Education & Pedagogy

Reviews factors concerning fitness screening in teacher education programs and examines screening requirements in selected institutions in the United States, Canada, and in three Scandinavian countries--Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The purpose is to provide cross-cultural perspectives on the issue. (SM)

Provides a review of research on the contribution of education to the organization and productivity of a nation's resources. Focuses on what is known about the particular contribution of higher education to U.S. economic growth. Discusses the relationship between earnings and additional schooling. Concludes that increased education probably has increased productivity. (DK)

Argues that Soviet secondary school students' readiness to continue learning is important to pedagogy and the state. Reports research indicating that most tenth grade graduates planned to continue schooling. Concludes that secondary school guidance inadequately promotes some forms of continuing education. Reveals student attitudes about various aspects of education. (SG)

It is proposed that the college of pharmacy's division of Continuing Professional Education accept responsibility for program innovation to advance pharmacy practice. Two areas of need are discussed: development of a model practice system to provide pharmaceutical care, and postgraduate development and recognition of pharmacists' abilities to provide pharmaceutical care. (MSE)

There recently have been increasing demands for sex education. Peer led teaching is a powerful and probably essential component of school health and sex education programs. Evaluated interventions with agreed purpose and acceptable methodologies are essential if there is to be any real expectation of health benefit from sex education. (Author/NB)

Egalitarianism in public education must mean students have not only equal opportunity to attend school but also equal intellectual opportunities. Some solutions include a redefined mission for public education, new techniques for teaching rigorous academic subjects to non-elite students, improved school environments, and a national testing system for academic subjects. (MSE)

Describes a university professor's project with prospective elementary teachers who read "Global Mind Change" (Willis Harmon), a book about postmodern science. The project included a content analysis of students' papers regarding students' ideas about the effective incorporation of philosophical and humanistic thinking into elementary science education. (two tables) (SM)

Describes recent changes in management education in the former Soviet Union. Identifies tendencies that have arisen in educational reform: (1) short-term seminars, courses, and conferences; (2) short-term seminars featuring foreign experts; (3) new permanent educational institutions; and (4) retraining experts in new economic knowledge. Discusses the shortage of usable educational literature. (SG)

Evaluates John Goodlad's theory of teacher education as expressed in his 19 postulates (conditions necessary for effective teacher education) that focused on university expectations, faculty responsibilities, programmatic conditions, and regulatory circumstances. The article discusses whether universities should take Goodlad's theory seriously. (SM)

Provides a reaction by three economic educators to an article by Raymond C. Miller calling for the elimination of economics. Contends that traditional economics does not necessarily lead to the degradation of the environment. Argues that economics should not promote any set of social values. (CFR)

Since 1986, Navajo Community College (NCC) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have collaborated to improve science and technical education on the Navajo Reservation through equipment loans, faculty exchanges, summer student work at LLNL, scholarships for NCC students, summer workshops for elementary science teachers, and classroom visits by scientists. (SV)

Summarizes the two-year Developmental Teacher Education (DTE) program of the Graduate School of Education, University of California at Berkeley. Describes a pilot study of the ways in which three DTE program graduates and three traditional teachers used the program's methods in their classrooms. (MDM)

Includes 344 sources of information, some annotated, that deal with issues related to population education. The references are divided into four chapters: (1) general references; (2) scientific justifications and basic knowledge about population education; (3) population and family life education programs; and (4) associated educational programs. Many of the annotations and materials cited are in French. (LRW)

Major changes in special education during the past five years in Canada and the United States are reviewed in terms of (1) ideological conflict, (2) lack of empirical data, (3) rapid expansion of disability categories, (4) emergence of equality rights, (5) critical views of special education, and (6) new trends such as integration. (DB)

This commentary outlines problems found within the regular education system; problems with equity in special education, especially as they relate to services for African-American students with disabilities; and new models of special education that focus on Reuven Feuerstein's approach using dynamic assessment procedures and remedial strategies. (Author/JDD)