Education & Pedagogy

Analyzed are inadequacies of the educational administrative structures of Asian countries. Recommendations are made for improvement in administrator education, on-the-job training, and exposure to management problems in a variety of related fields. (Author/DB)

Discusses women's enrollment patterns in various vocational education programs, their job opportunities, and the impact of different Federal legislation--title II of the Education Amendments of 1976, title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Equal Pay Act of 1963--upon sexism in vocational education. (HD)

A survey conducted by the University of Arkansas at Fayettesville reveals that preprofessional experiences should be included in the first education course so that students might determine if career expectations match their career aspirations. (MM)

A well-planned and systematized recruitment program can make a difference in the quality of students admitted to a teacher education program. An outline for a recruitment plan is proposed, and a program at the University of Dayton (Ohio) School of Education is described. (PP)

Values education within the geography curriculum can be seen as idealistic and politically biased. Geography teachers would be better advised to seek relevance through political education, by providing students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes which will allow them to both understand and participate in the political process. (RM)

The author discussed the role of three international organizations--UNESCO, Council of Europe, and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development--in the development and diffusion of knowledge of educational thinking. Three conceptual models (lifelong education, permanent education, and recurrent education) associated with these agencies are introduced, analyzed, and compared. (SSH)

States that because it is very difficult to determine what the objectives of business education are, much of business education can achieve little in terms of those objectives and can sometimes do harm. Advises a change in emphasis in order to advance the relevance and content of business education. (NRJ)

The status of science education in this country probably reflects widespread feelings that science is elitist and lacks relevance for most students' lives. This popular view of science should be changed through preservice and inservice teacher education, curriculum reform, and other measures. (PP)

In this paper the author refers to the practice of educating adults as it has developed in the English universities (extramural studies, professional post-experience courses, and continuing education, and also to the much more recent growth of adult education as a field of study. (SSH)

Describes the requirements mandated on educators by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975) which requires the preparation of an individualized education program (IEP) for handicapped students. Provides three options for instructors using a competency-based vocational education (CBVE) method employing competencies as a part of the instructional design. (JOW)

Both the classical humanist and modern social science approaches have much to contribute to civic education. Compartmentalized approaches should be renounced in favor of broader, integral, aggressive, and scholarly examinations of how education already embodies and broadcasts multiple models of the social world and conceptions of values. (PP)

Five papers on the relationship of moral education and religious education in the May issue of the Journal of Moral Education are examined and their major points are related to this author's article in the same issue. Agreement is found among the authors, despite superficial disagreement. (Author/IS)

Discusses the need for cooperation and coordination between state departments of education and professional associations, publishers, equipment vendors, and student organizations in planning successful inservice teacher education programs. Also discusses the various aspects of being both a classroom teacher and a department chairperson. (JOW)

Presents excerpts from interviews conducted in South Africa with individuals from different walks of life in order to determine the range of opinions on Black education and the degree to which there is consensus on developments in the field of equal educational opportunity. (CMG)

Foundations of art education include using art to improve the hand-eye coordination of factory workers, document children's developmental stages, and gain historic insights or cultural benefits. In addition, the artist-teacher concept of art education reinforced the atelier, guild, and master-apprentice relationship. Recent influences in art education are also discussed. (IS)