Education & Pedagogy

Describes the surge of character-education programs in K-12 classrooms that has whetted interest in career and technical education, where such accepted traits of good character as honesty, selflessness, and a strong work ethic have always been stressed. Includes 10 tips for building character. (Author/JOW)

Examines dominant features of feminist pedagogy as it is constructed in nursing education; explores the perceived superiority of feminist pedagogy over traditional models of education; and focuses on the problematic rhetoric and conceptions of empowerment. (JOW)

A World Wide Web search identified five sites providing nursing continuing education online and one using electronic mail to deliver programs. All offered certificates and were approved by state boards or other agencies to offer continuing education credit. (SK)

Although participation in post-school adult education and training has increased for all workers, data from the 1991 National Household Education Survey confirm that workers with more formal education are more likely to participate in employment-related training. (Author/JOW)

Lists by state and province the current continuing veterinary medical education (CVME) requirements in the United States and Canada and provides additional analysis and comment on CVME requirements. (EV)

Describes how Iowa's state university system developed the bachelor of liberal studies, a nontraditional external degree program offered via distance education. Discusses challenges, including opposition to the program, and details course offerings. (SK)

This article argues that a philosophical approach to education needs a comparative dimension and that a comparative approach to education needs a philosophical dimension. An analysis of the proper relationship between a philosophical and a comparative approach to education is developed with reference to needs, difficulties and opportunities.

It is felt that the failing of previous continuing medical education projects is the lack of a theoretical construct through which the diverse data can be logically integrated. Suggestions are offered for using television in a supplemental manner. (LBH)

Discusses the report of the Open University Committee which proposes the promotion of the open university learning experiment throughout the country, with attention focused on adapting distant education for adults (correspondence courses, radio and television instruction) to university level studies. (TA)

The author maintains that emphasis on education for children and youth prevails among the deaf as well as the hearing and stresses the need for emphasis on continuing education for adults, who make the major decisions which affect society. (MC)

Author considered the future of comparative education in terms of four interrelated worlds of discourse'', the world of new nations, crises in old nations, the world of scholarship, and the professional world of teacher education. (Author/RK)

The educational program of a communist labor university in South China's Kiangsi Province is described. Classes in agriculture, forestry, accounting, animal husbandry, and farm machinery are offered on a part-work, part-study basis which combines education with productive labor. (SM)

Evaluates present engineering education in efforts to establish clear plans and programs for the future. Suggests six objectives which seem to be appropriate for the American Society for Engineering Education to contribute effectively to the profession. (CC)

A progress report of a project undertaken by the Battle Creek Physical Education Curriculum Project Team, and supported by funds provided under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

A historical review of the activities of the Central Board of Workers Education in training education officers, worker teachers, and workers, between 1958 and 1968. Workers Education Programme has made a tangible impact on trained workers and has been useful to the trade union organizations, management, and society at large. (PT)