Education & Pedagogy

Vocational education courses and mass education are two types of on-the-job training and education available to workers in Poland. First, this article discusses vocational education courses focusing on the course goals and organization, then forms of out-of-school or mass education, particularly the general education universities, are covered. (EM)

The author discusses areas of nursing education where problems exist: the gap between nursing education and nursing service, the gap between professional education and technical education, methods of funding nursing education programs, faculty as role models, graduates of nurse practitioner and graduate nursing programs, and communications between nursing service and nursing education. (CT)

Professional education, community education, and cultural education will be the main areas of potential growth for the British Open University's continuing education program in the 1980s. The program will need local student support, self-financing, and low student fees through financial subsidy. (MSE)

British universities' concern with adult education goes back more than a century. In France, however, it is only during the past decade that the tide of lifelong education has washed into universities and other institutions of higher education. There is imminent danger that the tide may turn. (Author)

Outdoor education, or adventure education, is any educational experience which takes place outside the confines of a predetermined area. Critics of outdoor education point to its potential danger. Outdoor education activities demand physical, intellectual, emotional, and psychological involvement. The lessons learned are cooperation, sharing, helping, and accepting risk. (JN)

After recognizing the problem areas in business education and the need for reexamination of goals and directions which would emphasize career education, the authors present a model to stimulate thinking about a core curriculum approach for business education that is in conformance with career education goals. (HD)

Two field-based teacher education programs at North Texas State University are described. The West Dallas Teacher Education Project prepares education students to work in inner-city, urban schools, and the North Texas Cooperative Teacher Education Project allows education students to work as paraprofessional teacher aides. (CJ)

To deal with college students' intense interest in courses related only to career preparation, teacher educators must: (1) recognize that their students' attitudes are legitimate; (2) fuse technical aspects of teacher education with other, more general education experiences; and (3) provide better career counseling. (JMK)

This essay examining the developing educational system in the United States focuses on five interlocking subsystems: childhood education; schooling and education; postsecondary, collegiate, and university education; education in the workplace; and lifelong adult education. Social reform, educational reform, and curriculum are discussed. (EJS)

Discusses the results of educational pilot projects undertaken in Germany concerning the following topics: the education of five-year-olds, reform of upper secondary education, all-day schools, inservice teacher education, comprehensive universities, guidance and counseling, multimedia distance studies, and a vocational academy. (RM)

Aesthetic education offers instructional methodologies and subject area content that make art an important part of general education. Instruction in this area should emphasize artistic heritage and appreciation as well as production. Curriculum reform efforts are reviewed, and recommendations for changes in teacher education are made. (PP)

Examines the relevance of education to the needs of high school drop-outs and graduates entering the work force. Pilot projects of the European community to improve continuing education, vocational training, career education, and guidance are discussed. Italian continuing education and vocational programs are described. (AM)

In teacher education programs, foundations of education have had a history of marginality and are currently experiencing an unsettled present. At a time when teacher preparation programs are on the defensive because of economic, public attitudes, and self concept problems, foundations of education have much to offer. (CJ)

In Holland moral education is defined as a process of actively exploring vital questions in which awareness and development of values giving direction to moral behavior are stressed. Moral education projects in Holland are described, teacher education in Dutch moral education is discussed, and Dutch and U.S. moral education are compared. (Author/RM)

Presents a projection of the plans and requirements for modification of the national population education program in India. Outlines various strategies for attainment of the main objective to institutionalize population education in all national educational processes. (MCO)