Education & Pedagogy

A British model for social work education that attempts to identify principles of education for multiracial practice and to specify essential course content, and that focuses particularly on political aspects of analysis and practice, is described. Relationships with Black clients are the central focus. (MSE)

American pharmacy practice education, it is suggested, has been strongly influenced by its identity with the university and efforts to fullfill the philosophical goals of higher education. The transition from technological skill development to science education was a reaction to the universities' expectations. (Author/MLW)

Despite the acceptance of the concept of undergraduate and graduate medical education as a continuum, many students find the transition between the undergraduate and graduate phases difficult. Inadequate information about graduate programs and a limitation in the resources available to teaching hospitals have compounded the problem. (MLW)

The factors that influence the size and makeup of the applicant pool for dental education are identified: costs, predental education, demographic trends, resistance from the profession, and higher education trends. The decrease in the applicant pool and what dental schools might do to offset the effects are discussed. (MLW)

The current status of dental education is discussed, including faculty and staffing patterns, development of faculty, learning systems, curriculum, evaluation of students, student preparation and attitudes, postdoctoral education, administrative structures, and management and finance. Major issues facing dental education are considered. (Author/MLW)

Six articles address issues in federal support for learning disabilities, including a summary of the amount and type of federal domestic assistance (descriptions of research projects); direct and indirect assistance to higher education; and effects on special education consultants, teachers, and the Arizona state education agency. (CL)

The author argues that, because society is in the process of drastic change, effective programs of teacher education depend upon establishing criteria of relevance, a difficult task against the swiftly changing background of events. (Part of a theme issue on the future of teacher education in England.) (Author/SJL)

This paper concentrates upon some of the major issues which affect research and development in teacher education and attempts to suggest how these factors may influence future work in this complex field. (Part of a theme issue on the future of teacher education in England.) (Author/SJL)

The author projects trends in teacher education in England and Wales for the 1990s, examining institutional, structural and governance changes in the Colleges of Education and curricular changes needed to match society's redefinition of the teacher's role. This article begins a theme issue with the same title. (SJL)

Discusses education in contemporary China, with emphasis on educating working class intellectuals, instituting basic compulsory schooling, centralizing educational policy, and raising academic standards. Journal availability: Comparative and International Education Society of Canada, Althouse College, University of Western Ontario, London, On, N6G IG7, Canada. (DB)

This eleventh annual annotated listing of research in mathematics education included 11 research summaries, 184 journal-published reports, and 359 dissertations. Grade or age level is indicated for each reference and an index for mathematical topics is included. (MNS)

Maintains that a comprehensive approach to sex education, emphasizing the central role of human sexuality in the life cycle and devoid of the subterfuges of the past, is imperative and long overdue. Delineates qualities of the sex educator and sounds a challenge to follow the Russian model for sex education. (NEC)

Fifty-two special education and nonspecial education majors enrolled in an introductory special education course were randomly assigned to either an experimental group that observed videotapes of handicapped children or a control group that did not. Experimental group Ss had significantly more positive attitudes toward the handicapped. (Author)

The relationship between inservice education and educational change in a large comprehensive secondary school is examined. Teachers contrasted inservice education with other professional activities and assessed the usefulness of each in the development of the school's curriculum. (Author/JN)

Unless there is a renewed effort by educators to reach a consensus on the meaning of competency in the teaching profession, the promise of the competency based teacher education movement will be as elusive as its terminology. (Authors/CJ)