Education & Pedagogy

Business education is expanding to represent environmental effects in management and decision topics. This article describes the status of environmental regulation, the deployment of environmental management in business affairs, and the status of business education in presenting environmental management topics. A survey of business schools in the United States regarding implementation of environmental management in the curriculum is presented. Contains 26 references. (Author/PVD)

Discusses recent trends related to environmental education and public awareness in Guyana in a post-UNCED (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) context. Describes the concept of a National Environmental Education Action Plan and how it may assist with future developments in Guyana. Topics include an overview of the Guyana environment and principal environmental issues. (Author/PVD)

Utilizes a phenomenographic (study of the world as it is conceptualized) qualitative study to ascertain art teachers' attitudes towards teaching art criticism. Categorizes six conceptions of teaching art criticism and includes a description and interpretation of each. Discusses the limitations of these approaches and the implications for teacher education. (MJP)

Case study of implementation of the Project Adventure curriculum in the physical education programs at two urban alternative elementary schools focuses on perceptions of two physical education teachers. Discusses teachers' goals and practices related to developing student self-esteem, social skills, responsibility, enjoyment of learning, cognitive skills, cooperation, and appropriate attitude toward competition. (TD)

Comparative education is late in addressing postmodern issues because of its traditional theoretical orientation and focus on practice and policy. Ideal-typical models illustrate how "modern" educational goals based on notions of national culture and a social contract are being replaced by postmodern emphases on efficiency and international competition. Suggests a comparative education research agenda. Contains 99 references. (SV)

Suggests that modern schooling was founded on elitist principles and has resulted in making people dumber, weakening families, replacing religion, lowering incomes, reproducing the class structure by dividing children into classes that correlate closely with family income, and concentrating wealth and power in the hands of a small fraction of the population. (LP)

Argues that traditional classroom management, with its emphasis on negative authoritarian rules delivered intact from the teacher, is in direct conflict with the goals and objectives of citizenship education. Proposes an alternative consisting of a collaborative and responsible rule-making effort between the teacher and the class. (MJP)

Argues that if discipline-based music education is to be successful, change initiatives must take place at all levels of instruction. Discusses the collaborative efforts necessary to accomplish this. These include coordinated efforts among state departments of education, higher education and K-12, performing arts centers, teacher and professional organizations, and state and local arts agencies. (MJP)

Traces the origins of Protestant and Jewish religious educators' ideas about the role of religious education in building a multicultural democracy. Maintains that Protestant and Jewish educators were brought together by common interests in transforming religious education, along progressive lines, into character education. (MJP)

Describes the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative (AKRSI), which is documenting Alaska Native indigenous knowledge systems and developing pedagogical practices to integrate that knowledge into formal education. Discusses the Alaskan context of rural education; AKRSI's yearly cycle of activities in Alaska's five cultural regions; and activities involving curriculum development, teacher networks, science and mathematics education, academic standards, and professional development. (SV)

Highlights the major changes in New Zealand arts education in primary and secondary education and the tertiary institutions focusing on the educational policies presented in the "Curriculum Framework,""Tomorrow's Schools," and "Learning for Life." Believes that the best result from the reform is the inclusion of Maori art and culture in the curriculum. (CMK)

Describes partnership education, which emphasizes teacher and student input in the learning process, as well as multiculturalism; gender equality; and the modeling of empathy, caring, and personal responsibility. Addresses barriers to partnership education, describes a project aimed at developing programs and partnership education materials, and contrasts educational principles of the "dominator" and partnership education models. (LP)

Analysis of the state of public higher education in the United States focuses on government financing of higher education, the high costs of both government and good education, and student attitudes toward their education. A new general education curriculum design at the University of Chicago (Illinois), designed to alleviate some of these problems, is described. (Originally published in 1933) (MSE)

The University of North Carolina developed a plan emphasizing strategic involvement of school districts and communities in preparation of teachers, administrators, and other education professionals. The likelihood of long-term success increases as partners and stakeholders understand the factors contributing to successful partnerships. In the most urban areas of the state, partnerships are beginning to address schools' larger social context. (Author/MSE)

Describes Project CASELINK, a project that uses a problem-based learning perspective to design and develop eight interactive multimedia modules on the Internet to augment introductory courses in special education anywhere in the nation. Addresses how and why interactive, multimedia, and distance-learning technologies are used. (Author/CR)