Education & Pedagogy

Reminisces about several decades of research on teaching and teacher education, explaining that for teacher education research to make a significant difference, there must be new scholarly commitments, with long-term programs of scholarship, regularly embedded in ongoing programs of teacher preparation, becoming a norm, and ties to student learning established whenever possible. (SM)

Asserts that rather than science and math being too difficult for most students, vast numbers of students with highly developed intellectual and analytical skills are languishing in thoroughly unstimulating classrooms. Suggests that addressing false elitist assumptions is necessary to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. (EV)

Determines the effects of teaching five university science content/education courses to high school science teachers via computers and modems. Uses instructor interviews and participant surveys to assess attitudes and learning outcomes relative to course delivery, the effectiveness of the electronic medium, and participant/instructor interactions. (Author/MVL)

Describes the importance of cooperative education, summer internships, or part-time undergraduate research, for students with lack of ability to visualize the process of thinking like an engineer and understanding the role of engineering in society although they have math and intuitive skills. Discusses the role of cooperative education in student career choices. (Author/YDS)

Examines twenty-five year history of the influence of educational politics on educational policy and governance in Sweden, with particular emphasis on the 1990s and the first 3 years of the 21st Century. Concludes that educational politics and new system of school governance has increased access to all levels of education. (Contains 24 references.) (PKP)

Presents a model for an urban P-16 (integrated education from preschool though college) that is meant to reshape and improve teacher education in a way driven by the involvement of major stakeholders in the community. The discussion focuses on partnering activities at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (SLD)

Discusses how higher education consortia are forming K-12 partnerships and alliances that are linking with individual public schools and their school systems. Offers the examples of the Hartford Consortium for Higher Education and Massachusetts' Five Colleges, Incorporated. Includes a list with Web sites addresses of such consortium partnerships. (EV)

Explores the crossroads between science education and environmental education and presents a framework for tapping environmental education's potential of biodiversity. Outlines a number of stepping stones for making biodiversity meaningful to learners. From the perspective of environmental education, the ill-defined nature of biodiversity is a useful feature. (Contains 27 references.) (Author/YDS)

Discusses the types of essays and book reviews appearing in the History of Education Quarterly. Focuses on ethnic and immigrant education and Asian American educational history. Finds only one essay and one book review from 1990-1999 on Asian American education. Highlights eight other books and articles relating to Asian American education. (DAJ)

Profiles William Chandler Bagley, an educator and dissident who got branded a "reactionary" for insisting, 75 years ago, that all children should have access to a liberal education, regardless of their IQ. Bagley warned that IQ tests posed grave educational and social dangers. He also advocated for higher standards, better-educated teachers, and abundantly supported schools. (SM)

Discusses the responsibilities of school and society in the failure of effective socialization and the pattern and causes of the collapse of the British education system. Addresses the three phases in the development of social education and argues for the social education of the young in Britain. (CMK)

Provides a speech that was presented to the National Art Education Association national convention on March 26, 1999, that focused on (1) the changes in art education; (2) the disappointments and lessons learned from failed attempts at innovation; and (3) the issues that will be faced in the future of arts education. (CMK)

Discusses a University of Arizona History and Philosophy in Art Education course and its use of distance education. Focuses on conversational learning, describing the two forms of student interaction and the use of reflection on the distance education experience. Provides some topics to consider when using distance learning. (CMK)

Utilizes the rich data collected in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) to unveil the current conditions of history, philosophy, and sociology of science in science education in approximately 40 TIMSS countries. Provides recommendations based on analysis results to science educators around the world. (Author/SAH)

Argues that providing the best prepared teachers will require the cooperation of faculty in education, in the arts and sciences, and in the public schools. Draws on the example of the City University of New York's teacher education program and cooperation with the city's public schools, and offers six principles of effective teacher education. (EV)