Education & Pedagogy

Five articles highlight issues concerning special needs students in vocational agriculture education. The authors discuss the decision to place exceptional students in vocational agriculture classes; helping the handicapped student adjust in vocational agriculture; teacher education for special needs students at Penn State; and innovations in serving special needs students. (CT)

Discusses nonformal education programs for women in four categories, as well as nonvocational education programs, constraints, problems, directions, and strategies. The four categories are part-time facilities in formal educational institutions; in-plant training; on-the-job training by employers; and courses offered by public and private sector and voluntary organizations. (CT)

Presents results of a survey directed at ascertaining whether Pennsylvania teachers and administrators perceived a need for nutrition education in grades 7-12, determining which teachers were interested in teaching it, and finding out how teachers thought nutrition education best could be incorporated into those grades. (CS)

Reports results of a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of career education for students within a 5-year period after graduation, part of an evaluation of a comprehensive K-12 career education program in the Pearl River School District. Describes the secondary program and the science-based health services cluster. (CS)

This paper reports several of the major findings of the 1976-77 University Based Career Education Project that have implications for college and university staff development planners and presents the major elements and techniques of the evaluation model used in 1977-78. (Author/SJL)

The author delineates the scope of this special journal issue on the last 25 years in world education and summarizes the findings of various contributors on the issue's main themes: quantitative and qualitative changes in education and educational processes, education's contribution to human welfare, and international cooperation efforts. (SJL)

Past "elitist" development efforts modeled on Western academic education have failed to meet manpower needs but resist change due to popular preference for "modern" occupations. A new development strategy providing universal basic education and improved general living standards is needed. (Part of a theme issue on Third World educational development.) (SJL)

The Small Schools Project of the National Rural Center has conducted a national survey of our smallest schools. This article summarizes respondents' views on five crucial issues for rural education: changing enrollments, consolidation, educational resources, vocational education, and special education. Part of a theme issue on rural education. (SJL)

The article explores data from the 1979 Canadian survey of public participation in education, focusing on public confidence in education, membership in school board advisory groups, public influence in running schools, school board efforts to inform the public, and public opinion of today's schools compared to those of their day. (SB)

The need to provide consumer drug education to the elderly has been well-documented. Pharmacists and pharmacy students must learn how to present the material to this population in order to encourage more appropriate use. The Maryland Elder-Ed program represents a unique approach to meeting these needs. (Author/MLW)

Despite recent attention to liberal and general education, the fine arts and their relationship to liberal education receive scant attention in terms of curricular reform at the institutional level. It is suggested that the fine arts should be an integral part of the undergraduate curriculum. (Author/MLW)

Meager or nonexistent faculty reward systems are seen as hampering continuing medical education programs conducted by U.S. medical schools. A survey conducted by faculty members of the University of Washington Division of Continuing Medical Education to ascertain the importance of a faculty reward system is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Examines the publication "Time to Learn" from the perspective of its relation to programs of teacher education. Discussion of the book is organized around three criteria: (1) utility for teacher education, (2) the perceived reality of schools and their personnel, and (3) expected influence of the book on teacher education. (Author/DB)

The history, function, and role of two types of Japanese post-secondary institutions--junior colleges and special training colleges--are examined. The junior colleges, which have traditionally been associated with the provision of academic, nonvocational education, have begun to diversify into vocational courses. (Author/MLW)

Physicians' reasons for participating in continuing medical education are assessed and the efficacy of using a specific instrument for planning and evaluating continuing medical education (CME) programs is judged. Practicing physicians from four Illinois hospitals participated and the responses were factor analyzed. Implications for CME program planners are discussed. (Author/MLW)