Education & Pedagogy

Stresses the need for educational modernization in China, identifying four areas of emphasis. Advocates the development of universal general education and promotes secondary vocational education and the specialized college training of construction/technical personnel. Shows importance of adult education and on-the-job training and states that qualified teachers must be trained so that the entire educational cause can move forward. (GEA)

Presents final two chapters of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) report, "Toward Civilization: A Report on Arts Education." Examines the part leaders in the governance, education, arts, and business-producer sectors can play in the cause of arts education and looks at the role of the National Endowment for the Arts. (LS)

Discusses a National Endowment for the Arts report titled "Toward Civilization: A Report on Arts Education," in relation to its value to music educators' efforts to strengthen their music programs. Criticizes the report for defining arts education too broadly, but praises the report for supporting the basic beliefs of music educators. (LS)

Proposes that higher education insist more on the education of its chemists and less on strictly instrument training. Lists several instances where education may have been more useful than the strict training military officers received. Discusses the role of chemists in society. (MVL)

Reports results from an analysis of news coverage of adult education between February 1 and April 30, 1985. Results indicate that certain facets of adult education achieved greater prominence than the rest, specifically those with which the government was preoccupied. News items about adult education tended to be very brief but quite positive. (CH)

A conceptual framework illustrates how different public policies have intended or unintended positive, mixed, or negative effects on the education of girls and women. Public policies emphasizing sex equity, sex differential, and general education goals are discussed. Recommendations are included to help ensure that educational policies help females. (SLD)

Traces the European tradition of teaching elementary school students about their home and its immediate community, with particular attention to German practices. Emphasizes the value of homelife education in reducing personal anxiety and antisocial behavior, and its unique opportunities for Americans. (FMW)

Highlights the controversy surrounding arts high schools, considering the appropriateness of their curriculum, their clientele, and their relation to the larger education and arts education communities. States that these schools must define their objectives within the larger educational context, demonstrate the power of arts education, and provide a model for arts education practice at all instructional levels. (GEA)

States that despite extensive credit and noncredit art programs provided by colleges and universities for students and surrounding communities, there is a lack of a cohesive vision in the area of lifelong arts learning. Concludes that effective lifelong education in the arts is an important and attainable goal for higher education. (GEA)

Examines the recent emphasis on aesthetics, which goes beyond the scope of a didactics of art education, stating that it is a symptom of the German cultural-historical situation. Sketches tentative approaches to research questions on aesthetic education. Questions whether aesthetic education must be conceived in the form of reflections on aesthetic sensations and activities. (GEA)

Presents an overview of how computer assisted learning (CAL) techniques are being used within Singapore's educational system. Topics discussed include CAL in universities and elementary and secondary schools; the role of the Ministry of Education; computer education for teachers; and future possibilities, including courseware development and videodisc technology. (20 references) (LRW)

Results of a national survey of state commissioners of higher education concerning the crucial issues facing higher education is reported. Major issues facing all of higher education, principal issues for large and small institutions, and the distribution of issues by geographic region are outlined. (MSE)

Discusses the development in the late 1970s of the new Emily Carr College (Vancouver) curriculum which was based on foundation courses. Describes the transformation of four of those courses into telecourses for the Distance Learning Education program and the use of computers to teach drawing. Includes photographs of 52 art works and three appendices. (LS)

Discusses the status of art education in British elementary and secondary schools and explains the two main routes to higher level art courses. Examines governmental fiscal policies as they affect all sectors of education, stating that while art, craft, and design are firmly established in the British curriculum, teachers must provide balanced, broad, and relevant programs. (GEA)

Three structural divisions between private and public sectors of higher education are compared: mass private and restricted public sectors; parallel public and private sectors; and, comprehensive public and peripheral private sectors. The private sectors are contrasted in terms of state authority, financial constraints, the student marketplace or external patrons. (Author/MLW)