Education & Pedagogy

Presents overview of Hong Kong preschool education. Considers the history of preschool education, early childhood curriculum, training of early childhood professionals, and monitoring of standard services. Discusses trends in Hong Kong preschool education and problems in early childhood education, including exclusion from the main education system, inadequate funding, poor teacher training, and neglect of transition to primary school. (JPB)

Examines the integration of information technology (IT) at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, presenting the rationale for this move, characteristics of IT integration, and program development issues for making IT application a critical component of contemporary teacher education. The paper presents a framework for program development and describes the mobilization of staff and students and staff development. (SM)

Addresses the past four decades of Quebec's teacher education reform, noting the resulting interplay between university-based teacher educators and school-based practitioners. The paper highlights four historical periods, explaining that even at the oldest North American French-speaking university, the evolving forces at play within teacher education do not differ from those seen elsewhere in North America. (Contains references.) (SM)

Argues that the British government's school improvement agenda, manifested through changes to funding of migrant education, contradicts and hinders its social inclusion policy. After describing migrant education funding and discussing migrant student access and achievement, the paper concludes that until the education system responds to the needs of all students, migrant children will have limited or no access to education. (SM)

Describes an inservice education program for teachers of agricultural mechanics, undertaken by the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at Mississippi State University, to improve teacher understanding of the need for safety in agricultural mechanics laboratories; to identify safety hazards in laboratories and their remedies; and to organize and implement safety programs in agricultural mechanics laboratories and in agribusiness. (MF)

A conflict exists within schools of education over the content of foundations courses: should they stress the relationship of education to society, or should they focus on developing the sophistication of the teacher? The authors recommend that social researchers in education examine problems of learning motivation, instructional processes, and social arrangements. For journal availability, see SO 505 918. (AV)

Women today receive more education, marry later in life, have fewer children, and pursue longer careers than in the past. Undergraduate schools must expand educational studies for women beyond teacher training to include skills in social services, recreation, administration of senior citizens' programs, and adult education. Available from: College of Education, 107 Quadrangle, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011. (Author/AV)

Aspects of British legal education that might be incorporated into the U.S. system include: (1) expanded advocacy training in law schools; (2) different types of instruction during the last year of legal education; (3) a period of limited practice and special certification; and (4) the sponsorship system at the Inns of Court. (LBH)

Presented are the AACP Task Force recommendations on general education requirements for pharmacy students that must be met for an institution to receive favorable accreditation. The recommendations concern science courses as liberal education content, keys for determining whether a course falls within the liberal education component, course level, and efforts to improve communication with colleges. (JMD)

Leadership in new systems of health care and in the integration of the activities of the various health professionals must come from the health professional schools, particularly academic health-sciences centers. Ways in which these centers can be more effective in developing this leadership and cooperation, and related concerns are discussed. (JMD)

Focusing on schools and colleges of education, the article reviews the problems of cultural and sex bias and stereotyping in teacher and counselor education. Suggests intervention strategies such as courses and workshops for preservice and in-service teachers and counselors to prepare them to develop bias free programs. (MF)

A training program was developed for fellows in child psychiatry at the University of California-Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute to acquaint them with school consultation in the area of sex education. Results of the program, which involved team teaching with fifth and sixth grade teachers, and implications for such programs are discussed. (JMD)

Through a broadened conception of work, the restoration of liberal arts at the center of learning is advocated. Institutional and federal support is described. Higher education is challenged to link liberal education and work by administrative and curriculum change, new student services, and new bridges to the community. (AF)

The development of industrial arts education is shown from the standpoints of research, social efficiency, and technical competence. American education was transformed in response to sweeping social changes before and after the turn of the century. The article looks at these educational changes from kindergarten through secondary industrial schools. (MF)

Summaries of forty-eight business education research studies completed in 1977 (all but one a doctoral or independent study) are compiled for twenty-two subject areas. Although the quantity is small, these summaries should present a normal picture of the nature and scope of research in business education in 1977. (MF)