Education & Pedagogy

The introduction to standards for educators of exceptional children in Canada focuses on the need for teacher education programs and the rationale behind standards for educators. Discussion of teacher education includes the following topics: the individual's self and society, understanding the learner and learning process, general competencies in education of children, competencies in areas of concentration, and practical experiences. Teacher education programs for undergraduates, graduates, certification, and continuing education are covered. Qualifications in regard to necessary knowledge are then examined for teachers, administrators, professionals in allied fields, and nonprofessionals. Responsibility for teacher education is then viewed from the roles of the federal and provincial governments, education faculties, and local school authorities. Brief discussion of accreditation of teacher education programs concludes the book. (CB)

The thesis of this presentation is that continuing education has come of age. A broad national approach is being developed to bring to maturity the disorganized elements of continuing education programs. The engineering profession, in coping with the problems of rapid technological change, has made efforts to establish updating programs. To illustrate the timeliness of this concept, 28 professional and educational organizations and government agencies are cited, and their individual efforts in setting up their own continuing education certification programs described. The National University Extension Association's National Task Force Statement regarding the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is included. The statement presents guidelines, standards, and criteria, and suggests action to be taken in utilizing the CEU. (MW)

This document on changing patterns of teacher education in the United States is divided into three sections. Section 1, "Some Contextual Factors," covers the following topics: governmental issues; planning and management, the scientific base for educational practice, ideology and politics, and governance of teacher education. Section 2, is concerned with current patterns. Among the topics covered are the offering of options, teaching for competencies, cooperating in the field, reexamining inservice teacher education, developing teacher centers, and the traditional teacher education program. Section 3, discusses "Implications for Policy Analysis and Research." In this final section, policy issues are examined, and some recommendations for research and development in teacher education are offered. (JA)

This research brief lists and indexes materials on State education legislation and activity by subject and State. The information was obtained from answers to questionnaires sent to State education agencies, legislative service agencies, teacher organizations, and school board associations. Other information was obtained from materials sent during the year to the Education Commission of the States. The publication is organized to include the broad areas of State education -- accountability, State and local organization and policy, and items dealing with all education personnel from the chief State school officer to the classroom aide. (Author/JF)

Since 1970 there has been increased interest on the part of State Department of Education in the development of performance criteria for teachers, and in Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE). The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education has developed five characteristics of CBTE, five implied characteristics of CBTE, and seven related and desirable characteristics of CBTE. The improvement of teacher education, using CBTE, is related to the issues of competencies, certification, tenure, professional organizations and assessment of programs. The Occupational Teacher Education Program at the University of Michigan is a competency-oriented approach to teacher education, with emphasis placed on common professional teaching competencies. Teaching experiences are utilized to develop applications to specific service areas. (SA)

This is the fourth in the third series of general bibliographies developed to disseminate information on documents analyzed at the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science Education. Reported are some 460 citations of selected documents related to curriculum and curriculum development in science and mathematics education. The documents included represent research reports, research reviews, manuals, textbooks, and other types. Citations are listed in alphabetical order by author and indicate sources, availability, and major ideas of the document. This bibliography updates, but does not replace, general bibliography 4 (ED 017 473) and general bibliography 14 (ED 026 280) produced earlier by this Center. (RH)

The first in a series of three legislative progress reports presents an overview of approximately 75 major 1974-75 state bills concerning the education of exceptional children. Bills are organized into the following categories: census/registry/reporting; centers, commissions and offices for special education services; certification of professional personnel; comprehensive special education services; early education services; enrollment limitations/expanded special education services; finance formulas/taxation; residency requirement; rights of handicapped persons; state aid for categorical and general special education programs; state policy; and transportation aid. Information provided for each bill includes state name, bill number and sponsor, a summary of basic provisions, and status as of March, 1975. (LH)

This appendix deals with career education projects funded under the Vocational Education Act, 1968 Amendments, Part D. Section 1 of the appendix describes the origins and the planning and management strategies that the United States Office of Education adopted for this program. Section 2 describes the role of state education agencies. Section 3 presents syntheses of the fieldwork case studies, which describe the similarities and differences found in the planning, implementation, and adaptation of each of the projects covered. It also attempts to generalize from the limited evidence. Section 4 presents the individual case studies for these career education projects. (Author)

