in 1967 is outlined and some examples of its use briefly described. (SA)

UNESCO seminar discussions identifying problems involved in introducing general technical education into the general education curriculum and recommending feasible solutions are summarized. (Author/KM)

Advances in information technology have changed how we deliver medical education, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. Technologies that were designed for purposes other than education, such as podcasting, are now frequently used in medical education. In this article, the authors discuss the pros and cons of adapting existing technologies for medical education, caution against limiting evaluation of technologies to the level of rater satisfaction, and suggest a research agenda for formally evaluating the role of existing and future technologies in medical education.

Faculty active in chemical education research from around the world ranked 22 journals publishing research in chemical education and science education. The results of this survey can be used to supplement impact factors that are often used to compare the quality of journals in a field. Knowing which journals those in the field rank as top tier is advantageous in academic environments that require researchers to publish often and for greatest impact. (Contains 7 tables.)

What is at stake for K12 education in next month's presidential election? Both President Barack Obama (Democratic Party) and Gov. Mitt Romney (Republican Party) say improving education will be a top priority in their administrations, but their policies and initiatives would likely be quite different. While political platforms rarely offer detailed policy proposals, and of course are never binding on a president's administration, they do provide valuable insight into each party's philosophy and approach. This article presents the K12 education section from each party's 2012 political platform, each printed in its entirety.

This article focuses on the relationship between migration and education as aspects of wider livelihood strategies among Nepalese migrants in India. It argues that physical and social mobility are inextricably linked and looks at education (both formal and informal) as a driving force in migration. Combining a broad notion of education with a transnational approach to migration, the article sheds light on the multiple and changing meanings ascribed to education in processes of physical mobility. (Contains 7 notes.)

This paper examines the foundation and development of universities in Australia and New Zealand and demonstrates how these universities were established on a secular basis. Educators from other continents with a mainly Christian history are often surprised that there is so little evidence of Christian input into the university sector in Australasia. This paper addresses the development of theological education in Australia and helps to explain why churches and other Christian institutions contributed little to the development of Australasia's higher education.

Education research changed significantly with the passage of the Education Science Reform Act of 2002. That legislation created the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education, forever changing research in education broadly writ, including school psychology. The creation of IES served many purposes, from defining education as a scientific discipline to encouraging research designs based on the premise that they make causal inferences more tenable. Something had to change, and IES brought about this shift.

The Education Trust (EdTrust) firmly believes in equitable access to quality education for all students -- particularly for Black, Brown, and students from low-income backgrounds. This commitment underpins EdTrust's opposition to the diversion of public funds to private schools through vouchers, scholarship tax credits, and education savings accounts (ESAs). These initiatives not only undermine public education but fail to deliver on their promises of improved educational outcomes. This policy brief describes the core issues EdTrust finds with these policies and recommendations for policymakers and stakeholders.