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Discusses the needs of disabled adults in the context of participation in adult education programs. Highlights methods for meeting these needs and describes implications for community education programs. Presents possible actions to facilitate disabled adults' access to education. (CH)
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Reports on a project that attempted to help (1) citizen group leaders become better consumers of education services available through continuing education departments and (2) continuing education administrators examine the terms, risks, and benefits of relationships with citizen groups. (CH)
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The author discusses the current state of secondary vocational education in Wisconsin, where each public secondary school is required to offer vocational education. Topics covered include (1) goals and expectations, (2) curriculum development, and (3) educational equity. (CH)
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Ten principles of an educational program for gifted children are outlined and include employment of active methods and expressive techniques, differentiation of curriculum, physical education, education of the imagination and feelings, education of the will, and education in right human relations. (DB)
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Defines environmental education and articulates its aims and characteristics. Describes how environmental education is implemented in Australian schools. Concludes with a list of eight requirements for "environmental citizenship." (JDH)
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Details are presented regarding the essential elements of an effective early childhood physical education curriculum. Components include movement awareness, fundamental locomotor skills, fundamental nonlocomotor skills, fundamental manipulative skills, and health-related fitness. (CB)
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Discusses the initiative by the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum to teach economic concepts and skills in all subject areas. Describes the Scottish government's Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI) and enterprise education programs. (LS)
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The author discusses three factors that can be used to prepare in response to the challenges facing industrial education: (1) the quality and quantity of information, (2) risk taking, and (3) the quest for opportunities. (CH)
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Explores the literature of corporate culture and relates this concept to continuing education in institutions of higher education. Discusses three ideas: (1) elements of corporate culture, (2) application of the model to adult education institutions, and (3) definition of compatible culture. (CH)
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Presented are nine principles which could be used to promote an increase in minority representation in the educational pipeline. Examples of programs which employ these principles are given. (CW)
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This article describes structural changes in China which have given secondary education a double task: to provide general education beyond elementary school, and to train mid-level professional personnel and technically skilled workers. (IAH)
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This article advocates a holistic approach to physical education which supplements the traditional physical fitness and skill development focus by incorporating outdoor/adventure activities. Social, emotional, and physical implications of this approach are discussed. (IAH)
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Discusses what the future holds for vocational agriculture. Includes seven articles on the mission of agricultural education, teacher education, the public image, planning, secondary vocational agriculture, needed changes, and a vision for the future. (JOW)
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This article describes three approaches to teaching: scientific, artistic, and sociopolitical. A unified plan for teacher education, a cooperative model that includes aspects of the three approaches, is presented. (IAH)
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Whereas the goal of secondary agricultural education is career preparation, presecondary agricultural education should be designed to enhance student understanding of the role of agriculture and to prepare them to make intelligent decisions about agriculture, food, and food production. (JOW)