Education & Pedagogy

So that vocational teachers will be able to deal effectively with special needs students, higher education must plan and develop adequate personnel preparation at the preservice level. Seven strategies for vocational/special needs teacher education program development are given. (MF)

Suggestions for secondary education reform in which the California Council on the Education of Teachers might assume an active role are presented. Main emphasis is upon future-directed planning for leisure-time use, adaptive ability, curriculum, inservice education, humanized education, and co-option of content from fields outside of education. (MJB)

Principles of the International Labour Organization Workers' Education Program and the role of university-centered labor education are outlined, involving collaboration between trade unions and universities in providing courses to promote the collective advancement of labor. (MF)

Goals, courses, delivery systems, faculty, instructional materials and methods, and students of the Army continuing education program are described. Characteristics adaptable to civilian alternative higher education are summarized, including: credit for life experience or by examination, ad hoc faculty, performance testing, and student incentives. (Author/LBH)

Available from: Teacher Education and Special Education, The Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. Reviewed is the importance of planning procedures to enhance coordination of special education teacher education by state agencies and universities. (CL)

Discusses three major areas of research in science education which take place at the National Institute for Pedagogical Research (INRP), Paris, France. European cooperation, future prospects and a list of publications of the INRP are also presented. (HM)

Examines educational problems in subsistence farming areas of Latin America. Concludes that the most basic task of education in rural areas is to furnish knowledge and skills which will enable the population to obtain the basic necessities of life. (Author/DB)

Analyzes education in light of social structure and social change in Latin America. Identifies styles of education which are correlated with certain social conditions. Concludes that additional research should be done on education as an integral part of the social system. (Author/DB)

Describes a project to develop a comprehensive arts program in Cleveland. It is called "Education for Aesthetic Awareness", and is a total arts program, with an initial focus on inservice teacher education and embodying the most advanced thinking to date on aesthetic education. (Editor/RK)

An Australian career education consultant traces the development and current pattern of career education in Australia, which has its basis in career advising and vocational guidance. She comments briefly on curriculum development, teacher preparation, and the education departments' relationship with state and federal employment authorities. (MF)

Argues that Calvinism has been a major influence on higher education in America. General headings: The Inflation of Higher Education; From Pluralist Elitism to Mass Egalitarianism; The End of Calvinist Discipline; Calvinism and Academic Freedom; Calvinism and Vocational Education; and The Bureaucratization of Higher Education. (DB)

Following a brief history of the church's role in Swedish education, the author explains the expanded Swedish definition of moral education, which includes the socialization process as a whole. Current objectives, research projects, curriculum developments, and church activities are discussed, as are parent and teacher education programs. (SJL)

History is one of the two required disciplines in the University of Victoria program at Matsqui Institution, a program built around the encouragement of moral education in prisoners. This paper attempts to assess the contribution the study of history can make to such a process. (Author/SJL)

Reviews three types of contributions Coolie Verner has made to adult education: (1) defining adult education as a discipline/field, (2) classifying the adult education process, and (3) studying adult education as an innovation to be diffused and adopted. Verner's writings in these areas are summarized, analyzed, and assessed. (Author/CSS)

Veterinarians were surveyed to determine topics that were overemphasized in their professional education, topics that should have been emphasized more, and specific changes that would improve veterinary education. The survey results are tabulated. (BH)