Education & Pedagogy

Describes the South Dakota Rural Special Education Personnel Model which emphasizes retraining rural special educators as special education generalists. The project attacks three major impediments to personnel recruitment/retention, i.e., lack of community resources, inappropriate preservice preparation, and poor relationship with administrators or peers. (AH)

Suggests that lifelong education is a policy for education, and education is too broadly defined. Education should be restricted to areas of learning that produce desired effects. The place of knowledge in lifelong education is discussed, and distinction is drawn between education and training. (Availability: Falmer Press, Falmer House, Barcombe, Nr Lewes, East Sussex BN8 5DL, UK.) (SK)

Alternative standards for admission into teacher education programs should be considered for Blacks and other minorities who are sometimes unable to gain admission to teacher education programs because of inadequate entrance examination scores. Various alternative standards are described. (JMK)

A master of arts program developed by the Center for Teaching International Relations and jointly sponsored by the University of Denver's (Colorado) education and international relations departments is described. The program trains inservice teachers in global education. A summer course on comparative world politics is highlighted. (PP)

Girls and boys education grew rapidly in New Zealand in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but discrimination against women limited access to education, the subjects taught, the depth in which they were taught, and women teacher's salaries. (IS)

A teacher education program implemented by Eastern New Mexico University helps prepare future teachers in the use of multicultural strategies. Examples of how this program was prepared include a statement of philosophy, teaching strategies, parent/teacher conferences, multicultural curriculum development, and assessment criteria. (DF)

Issues that confront teachers of culturally different learners are examined in this article. Philosophical orientation, teacher training materials, and teacher attitudes are focused upon. Several models to be used in implementing multicultural concepts in teacher preparation programs are also presented. (DF)

Recent European and American influences have created a more complex and heterogeneous Brazilian higher education system, with institutions reflecting a broader range of cultural borrowings and a coexistence of ideas and trends that gradually lose their foreign identity. (MSE)

A successful civic education program is one that educates citizens in the basic principles and precepts of the American political system and keeps citizens informed on specific issues and controversies. Jefferson and Lincoln both supported the sentiment that civic education must address basic principles as well as specific issues. (RM)

The Institute for Distance Education, founded in 1981 for interuniversity research on distance education, is discussed. Its objectives include research, program development, and coordination of other institutional efforts regarding distance education, improvement of teaching methods, integration of distance and traditional educational programs, curriculum development, and other underdeveloped educational areas. (MSE)

The trend towards private schooling and educational diversity departs sharply from past educational policies. A brief historical overview of education is offered to help in the understanding of current policies in education. American education has shifted from a commitment to cohesion through education to a diversity in educational practices. (DF)

In a survey conducted in Iowa, 136 teachers responded to a 52-item questionnaire to evaluate energy education workshops they attended, identify beliefs and practices concerning energy education, and identify perceived knowledge needed in energy education. Materials to create more student involvement in lessons was the top-rated need. (MNS)

Describes a course prepared for the Open Learning Institute of British Columbia to provide educators and trainers with the knowledge and skills to design and implement distance education programs. Course content covers distance education systems; creating, adapting, and acquiring instructional materials; delivery of instruction; and theory of distance education. (MBR)

The questions addressed are: (1) What would general education be like if perceived through women's eyes and structured by values that they name and order? (2) Would general education be revitalized or continue its decline? The method of feminist criticism characterized as re-vision is discussed in this context. (MSE)

The idea of certifying teachers without methods courses and student teaching is being proposed in some states. Music educators must initiate reform in the training of music teachers before those outside the field do it. Ways that individual music teacher educators can improve the training of music education majors are discussed. (RM)