Education & Pedagogy

Discusses the introduction of outdoor education into the physical education document of the British national curriculum. Suggests timetables for implementing a program of outdoor education, including educational objectives and activities for various grade levels. (KS)

Outlines constraints facing teacher educators of environmental education. In light of these constraints, it is argued that the provision of separate environmental education curriculum units in teacher education courses is a better alternative then attempting to infuse the approach across a number of discipline areas. (LZ)

All levels of teachers can use bulletin boards to promote physical education. The article explains why and how to create physical education bulletin boards, detailing materials and supplies, aesthetics, and safety. Swimming pool bulletin boards are described as an example. The use of bulletin boards in teacher preparation is noted. (SM)

Focuses on multicultural education within the context of Brown v Board of Education and discusses the ongoing educational inequities in American schools since the Supreme Court's decision. It also offers a model for the effective implementation of multicultural education in American society. (GR)

Introduces a new column on environmental education and discusses the importance of such education at the early childhood level. Presents an overview of an approach to environmental education that is designed to foster positive attitudes and values about the world of nature and a sense of responsibility toward the natural environment. (MDM)

New Australian postsecondary education and training policies are examined, particularly as they are being implemented in specific institutional settings and as they affect educational equity. Broader implications of the policies for overall postsecondary reform and for mass higher education are also analyzed. (Author/MSE)

Van Til's 1962 article on whether or not progressive education is obsolete was a response to charges that the new education as espoused by Dewey was outmoded. This paper reexamines Van Til's article and suggests a prognostication similar to Van Til's could be ventured today that another period of progressivism is inevitable. (SM)

Describes a trip to Russia by a delegation of educators from the United States to learn about educational reform, examining the 10 principles currently guiding reform efforts in Russia. Participants learned that education there has already changed from the version that existed under the U.S.S.R. governmental structure. (SM)

The treatment of teacher education in Europe in articles published in the "European Journal of Education" and its predecessor is reviewed, chronicling the transition from teacher education as the domain solely of training colleges to the universities and polytechnics of Europe. Changing and recurring themes are highlighted. (MSE)

Reports on a survey conducted to ascertain actual practice regarding the delivery of engineering projects in the United States. Describes the breadth of pedagogy in the current delivery of engineering projects represented by the survey responses and the engineering education literature discussing project education. Highlights current trends in U.S. engineering education that affect project education. (JRH)

The author argues that the behaviorist approach to learning inherent in competency-based education is inappropriate for teaching and learning at the higher education level, because it both prescribes and restricts content, methodology, and learning options. Discussion is in the context of a current British postsecondary education policy initiative. (MSE)

Distributive education (DE) teacher education universities in Indiana completed a consortium testing an exemplary plan to use in followup service activities with first- and second-year distributive education teachers. How the plan was developed and ways in which it was successful are discussed. (HD)

Discusses the backgrounds and the work of four men who, working together in the Commissioner of Education's office, developed the model for public vocational education in Massachusetts during the early twentieth century. The men discussed are Charles Allen, Charles Prosser, David Snedden (the Commissioner of Education), and Rufus Stimson. (CH)

The author attempts to identify the criteria and measures determining the early evolution of British governmental influence on the education of adults, particularly vocational education. He covers the period from the ending of Statutory Apprenticeship in 1814, to the role of the Science and Art Department by the 1860s. (CH)

Raises questions about the value of general education: Is general education a historical ideal whose time is past? Why include general education as a basis for accreditation? In what ways is general education central to other higher learning? Should some specialized institutions be allowed to waive the general education component? (DMM)