Education & Pedagogy

Examines some problems found in the student testing program for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) in England and Wales. Investigates these problems in light of art education. Concludes that the planning and implementation of appropriate syllabi and the application of effective assessment criteria and techniques will be essential to a successful examination program. (Author/RKM)

Discusses some of the issues being raised with regard to the involvement of state-supported institutions of higher learning in providing technically oriented degree programs. Examines the means by which higher education can and should provide technical education. Describes the effects of societal values and economic pressures on such trends. (TW)

Synthesizes first comprehensive national effort to derive empirical data base for establishing rural education research priorities. Reports rating of 46 research questions prioritized into 13 themes by 461 rural education researchers/practitioners. Presents rank ordered themes including rural school effectiveness, governance/finance, staff training needs, advanced technology resources, teaching styles/incentives, field-based personnel preparation. (NEC)

This study established and field tested a cost-benefit analysis model to assist practitioners in efforts to determine the economic outcomes of their vocational education programs. Findings indicate that the model could be sucessfully used to determine the costs and benefits of secondary vocational education program at the local level. (Author/CH)

One of the first women in the field of teacher education, Emma Hart Willard trained many young women at the Troy Female Seminary. Willard held an integrated view of social science education. Her interests and views in geography, history, and citizenship education were more typical of the 1960's than the early 1800's, the period of her major work. (Author/JDH)

Explores how "racial forms of education" have been conceptualized by policymakers and educationists. Provides a critique of multicultural education and its concern with deracialized modes of analysis and strategies. Concludes by considering anti-racist education and how research might assist policymakers in the enactment of non-racist criteria in educational settings. (Author/BSR)

Reviews history of the rights of parents to control the education of their children from colonial times to present (includes the development of case law). English and American common law recognizes parents' natural right to control their children's education. Concludes that, as long as academic standards are satisfied, a child's education should be the matter of parental discretion. (MD)

Examined relationship between cannabis education and use in over 4,000 secondary school students. Seventh graders who reported receiving more cannabis education were more likely to also report having used cannabis. The relationship between cannabis education and cannabis use was not statistically significant for grades 9, 11, or 13, but the trend was in the same direction. (NB)

Identifies various ways in which training, education, and production have been combined and which institutional formats have been used. Analyzes the underlying principles of such combinations, their problems, and their likely variation in learning outcomes and impact. The discussion is limited to developments and programs in East and Southern Africa. (CT)

Examines the practical requirements of educational "participation," attempting to define the kind of educational system which would meet these requirements. Describes the role of environmental education for all age groups. Presents some organizational and curriculum models designed to form a collective learning process. Discusses some of the politics of environmental education. (TW)

Reports on a meeting held at New York University to discuss ways of improving the productivity of mathematics and science education in the United States using educational technology. Addresses several of the views reached by the participants of the conference. (TW)

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has launched a project to find ways to teach science to nonscientists and to determine what constitutes a liberal-arts science education. The effort grew from a Holmes Group recommendation to improve the quality of teacher education. (MSE)

The authors briefly review a longitudinal study of home economics educators and describe the first phase of the study, which began during preservice teacher education. The study used questionnaires from 45 students to determine views concerning home economics education both as a field of study and as a potential career. (CH)

The article examines the recent redesign of the processes and standards of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education from the perspective of the history of efforts to establish national standards for teacher education in the United States. Lessons and possible pitfalls for these continuing efforts are drawn, based on challeges from the past. (CB)

Studies the quality of graduating science education majors at Brigham Young University (BYU) and attempts to identify possible trends in the ability of students who entered secondary school science teaching. Concludes that there was no manifested trend toward lower quality college students entering the science teaching profession at BYU. (CW)