Education & Pedagogy

Advocates interprofessional education as an efficacious approach to the professional development of arts administrators. Presents a set of guidelines and goals that support interprofessional education. Warns that failure to realize the interrelated nature of the creation, support, and study of the arts will lead to even more failures in art education programs. (KO)

Discussion of the need to educate and train teachers to use educational technology emphasizes the viewpoint of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). Highlights include preservice and inservice teacher education; the roles of the Federal government, the states, and schools of education; and training and support from the private sector. (five references) (LRW)

Nursing literature from 1893-1923 is reviewed for insights into what nurse educators believed to be the role of liberal education in the nursing profession, the anticipated effects of liberal education on nursing, and the relationship of the articulation of these beliefs to the development of collegiate-level nursing programs. (MSE)

Describes a values education program developed in the city of Hamilton, Ontario. Advocates removing values education from the realm of the hidden curriculum as found in the traditional school model of knowledge of facts, mastery of technical skills, and awareness of attitudes. Emphasizes the importance of continual interaction between school and community. (KO)

Discusses the value of computer graphics as an important part of business curricula. Describes the graphics course in the business education department at Central Washington University. Lists the course objectives and the hardware and software requirements for this course. Stresses the value of graphics skills for effective commmunication. (CW)

The competencies needed for leadership personnel in the field of postsecondary learning disability programs are delineated. The preservice doctoral training in the University of Connecticut's learning disability college program and the inservice program at Connecticut's Learning Disability College Consortium are described. (Author/JDD)

Analysis of 217 questionnaires completed by special educators in small rural midwestern school districts found that 87 percent had been using microcomputers for less than three years; that microcomputers are used often for drill and practice, reinforcement, games, and tutorial programs; and that only half plan for microcomputer use on a daily basis. (DB)

Discusses a normative basis for an approach to teacher education that contributes to the establishment of more critical and emancipatory practices in the public schools, and links these ideas to the broader tradition of radicalism in teacher education. Teacher educators need to become more politically involved to reform teacher education. (Author/BJV)

This is the transcript of a roundtable discussion between James Vasquez, superintendent of the Edgewood Independence School District (TX) and James Wagener, President, University of Texas at San Antonio. Their conversation centers on ways in which schools and universities may cooperate to improve education for minorities and to encourage them to pursue higher education. (JL)

Critiques five arguments cited in support of process science. Considers the problematic nature of the processes and consequent difficulties encountered in mirroring these processes. Suggests an alternative way of viewing physics education through a trio of types of knowledge which can be used as governing principles in shaping education. (RT)

A program promoting international education in South Dakota's rural elementary schools has provided staff development opportunities and assistance in curriculum modification based on information about the status of international education in the schools and student knowledge of the world. The program succeeds where key teachers and administrators provide local leadership. (JHZ)

A survey conducted to identify changes over a five-year period of operation for a regional provider of special education services included questions about number of handicapped students served, number and type of educational personnel, rooms used for special education, and services needed to comply with Public Law 94-142. (JHZ)

A lack of cooperation between engineering and liberal arts faculty members, along with inadequate student advising, has thwarted efforts to broaden the education of engineering undergraduates. A report by the Association of American Colleges, "Unfinished Design: The Humanities and Social Sciences in Undergraduate Engineering Education," is discussed. (MLW)

Eight school districts assessed the applicability of a total of four evaluation models: Massachusetts Special Education Programs Evaluation Model, California Statewide Cooperative Program Evaluation Model for Special Education Programs, Systems Framework for Special Education Program Evaluation, and SPEED/SMA (Special Education Total Program Evaluation Model). Each model was highly endorsed by its implementing districts. (Author/JDD)

"Tomorrow's Teachers" (The Holmes Report) and "A Nation Prepared" (the Carnegie Report) have stimulated much discussion and activity within schools, colleges, and departments of education, especially regarding the future of undergraduate teacher preparation programs. Equally important is the need for sustained collaboration between higher education institutions and local education agencies. Includes 11 references. (MLH)