Education & Pedagogy

Analyzes cooperative education for its applicability to components of the learning process (external conditions, internal conditions, and learning outcomes) and relevance to learning principles. Finds that co-op enhances learning and supports traditional educational values. (SK)

Cluster analysis of data from 123 technology educators was used to classify four approaches to elementary school technology education: design/science, progressive, modern, and secondary. Three philosophical emphases were identified: technology education as content, as process, and as method. (SK)

Discusses the characteristics that separate the fields of environmental interpretation and environmental education. Argues that research must continue and expand in order to learn how an interpretive experience can best fit in the scheme of environmental education. Contains 26 references. (JRH)

Describes the way in which the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Sonora in Mexico is facing the challenged posed by sustainable development. (Author/CCM)

Education is a moral enterprise and a right rather than a privilege. Teacher education should develop teachers' awareness of and concern for social justice and their capacity to teach democracy and teach democratically. The concept of social justice should guide curriculum development and implementation. (SK)

Provides a historical overview of the development of the Native American community in Chicago, Illinois, and focuses on issues impacting their education. Discusses ways to enhance adult basic education for Native Americans in urban settings. (SLD)

Provides an overview of the development of education in Thailand emphasizing the role of successive national development plans since 1964. Outlines strategies for the expansion of educational opportunity involving the government, community organizations, and the private sector. (SLD)

The Wildlife Clubs of Kenya (WCK) is the largest grassroots environmental education organization for youth in Africa. Develops an historical perspective of the WCK and provides insights for other youth environmental education programs. (Author/SAH)

Describes model adult programs that combine work with education and training: (1) New York's Education for Gainful Employment; (2) Minnesota's Employment Action Center, (3) Chicago's Community Kitchens, and (4) Opportunities Industrialization Center West. (JOW)

Discussion of emerging higher educational organizational structures focuses on the increasing importance of distance education. Considers the emerging organizational landscape, three types of network organizations, six organization archetypes, organizational forms that support distance education, and implications for higher education planners. (DB)

The vision of continuing professional education should be reframed to place development of expertise and improvement of professional practice at the core. Providers would offer market-driven services that include education, evaluation, and consultation. (SK)

Discusses the term distributed education and its relationship to distance education. Topics include distributed training on corporate intranets; distributed expertise, which refers to the use of mediated communication for education and training by experts in different locations; and distributed, or situated, cognition, which would include collaborative learning. (LRW)

Gives an overview of trends in correctional education and describes a successful program in Delaware that focuses on teaching moral reasoning in addition to academic skills. Describes how the program was designed and offers contacts for those wanting to initiate similar programs. (JOW)

Discusses the role of development education in the 21st century. Awareness of the global interconnectedness of issues of water, food, health, education, and wealth is broadening the scope of development education to include a closer look at home. (CCM)

Presents examples of chemical education research that illustrate changes in focus, method, and direction over the past 50 years. Contains more than 50 references. (WRM)