The proceedings of an institute held to perform an indepth study of articulation problems in selected occupational areas (health occupations, electricity, electronics, and business education--accounting, office practice and procedures, and data processing) in the schools of Hawaii are presented. The ultimate objective was to propose a written articulation agreement for each occupational program for adoption by the community colleges and the State Department of Education. The sections of the report are: Foreword; Introduction; "Articulation in Vocational Education" by Dr. George K. Ikeda; Team Reports (business education, electricity, electronics, and health occupations); and Appendixes (Evaluation, Additional Attendants by Island, and Brochure Copy). (DB)

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) organized a Conference on Future Structure of Post-Secondary Education, Paris, June 1973. The central concern of the conference was to examine the advent of mass higher education in its main patterns and characteristics and to identify alternative policy measures for facilitating the overall structural transformation of the system towards meeting its new objectives in the context of social and economic development. This document reports conference proceedings and papers presented, covering overall issues in the development of future structures of postsecondary education, accessibility to postsecondary education and employment, nontraditional forms of study in postsecondary education, the structure of studies and the place of research in mass higher education, and the planning and financing of postsecondary education. (MJM)

This bibliography lists recent books, articles, masters' theses, and doctoral dissertations dealing with the subject of school discipline. Entries are limited to materials that have appeared since an earlier bibliography on this topic was published in March 1972. Sources consulted in preparing the bibliography include the Bibliographie du Quebec, the British Education Index, the Canadian Education Index, the Cumulative Book Index, the Current Index to Journals in Education, the Directory of Education Studies in Canada, the Education Index, Research in Education, Research Studies in Education, and the Subject Guide to Canadian Books in Print. Publications that have been abstracted in Research in Education or are available through the ERIC Document Reproduction Service are marked accordingly. (JG)

This 149 item bibliography on parent, home, and family life education begins with descriptions of a number of periodicals and bibliographies, and several studies of trends in home economics education. These are followed by 27 surveys of role perception, needs, interests, and participation; 25 studies on the training of professionals and nonprofessionals for home management, parent, and family life education; 17 special programs for low income groups; nine reports on consumer education and money management; and 56 other items concentrating on parent education (including parent child relationships and the teaching role of parents). Also included are instructions for ordering from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service, and a list of ERIC/AE publications. (LY)

This bibliography contains 25 citations of published and unpublished documents ranging in date from 1964 through 1969 on "the means and methods by which school personnel are prepared to work with preschool age children in such settings as Head Start programs and nursery and kindergarten classes." Citations are subsumed under three headings: 1) Early Childhood Teachers and Their Education; 2) Early Childhood Teacher Aides and Their Education; 3) Young Children and Their Education. All citations represent documents which have been abstracted and indexed by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education. Citations include the ERIC descriptors assigned to each document. In addition, a list of the descriptors used in compiling the bibliography is supplied. (RT)

A symposium on nontraditional programs in higher education in Tennessee discusses programs throughout the state that depart from the classroom mode of instruction. Programs discussed include those conducted on campus for resident students offering work study, credit and noncredit programs, and programs that focus on community activities of cultural or public-service interest. Programs illustrate the diversity of higher education, but also the necessity for congruence. Topics focus on adult and continuing education, careers in Tennessee, the humanities in the rural community, credits, individualized education, apprenticeship programs, audiotutorial programs, and liberal arts instruction. (Author/KE)

This compilation presents approximately 400 resumes of instructional materials for business and office education. The resumes cover a broad range of fields and occupations and are arranged in ascending order according to an accession (VT) number. Each resume includes the author(s), title, institutional source, sponsoring agency, availability, publication date, number of pages, subject terms which characterize the contents of the document, and a document abstract. Author, subject, and VT-ED (ERIC Document) number cross reference indexes are included. Ordering information for full text reproductions of the original documents is provided in the introductory section. (RG)