Education & Pedagogy

Explores varied special-education policy frameworks currently implemented in England and Scotland and their relationship with procedural fairness and substantive justice. Drawing on post-1993 policy documents, identifies dominant special-education policy needs. Unfortunately, legal and bureaucratic policy frameworks are supplanting traditional professional-control orientations. (Contains 47 references.) (MLH)

The Informed Shared Decision-Making project focused on overcoming physician resistance to continuing education and developing allies for change among stakeholders and opinion leaders. Strategies included substantive incorporation of continuing medical education into the medical education continuum and involvement of patients in planning and delivery. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)

A survey of 43 teachers with diplomas in agricultural education and 36 headmasters in Botswana indicated that the majority of teacher education courses were rated very useful. Headmasters had very good perceptions of these graduates. Most of the practical training program was found relevant for teaching agricultural sciences. (SK)

Reviews the popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches in health education, suggesting a proposed CAM course for health education professional preparation and offering a course outline which can be used as a self- standing course or integrated into existing courses. It includes a proposed course description and goals, suggested topics of study and textbooks, and methods of assessment. (SM)

Considers the cooperative nature of the implementation of arts education in the Saskatchewan schools. Provides information on the beginning of arts education in Saskatchewan. Discusses the components of the arts education curriculum, the evaluation of the curriculum, and the successes and challenges throughout the process of implementing arts education. (CMK)

Explores the issue of collaborative partnerships among schools, parents, and community. Discusses community education as a collaborative activity and provides three examples involving parents. Analyzes the home-school community partnerships in terms of values, purposes, tasks, and conditions. Discusses the role of schools within a community education system. (CMK)

Explores the development of the history of education as a field of study in England from 1945 through 1972. Examines the production of published research and teaching in several contexts. Provides background on history of education as a field of study prior to 1945. (CMK)

Online learning requires new approaches to teaching and learning. At the University of Montreal, 28 graduate students in education and adult students specializing in educational technology attended an experimental distance education course. Students identified advantages and disadvantages of online learning/teaching and reflected on how the course had changed their learning strategies and study habits. (Contains 12 references.) (TD)

Provides a comparative overview of manpower development and training for library and information services (LIS) in Africa. Surveys and explores the curricula, programs, accreditation, resources, fieldwork, continuing education, trainees and trainers, and problems, and a list of LIS education institutions in Africa is appended. (Author/LRW)

Discusses whether liberal arts is a costly, elitist program or excellent preparation for the future's flexible knowledge-based economy, examining: pressures on today's college students; dissatisfaction with a system that does not emphasize general education; new conversations about liberal learning's role in today's changing world; Carnegie Corporation grants for reframing liberal learning to meet today's needs; and appropriate teacher education. (SM)

Historically, Mexican education for indigenous children has reinforced linguistic ethnocide and assimilation in inefficient schools of low educational quality. Assimilationist policies generated interethnic, political, and economic conflicts. Recent constitutional changes resulted in minimal changes nationally, but a recent Oaxacan law protects and stimulates indigenous education, and some other states have examples of indigenous-designed models for education. (TD)

The history of England's attraction to the German education system is reviewed to exemplify four reasons for "borrowing" (copying) foreign models. Rather than simply copying it, England should use the German example to become aware of shortcomings in its own system and their potential solutions. (TD)

Provides an assessment of international education as a discipline, and outlines the global security framework. Examines how this framework is reflected in the forms of analysis used by international educationists. Suggests how the central purpose of global security, namely ensuring human survival, could be adopted within international education to provide a clear sense of direction. (Contains 67 references.) (VWC)

Discussion of the university's role in contributing to a civil society offers examples from the recent history of Yugoslavia showing that universities have frequently contributed to chauvinism, intolerance, racism, and ethnic cleansing. Urges institutions of higher education to foster a civil society by emphasizing: (1) an understanding of the "other," (2) moral education, and (3) education of the affections. (DB)

This article reviews teaching strategies expected to be effective in alternative education programs for students at risk for school failure, dropout, and delinquency. The need for alternative education programs for students in both special and general education is discussed, along with recommended alternative education strategies and program development suggestions. (Contains extensive references.) (Author/CR)