Education & Pedagogy

This paper presents a study that identifies the needs of environmental education and explores innovative teaching methods in the Northern Kentucky Region. The main focus of this paper is a needs assessment which was conducted by teachers to determine the priority of environmental education programs and the training needs of teachers. Results indicate that teachers found hands-on, interdisciplinary workshops the most useful. Teachers identified the need for environmental education centers as a top priority followed by outdoor education and professional development through training workshops. (YDS)

This guide provides information on careers in art and art education and on how students can learn about such careers. By posing and answering a series of informative questions, the guide discusses choosing a teacher education college or university. Continuing with this format, it addresses how to decide on an art education major and how to enter an art/design school or a university art/design program. The guide concludes by indicating several sources for information on careers in the visual arts, such as art teaching, art career resources, and art job outlook. (BT)

Articles in this volume, written in Spanish, focus on the following: high school education in rural areas; adult and popular education in the 90s; systemizing educational processes in rural communities based on a restoration of their cultural heritage (case Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan); fostering sustainable communities; human rights and human development in Latin America and the Caribbean; thoughts on teaching with dignity; computer and communication technologies and challenges of education. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on ESL Literacy Education) (AS)

This document provides an examination of criticism directed towards developmental education. Ten common myths regarding the impact and effectiveness of developmental education are addressed and refuted. Some of the myths reviewed include the history of developmental education; theory-based developmental education programs; faculty training; profiles of developmental students; non-academic experiences; developmental program cost efficiency; and centralized versus decentralized developmental education programs. The review indicates that despite increasing criticism, developmental education programs remain a cost-efficient approach to educating underprepared college students. (Contains 46 references.) (JDM)

Environment-based education (EBE) focuses on the interdisciplinary integration of the subject by using constructivist, team teaching, self-learning, and student-centered instructional approaches. This report defines environment-based education and discusses advanced developments in learning skills and character education. Contents include: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "How Environment-Based Education Advances Learning Skills and Character Education"; (3) "Conclusion: A Dynamic Environment for Learning"; and (4) "Annotated Bibliography." The annotated bibliography lists 50 publications. (Contains 50 references.) (YDS)

The purpose of this paper is to examine globalization and higher education from a perspective of South Korea. First, the paper reviews the concepts of globalization and internationalization. Second, the author describes a historical synopsis regarding internationalization and higher education in South Korea. Third, Korean government policies on internationalization in education are discussed. Fourth, the paper illustrates the institutional approaches of internationalization in Korean higher education. Finally, the barriers and challenges of globalization in Korean higher education conclude the discussion.

Considering the nature of education, the author holds that the fundamental function of education is to serve the customers, with relation to the internationalization of higher education in China. This paper illustrates the inevitability of development and the relative differences, by the discussion of benefit or non-benefit orientation of China's private higher education. It points out the direction of its development and the conjuncture of survival with the conclusion that the best option is development, provided the maintenance of our education sovereignty.

The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works with 16 member states to improve public pre-K-12 and higher education. Founded by the region's governors and legislators in 1948, SREB was America's first interstate compact for education. Today it is the only regional education compact that works directly with state leaders, schools and educators to improve teaching, learning and student achievement at every level of education. This document presents summaries of Governors' legislative and budget proposals in Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina and Tennessee.

This article provides an overview of the public school system in Mexico from early childhood to high school, and compares it with the American education system. It also identifies educational terminology and concepts unique to the Mexican system that can become possible sources of conflict and confusion for American educators. (Contains 7 endnotes and 3 tables.)

"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Charters and Unions: What's the Future for This Unorthodox Relationship? (Alexander Russo); (2) From Special Ed to Higher Ed: Transition Planning for Disabled Students Focuses on Advocacy Skills (David McKay Wilson); and (3) "I Used to Think... and Now I Think...": Reflections on the Work of School Reform (Richard F. Elmore). Online version may contain additional articles.

Ensuring teacher effectiveness in the classroom has been a cornerstone of the current administration's education platform. This brief policy analysis focuses on the evaluation systems used in states for special educators, including related services providers. The document was completed as part of the Cooperative Agreement between Project Forum at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) and the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). (Contains 5 footnotes.)

E-mentoring--the use of technology-based communication formats in which mentors and mentees interact--is emerging as a solution for supporting novice teachers, especially when they have limited access to in-building support. This Brief describes the possibilities of using e-mentoring with novice special education teachers.

This booklet explains how to obtain and best use the federally funded inservice teacher services provided by the Division of Continuing Education at Trenton State College. The cost of the service for public schools is specified along with lists of the inservice programs available and their objectives. This pamphlet will prove useful for both public school administrators and teachers in an ongoing career education program. Methods of evaluating these programs are given. (AG)

This is a description/discussion of many of the current situations in teacher education around the world, and from these are projected future changes. It is stated that the role of a teacher is changing as the world is changing; consequently, teacher training is changing with emphasis on social science methodology and clinical training. Other current developments noted, which will continue to bloom into the future, are new specialists, educational technology, education training for college teachers, and a new interest in life-long teacher education and rural education. (JA)

A select bibliography on education for rural life is presented in this book. Except for a few cases, materials were chosen from those published in 1965 and later. Major topics are rural education policies, planning, and economics; organizational and curricular aspects of primary schools, secondary schools, higher agricultural education, adult education, and flexible types of organization; teacher recruitment, training, and retraining; and the needs of different groups. Information on sources and resources are presented with an author, country, and subject index. (PS)