Education & Pedagogy

A theoretical essay, based on the results of research projects on teacher education, teachers' work, and justice in education developed by the author, is presented. It reflects on teacher education and the epistemology of teachers' work, and proposes a mediational and a narrative perspective towards a third space in Teacher education. An alternative mediation epistemological approach to justice in education and the epistemology of teachers' work is presented, aiming towards an understanding of the ways in which teachers' education has the possibility of making a difference in the construction of a more just public school.

This paper centers on the topic of gifted education. Namely, the focus of the discussion will be on the underrepresentation of students of color in gifted education, the underachievement of students of color in gifted education, and proportionate and equitable representation in gifted education. This paper examines research in the field over the past twenty years to shed light on the limited presence of high achieving minority students in gifted education. It is imperative that teachers understand this disproportionality in order to overcome the discrimination of the minority population.

The social studies curriculum is the obvious "home" of school-level human rights education. As such, social studies as a school subject has the potential to contribute significantly to the empowering function of formal education. A right to human rights education is, however, dependent on the right to education as such. With Universal Primary Education (UPE) yet to be achieved, social science educators seeking to use the subject as a means of extending human rights education to children in the most underdeveloped countries need to focus their attention on the primary school curriculum.

Designed for parents of handicapped children, this brochure defines special education and the rights for available services and programs. It is divided into seven sections covering: (1) the definition of special education; (2) the types of agencies providing special education services; (3) parents' rights in the planning process for their child's education; (4) rights regarding testing and assessment; (5) a child's right to an individualized education program; (6) legal rights in relation to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142); and (7) rights to confidentiality and access to the child's records. (JW)

Over 85 government publications, newspaper articles, monographs, and syllabi published between October and December 1981 are cited in this annotated listing. Entries are listed alphabetically by author under the following topics: educational administration, organization, and finance; curriculum; educational planning; examinations; higher education; Islamic education; language teaching; libraries; literacy; children's literature; medical education; professional education; science education; sociology; special education; student problems; teachers; teaching methods and media; women's education; general subjects; and textbooks. An author index is included. (KC)

Government publications, newspaper articles, monographs, and syllabi published between July and September 1981 and dealing with Pakistani education are cited in this annotated listing. Entries are organized by the following topics: educational administration, organization, and financing; curriculum; educational development; educational goals, planning, and reforms; elementary and secondary education; examinations; higher education; educational history; Islamic education; teaching of languages; libraries; literacy; medical education; educational philosophy; professional education; psychology; teachers; teaching methods and media; technical education; textbooks; women's education; and general. The document ends with a writers' index. (RM)

This document offers guidelines for developing a health education program for grades K-12. The Michign Department of Education has determined 10 topics in health that comprise a comprehensive health education program: (1) disease prevention and control; (2) personal health practices; (3) nutrition education; (4) growth and development; (5) family health; (6) emotional and mental health; (7) substance use and abuse; (8) consumer habits; (9) safety and first aid education; and (10) community and environmental health. The essential goals and objectives for each of these topics are listed for primary, intermediate, junior high school, and high school grade levels. (JD)

A typical analysis of the privatization of education in Latin America focuses on private sector development at the expense of public education. In this paper, I propose a different view that will highlight the blurring of boundaries between public and private education in Brazil. This confusion perpetuates the historical duality of the education system, with the privileged members of the population receiving a high quality education while everyone else receives educational services of inferior quality.

This article provides an overview of the current development of information and communication technology (ICT) utilized in Chinese education. Specifically, the article describes and discusses the impact contemporary ICT has on Chinese elementary and secondary education, as well as the existing challenges in ICT application. The article also examines ICT's application in higher education, particularly in distance education, and the issues that have to be dealt with. The article discusses the potential for further developing education with ICT. In addition, it makes recommendations with regard to providing better education with ICT in China.

This paper presents a critical policy analysis of how anti-political education reforms impact arts education. I consider examples of educational policies--both within arts education and outside the arts--to analyze how arts education may be impacted by anti-politics. I argue that many arts education policy outcomes can be understood as indirectly resulting from neoliberal and increasingly anti-political education policy moves. I offer both specific examples and a broad, conceptual discussion of arts education policies and policy outcomes that can be understood as following from anti-political moves. Based on the analysis, I offer recommendations for future policy analysis in arts education.

The project group "Preparedness for Peace" at the Malmo School of Education in Sweden studies ways of helping children and young people to deal constructively with questions of peace and war. As part of this work, experts with special interest and competence in areas related to peace education are interviewed. This publication explores the views of Melinda Armstrong, Ann Hardt and Priscilla Prutzman, all three of whom are active participants in the Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development's Working Group on Primary/Secondary Peace Education. (Author)

Understanding the nature of science is conducive to establishing a correct view of science and understanding the connotation of science education and the nature of scientific inquiry. This study aims to contextualize the philosophy of science education from China's perspective. The value, goal, and content of science humanistic education, experience in China's science education, and regionalization for promoting the development of science education in schools have been explored in this study. In addition, both the challenges facing science education and countermeasures of science education have also been offered in the last.

The vision for musically educating all children in tax-funded schools dates to the early 19th century, at a time when music was initially inserted into the curriculum of common schools. Is that vision being realized today? Why do all children not have equal access to music education by now, regardless of their locations, as per the democratic vision? What is being done about inequalities in the provision of basic education? In this article, the author discusses her experience with music education in Ohio's public education system, and how there are local ways in which to provide a musical education for every child.

Three major sections comprise these proceedings of the 1981 Conference of the National Association for Environmental Education. Section I contains four addresses on environmental issues by guest speakers and two symposia, one on synfuels, and the other on acid rain. The twelve essays in Section II give the practitioner's perspective on environmental education programs, approaches, and issues. The final section, research and evaluation, offers seven articles reporting present analysis of environmental education research problems. (DC)

An expert on second language acquisition examines and refutes five commonly offered arguments against bilingual education: (1) it is responsible for the high Hispanic dropout rate; (2) most immigrants succeed without bilingual education; (3) the United States is the only nation that has bilingual education; (4) bilingual education failed in California; and (5) public opinion is against bilingual education. A final chapter comments on J. Greene's "A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Bilingual Education," a study that re-analyzed existing data on bilingual education. Contents are indexed. Contains 13 references. (MSE)