Education & Pedagogy

If transition from elitist to mass higher education is to be brought about, new types of short-cycle higher education will have to be developed. (Editor)

Discusses: trends in Indian education; a system approach to the planning of teacher education to meet the challenge of the nation's objectives; and teacher education in India. (Editor/PG)

Discusses developments in teacher education; preservice education of elementary science teachers, the influence of U.S. science curricula, professional organizations in science teaching, and recent trends in West German science education. (MLH)

A description and defense of a field centered approach to inservice teacher education. (DD)

Describes general development of multiculturalism and multicultural education. Emphasizes multicultural education as a valuable resource for science education, which should be acknowledged, respected, and implemented into the existing science curriculum. Suggests implications of multicultural education for science supervisors. (KHR)

A look at the history of marketing education shows how it has influenced the education of students and how its concepts are still being used in education today. Marketing educators were pioneers in educational opportunities for women, performance-based education, cooperative education, and leadership development. (JOW)

Licensure in Education for Agricultural Professionals is a Web-based, lateral-entry teacher certification program in agricultural education. Delivered through distance education, the program is intended to increase the number of qualified agricultural education teachers. (JOW)

Available from: Teacher Education and Special Education, The Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. Discussed are issues affecting management of teacher education programs, and presented is a framework for aiding the maintenance and revision of teacher education programs. (CL)

The role of the community colleges in career education, compensatory education, community education, and transfer education is discussed in terms of its development in the 1970s and its future in the 1980s. (JMF)

The article describes a sequence of procedures to design continuing education programs for special educators which were used in Project RETOOL, a program which provided continuing education to special education college faculty members in five states. (DB)

Focuses on (1) the kind of teachers needed to implement global education programs in elementary school and (2) the role of preservice and inservice teacher education programs needed to foster the development of globally minded teachers. (Author/ND)

"Elite higher education" is viewed in terms of the mode of education and the level of intensity and complexity at which the subject is pursued. It contrasts with "mass higher education," but must coexist with mass higher education, universal access, and continuing education. (LBH)

Describes how career education is implemented, how its goals are achieved, and the possible effects this can have on vocational education programs, specifically those in health occupations education. Discusses credentialing, placement, and articulation. (JOW)

Because of declining enrollments and funding cutbacks, business teacher education programs are facing a serious challenge. Business teachers must develop a high level of efficiency and effectively articulate the needs and accomplishments of their programs. (JOW)