Education & Pedagogy

This article argues for integrating outdoor or environmental education into the special education curriculum. It discusses the definition and philosophy of outdoor education and notes similarities between outdoor education and special education. A list of suggested resources is attached. (DB)

The relationship between general, liberal and professional education is discussed within the context of reforming undergraduate education. Physical education professors and administrators are encouraged to actively participate in education reform and to consider their role in general education programs. (JL)

Reviews the influence of liberal education upon legal education, studying the historical process according to which changes of emphasis within liberal education (from rhetoric to dialectic or the reverse) have been reflected in related changes in legal education. (AYC)

Examines how three schools of art education--child-centered creativity, aesthetic education, and discipline-based art education--address the content and methods of the humanities. Advocates a humanities approach to art in general education, using interdisciplinary content in the analysis, interpretation, and synthesis of works of art. (LS)

Included in this annotated bibliography on health education are journal articles, monographs, and government reports. Topics covered are patient education, community health education, school health education, sex education, lifestyle, general health education, research and evaluation, smoking, self-care, and other miscellaneous areas. It contains citations from 1977 and 1978 only. (DS)

The article reviews the revised teacher education accreditation standards in the areas of special and multicultural education, as formulated by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). (DLS)

Federal action in the field of education should take the form of (1) a separate Department of Education, (2) expanded vocational and career education, (3) expanded aid for handicapped education, (4) aid to colleges and universities. (MB)

Examines the Chinese Marxist educational philosophy of combining education and productive labor, including various types of schools where the idea has been practiced. (MH)

Twenty annotated references, selected from the ERIC databases on the topic of teacher education foundations of education, include surveys, research reports, curriculum guidelines and models, and general essays. (CJ)

Two questions are addressed: (1) What are the moral constraints upon the practice of religious education? and (2) What are the main ways in which religious education can supplement and enhance moral education? (RM)

Presents a new definition of outdoor education. Describes the different approaches to outdoor education advocated in adventure education and environmental education. Proposes that an integration of approaches can result in a functional outdoor education experience. (ML)

Raises issues pertinent to the success of promoting environmental education. Discusses the role of postsecondary institutions in preparing teachers to teach environmental education in Bophuthatswana's schools. (MDH)

Population education programs are discussed relative to their impact on the social, cultural, and economic aspects of rapid population growth in the Asia Pacific region. (MCO)

Summarizes recent ERIC documents in early childhood education and related areas. Topics include the integrated character education model, conflicts and prospects of character education in multicultural education, and the role of the schools in character education. (ET)

Examines recent criticisms of teacher preparation and considers changes in teacher education over the past 10 years. Provides suggestions concerning future directions for teacher education programs. (PCB)