Education & Pedagogy

A model for cooperative education has been developed that can be applied successfully in liberal arts. It involves the use of cooperative education in the first two years as a means of invigorating educational and career planning and exploration, and as an integral part of the students' general education. (LRA)

Reviews research indicating that formal educational attainment is the major predictor of a person's involvement in the arts and cultural activities. Speculates on the importance of aesthetic education to the individual's intellectual development and economic welfare. Looks at the school's role in providing equal aesthetic opportunity. Proposes further research questions. (SJL)

Traces the development of the South Dakota State Board of Education requirement that all new teachers must have three semester hours of American Indian studies. Includes an overview of the course guidelines covering American Indian history and culture (especially Sioux), materials evaluation, professional concerns, and most importantly, bicultural education. (SB)

Two concerns of liberal education reported in this essay are "alienation" and "fragmentation." Social work has a value base that addresses both issues. Social work education deals with technical problems and cultural puzzles and can provide a direction for liberal arts as it attempts to clarify and resolve value conflicts. (Author/MLW)

Despite the growth of feminism in Western society, continuing education for women still stresses domestic and "feminine" concerns. Changes in women's life-styles and life expectancy demand changes in the educational system's content and format: in the development of individual confidence, the creation of interactive learning situations, and the flexibility of educational services for a broad spectrum of women. (Author/SK)

Stating that community colleges are among the leading providers of adult education in the United States, describes college community services, needed policy changes in lifelong education, and new ways to involve adults in the services, such as community and television courses and further cooperation with industry and labor unions. (MF)

Rapid but incomplete educational expansion has generated serious, second-order policy problems of which this article explores two: persistent gaps in the drive for universal enrollment and provision of job-related training. It examines political issues, differential policy for boys and girls, and implications for women's education and employment. (Author/SJL)

Through a case study of China (Guangdong Province) the author examines the problem of "diploma disease" in developing nations. "Diploma disease" is the students' desire for the paper credentials of academic education that insure employability. This desire can frustrate government efforts to promote alternate vocational schooling, such as China attempted in the early 1960s. (SJL)

A study was conducted to examine undergraduate external degree programs and to assess their value in terms of job advancement and preparation for further education for approximately 1500 selected pre-September, 1975, graduates from 21 institutions with external degree programs. The relevance of such programs for adult education is discussed. (Author/JMD)

An economic analysis of the Universal Primary Education program in Nigeria results in recommendations that: (1) children be kept in school until age 15 when they will have acquired marketable skills to enter the work force; (2) more students be encouraged to continue into secondary school; and (3) adult education programs be intensified.(JMF)

Conceptually, performance-based education shows promise of preserving quality, equal opportunity, and efficiency given the mandate for better utilization of resources in light of predicted declines in student populations and revenues. Requirements to implement a performance-based system and barriers that may impede its adoption or success are analyzed. (Author/LB)

Describes a four semester hour science and mathematics methods course for elementary education majors, offered at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.) that has the following characteristics: (1) behaviorally stated objectives, (2) criterion-referenced measurements, (3) levels of competency, (4) options within levels of competency, and (5) field-based experiences. (CS)

Presents the text of the author's speech delivered at the Zakir Husain Memorial Lecture. Major topics covered are the three channels of education in India (formal, informal and incidental); a historical perspective; challenges for and modernization of nonformal education; work and development: the core of nonformal education; extending coverage and qualitative improvement of the formal system of education; raising the level of incidental education; and essential conditions for success. (SH)

The federal system of higher education in Switzerland is examined, including its history, basic structure, links between secondary and higher education, system of examinations and diplomas, research activities, library facilities, nontraditional institutions, conditions for faculty and students, administration and finance, enrollment patterns, and a complete listing of institutions. (IS)

Based on calculations of private and social rates of return on a student's investment in a Japanese secondary or college education, a government loan program for all capable students needing aid is proposed and its potential economic impact described. Comparisons are made with rates of return in the United States. (MJL)