Education & Pedagogy

This abstract bibliography is a selection of materials from the National Multimedia Center for Basic Education collection especially suited to Adult Basic Education (ABE) and other adult programs. It includes teacher-support and student-use texts, workbooks, classroom kits, and reference sources. Curricular information, reading level, and format are given for each entry. (KM)

Competency-based education involves the specification of instructional objectives such that the time spent by each student may vary, but achievement levels are held constant: it is the competency attained which is important. The 19 chapters in this volume present the experiences, views, and predictions of different educators with competency-based education. (RH)

Books, ERIC documents, and journal articles pertaining to professional continuing education are abstracted to provide resources for the planning of continuing education in librarianship. The listing is divided into three sections: some recent studies and bibliographies on continuing education in other professions, a selective list of materials pertaining to state and national planning, and materials of value in planning a statewide workshop on continuing education in librarianship. (SL)

This document discusses the Quincy Public Schools' 10 components for a student centered learning system with special reference to career education and with the help of a systems approach chart, an outline of the design for the system, and a career education model. The appendixes include a staff development workshop outline and a list of implementation tasks. (NH)

Twelve educators from eight different countries spent three weeks at the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies in July 1973 comparing notes on the prospects for public support of higher education. This monograph is a compilation of the major points made at the seminar. Emphasis is placed on access to higher education, curricula, the professoriate, the new structure of higher education, and higher education and public authority. (MJM)

This project was directed towards exploring issues in undergraduate engineering education and presenting recommendations for future activities in engineering education at two universities. The report includes 14 recommendations pertaining to engineering education in areas such as: practical training, course structure and organization, teaching methods, assessment, staff development, and course development. Samples of instruments used in the study are included. (SL)

This bulletin contains the laws and resolutions enacted by the 63rd legislature that pertain to public education in Texas. It is made available so that superintendents and boards of trustees may study the new statutes and the changes in existing statutes that may affect the operation of their school districts. (Author/IRT)

This report discusses various facets of a school safety education program. It discusses (1) the scope of a school safety education curriculum, (2) the methods of including safety education instruction in a school curriculum, (3) some student safety organizations, (4) the provision of a systemwide program, and (5) the development of safety policies and practices. (Photographs may reproduce poorly.) (JF)

The implications of mainstreaming for the physical education teacher are examined. An overview of the legislation regarding programing handicapped students in physical education is presented. Major categories and descriptors necessary in drawing up an individualized education plan are outlined. Specific strategies and activities that can be incorporated in any adapted physical education program are discussed with brief statements on their value. (JD)

This speech covers three major topics: (1) the origins of the present day paradigm of professional training in education and the problematics of education as a field of study; (2) the recent history of the doctorate in education; and (3) recommendations on the present day doctorate in education, based on an analysis of the central requirements of the educating professions. (JD)

The author believes that "physical education" is an inappropriate term for that which is in actuality "human movement education." In line with this expanded name for the field, the author examines ways in which human movement educators can aid other university and college departments in improving the content and quality of their programs. Examples of possible interdisciplinary programs are offered. (MJB)

The directory of Adult Education Agencies in Egypt is a listing of six different types of organizations: national bodies and central agencies; teachers' training institutes and research institutions; adult education institutions (governmental); adult education institutions (non-governmental); central libraries and documentation centers; and regional services organizations. For each listing there is an address and names of the contact persons associated with adult education in each agency. (BP)

The teacher directed document defines career education and outlines suggestions regarding career education at the community college level. The pamphlet provides outlines for a community college career education model and checklists delineating administrative personnel program responsibilities and the possible roles of staff members, including academic, vocational, and student services instructors and counselors. A list of broad suggestions regarding career education objectives is also included. (LH)

Part 2 of the appendix to "A Model for the Determination of the Costs of Special Education as Compared with That for General Education" contains information on using 10-minute units of service measure in Ernstville, a hypothetical school district conceived to illustrate operation of a proposed cost accounting system. (LH)

This curriculum guide is designed for teaching health education to students in grades 4-6. Behavioral goals, teaching methods, learning experiences, resources, and evaluation methods are listed for the teaching of each of the eleven major concepts. A list of additional resource materials is appended. (CJ)