Education & Pedagogy

Discusses the benefits of an enlarged view of learning that emphasizes the abilities of the individual learner and the role of the teacher as partner in a joint educational process and includes informal acquisition of skills on-the-job. Argues that much is to be learned from popular educational movements in Latin America. (KS)

Summarizes social cohesion issues within education, concerns over how education performs this function, and implications for international organizations. The paper reviews the purposes of public education, discusses some modern challenges to these traditional functions and why it may be important for international organizations to assume a new educational role, concluding that the world will require more educational intervention in the future than it did in the past. (SM)

Examines different understandings of gender equity and women's empowerment in the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) and Mahila Samakhya (Women's Empowerment). Highlights achievements of the two organizations. Concludes that social justice and educational transformation cannot proceed in India without the powerful interconnections of the two groups' approaches. (CAJ)

This article discusses the role of special education administrators in leading the way for changes in special education during the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The need for administrator advocacy for streamlined paperwork, the response to intervention model, and the provision of highly qualified staff is stressed. (CR)

Reflections on the field of special education find a continuing gap between research and practice, especially in serving students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders. It urges increasing public awareness of the reality of emotional and behavioral disorders, improving special education teacher training and establishing professional standards, and mounting a focused research agenda. (Contains references.) (DB)

A successful businessman developed his creativity in spite of his school experiences. Creativity is essential to compete in the global market. For that reason, he supports creative education in Canada through internships and design competitions and as advisor to a college school of design. Partnerships between education and industry stimulate creativity by getting students outside the classroom. (TD)

Evaluates a state-funded, collaborative, educational renewal effort between a university and a local school district, illuminating dilemmas, paradoxes, and solutions inherent in reforming American education and revealing complexities inherent in the desire for college-school collaboration. Educators interested in reform must encourage border crossings and provide border crossers with technical, political, and cultural frameworks to support those efforts. (SM)

Reviews research on teacher education published by the Association for Teacher Education in Europe, examining type of content, purpose, focus of study, and (when appropriate) authors' perspectives and the educational theory perspective chosen. The inquiry underscores the importance of relating teacher education research to general social and cultural theory without losing sight of the school context and other learning arenas. (SM)

Introduces a series of articles on research in teacher education. The articles include both analytical reviews of earlier research and current scientific contributions. All of the studies seek to enhance the quality of teaching and learning and to overcome the gaps between theory and practice both at the teacher education level and the school level. (SM)

Three master's degree programs for American Indian administrators and teachers of gifted students are described. Indian education and leadership theories and issues are integrated into the courses. Each program has a large enough cohort of Indian students to allow them to form their own communities within the larger university environment, resulting in retention and graduation rates of over 97 percent. (TD)

Analyzes four teacher educator communities in different contexts and entry points across the career lifespan, making the case that the education of teacher educators is substantially enriched when inquiry is a stance on the overall enterprise of teaching, schooling, and teacher education. The four illustrations are: unlearning racism, reinventing supervision, seeking social justice, and facilitating inquiry. (Contains references.) (SM)

Explores the relationship between English canal boat children and compulsory education requirements during 1900-1940. Focuses primarily on the 1900-1914 era and the difficulty of educating canal boat children. Discusses the Living In Committee Report and the Canal Boats Bill. Concludes this era contributed to progress in educating travelling children. (KDR)

Responds to Rickinson's (2001) review of empirical studies of learners and learning in environmental education. Suggests it is only partially successful in achieving what it sets out to do. Makes two major criticisms: (1) the review does not examine learning theories underlying the research; and (2) it ignores a large body of relevant work in informal education. (Contains 25 references.) (Author/NB)

Describes a study that identified the roles and competencies needed in distance education in higher education, rated the importance of those competencies, and compared results to those of a competency study conducted five years previously. Highlights include the roles of leader, change agent, and trainer; and interpersonal and communication skills. (Author/LRW)

Describes two views of the future of higher education in Brazil. While one side of the debate stresses the urgent need to broaden the system and increase access to greater numbers of students, the other side advocates the expansion of higher education based on the conclusions of the 1998 World Conference on Higher Education in Paris. (SLD)