Education & Pedagogy

Schools of education need to broaden their mission to open up realistic new career options in education in order to attract the kinds of talented persons who entered education in the 1960s. While the demand for schoolteachers has declined, the overall demand for learning in this society has vastly expanded. (Author/IRT)

Australian National University's Centre for Continuing Education has been studying changing societal patterns in family life, education, and work. Although continuing education can help insure the consideration of women's perspectives, its role is limited in regard to economic and technological change. (SK)

Discusses (1) whether the function of higher education for Blacks and Whites should be different and, if so, in what ways; (2) whether the special needs of Black communities should influence the nature of Black higher education; and (3) whether Black students should emphasize credentials, professional training, or both. (GC)

Addresses the role of the Teacher Education Division (TED) of The Council for Exceptional Children in establishing teacher education as a profession. It is pointed out that TED must limit membership to professionals who possess the minimum training and experience to earn such status, develop precise terminology that will enhance communication, and regulate the behavior of members. (SBH)

The article discusses the roles of music education and music therapy in special education, specifically with reference to the concept of the individualized education program (IEP) as mandated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). Journal availability: National Association for Music Therapy, Inc., P.O. Box 610, Lawrence, Kansas 66044. (DLS)

Examines the value of a university education for youth. University education is not desirable for every student graduating from high school. However, students who would benefit from an expanded life of the mind in terms of quality of their lives should not be discouraged from undertaking a liberal arts education. (Author/BEF)

Broadly defines career education, noting that any teacher can utilize career-related examples to teach traditional academic content at any level. Includes illustrations of career education infusion activities in four primary subject areas: mathematics, science, social studies, and language arts. Describes the role of the elementary teacher in career education. (SB)

The success of the profession is seen to hinge on the success of the private practitioner. The need for adequate education in business management in the optometric curriculum and optometric continuing education programs is stressed. A high sense of ethics is thought to be aided by competent business ability. (MLW)

Issues facing social work education are reviewed including: lack of an instructional methodology, effectiveness of practice, admission to social work education programs, theories of people, assessment of competence, and generic curriculum. Avenues to effective education include: relationship-building training, empirical bases of interpersonal helping, degree correspondence, and instructional process research. (Author/MLW)

Explains how the study of educational philosophy is relevant to prospective teachers, in spite of the fact that courses in educational history, philosophy, and the foundations of education have been diminishing in importance in recent years in the teacher education curriculum. Journal availability: see SO 507 421. (DB)

Traces the direction which the mainstreaming movement has taken to date, analyzes models for organizing schools to best meet the needs of all children, discusses ways for facilitating appropriate changes, and describes the interrelationship between the mainstreaming movement and the desegregation and multicultural education movements. (Author/GC)

Analyzes traditional drug education prevention programs on two levels: (1) drug-related information taught to drug education teachers and the adequacy of such training in preparing them to conduct a drug education program, and (2) information conveyed from the teacher to the student and the way in which such information is received by the students. (Author)

Examined evidence for the alleged failure of alcohol education to prevent alcohol problems among children and adolescents. Concluded that there is need for investigations of the effectiveness of alcohol education. Recommendations regarding methodological characteristics of an adequate test of effectiveness of alcohol education were presented and discussed. (CC)

A survey, taken of 13 colleges of optometry in the United States to ascertain the size of continuing education programs, is described. Information includes: (1) number of courses offered, (2) number of classroom hours, (3) number of enrollments, (4) man hours, and (5) number of persons employed in continuing education. (MLW)

In dealing with the problem of illiteracy among women, the author feels that educational programs should form part of the large framework of integrated rural development and should combine education with work. Gives practical hints, and suggests how indigenous methods can be effective in the teaching-learning process. (CT)