Education & Pedagogy

Open learning offers a coherent methodology and a range of practical techniques for developing continuing education. (JOW)

Examines general education and vocational education as the main foci of post-compulsory education in the light of curriculum planning. Perspectives (academic, pragmatic, and polytechnical) on general education are shown to be rooted in more elaborately formulated theories than are perspectives (employment-based and school-based) on vocational education. (MH)

Recounts the primary legislation implemented to initiate perestroika reforms in the Soviet Union's educational system. Includes legislation covering the entire spectrum of public education, from preschool through elementary and secondary levels, to vocational-technical education and higher education. Addresses the rights and responsibilities of students, teachers, and parents. (CH)

This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to April 1, 1926. The last preceding list in the series was issued as Bulletin, 1925, No. 14, and comprised publications received by the Bureau of Education to April 1, 1925. The present bulletin accordingly lists publications received during one entire year, and forms a bibliography of education for that period. Contents are arranged in the following categories: (1) Educational history and biography; (2) Current educational conditions; (3) International aspects of education; (4) Educational theory and practice; (4) Educational psychology; (5) Child Study--Educational sociology; (6) Psychological tests; (7) Educational tests and measurements; (8) Educational research; (9) Individual differences in pupils; (10) Special methods of instruction and organization; (11) Special subjects of curriculum; (12) Kindergarten and pre-school education; (13) Elementary education; (14) Rural education; (15) Secondary education; (16) Junior high schools; (17) Teacher training; (18) Teachers' salaries and professional status; (19) Higher education; (20) Junior colleges; (21) Federal Government and education; (22) School administration; (23) Educational grounds; (24) School hygiene and sanitation; (25) Social hygiene and genetics; (26) Mental hygiene; (27) Physical training; (28) Play and recreation; (29) Social aspects of education; (30) Child welfare; (31) Moral education; (32) Religious and church education; (33) Manual and vocational training; (34) Vocational guidance; (35) Workers' education; (36) Home economics; (37) Commercial education; (38) Professional education; (39) Civic education; (40) Military education; (41) Immigrant education; (42) Education of women; (43) Education of racial groups; (44) Education of deaf; (45) Exceptional children; (46) Adult education; (47) Education extension; (48) Libraries and reading; (49) Bureau of Education: Recent publications; (50) Periodicals represented in this Record. An index of authors is included. [Compiled in the Library Division, Bureau of Education. Best copy available has been provided.]

This report provides abstracts of official reports from state, territorial, and city school officers. The appendices give information and statistics on Indian education; education conventions and institutes; national science schools; education for the blind; education for the deaf and dumb; foreign education; German education; women's educational progress; Cooper Union; artisan education; kindergarten objectives; music education; the relationship between education and insanity; the relationship between education and crime; and the press as an educator. General school statistics cover census statistics; school statistics; school finance; cities; normal schools; commercial and business schools; secondary education institutions; U.S. Military and U.S. Naval Academies' appointments, examinations, and projections; colleges; scientific, agricultural, theological, legal, and medical, dental, and pharmaceutical education institutions; major U.S. libraries; institutions for the deaf and dumb, and for the blind; asylums for idiots; a summary of unfortunates; inebriate asylums; educational benefactions; education costs in the states, and in the cities; reformatory and prison statistics; city superintendent reports; and education publications. [This report is part of Vol. 2 of the Secretary of the Interior's report to Congress.]

This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education in March 1916. The listing includes contents organized into the following categories: (1) Publications of associations; (2) Educational history; (3) Current educational conditions; (4) Pedagogics and didactics; (5) Educational psychology: Child study; (6) Special subjects of curriculum; (7) Kindergarten and primary school; (8) Rural education; (9) Secondary education; (10) Teachers: Training and professional status; (11) Higher education; (12) School administration; (13) School management; (14) School architecture; (15) School hygiene and sanitation; (16) Physical training; (17) Play and playgrounds; (18) Social aspects of education; (19) Child welfare; (20) Moral education; (21) Religious education; (22) Manual and vocational training; (23) Vocational guidance; (24) Agricultural education: School gardens; (25) Commercial education; (26) Professional education; (27) Military and naval training; (28) Education of women; (29) Education of deaf; (30) Exceptional children; (31) Education extension; (32) Libraries and reading; and (33) Bureau of Education: Recent publications. [Compiled by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education, under the Direction of John D. Wolcott, Chief of Division. Best copy available has been provided.]

This bulletin contains a list of the monthly record of current educational publications for May 1913. The publications are organized into two sections: (1) Publications of associations; and (2) Bureau of Education: Recent publications. The Bureau of Education: Recent publications cover the following topics: (1) Educational history; (2) Educational Biography; (3) Present situation; (4) Pedagogics and Didactics; (5) Educational Psychology, Child Study; (6) Special Methods of Instruction; (7) Special Subjects of Curriculum; (8) Kindergarten and Primary School; (9) Rural Education; (10) Secondary Education; (11) Teachers, Training and Professional Status; (12) Higher Education; (13) School Administration; (14) School Management; (15) School Architecture; (16) School Sanitation and Hygiene; (17) Sex Hygiene; (18) Play and Playgrounds; (19) Social Aspects of Education; (20) Child Welfare; (21) Moral and Religious Education; (22) Manual and Vocational Training; (23) Vocational Guidance; (24) Agricultural Education; (25) Commercial Education; (26) Medical Education; (27) Education of Women; (28) Education of Special Classes; and (29) Libraries and Reading. [Compiled by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education, under the direction of John D. Wolcott, acting Librarian. Best copy available has been provided.]

This bulletin discusses the phases of educational progress in Latin America. The following topic areas are covered: (1) Central America (practical education; Guatemala; Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Panama); (2) British Guiana (new school regulation); (3) Argentina (preliminary; illiteracy; report of National Council of Education; progress of education in the Provinces; changes under the projected law of 1918; secondary education; technical education; normal-school training; higher education); (4) Brazil (vocational education); (5) Chile (preliminary; illiteracy; primary education; secondary education; training of teachers; technical education); (6) Uruguay (general introduction; primary education, public and private; rural schools; medical inspection of schools; secondary education; commercial education; training of teachers; higher education); and (7) Venezuela. (Contains 2 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]

Materials concerning education in England and Wales are presented in this annotated bibliography containing an introduction and 13 topical chapters. The introduction features a brief history of state education in England and Wales and an essay on educational structure and the school ladder under the Educational Reform Act of 1988 (ERA 88). The chapters in the book are: (1) Education Reform Act of 1988 (ERA 88); (2) Administration; (3) History of Education; (4) Early Childhood Education; (5) Primary (Elementary) Education; (6) Secondary Education; (7) Teacher Education; (8) Higher Education; (9) Postschool (age 16+) Further and Adult Education; (10) Vocational Training and Technical Education; (11) Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education; (12) Wales and Welsh Language; and (13) Women's and Girls' Education. A list of journals used in compiling the bibliography, as well as an author index and a subject index are included. (DB)

Examines unclear and sometimes erroneous notions about multicultural education (e.g., it is the same as ethnic studies and it is an effort to affect college admissions), discussing: the relationship of multicultural education to education in general; the theoretical basis of the field; the relationship between multicultural education and the social foundations of education; and the goals of multicultural education. (SM)

Basic features of the development and structure of higher education in the USSR are examined, and the history of general university education, higher technical education, and higher agricultural education is discussed. (RM)

Discussed are: ideological, political, and moral education; curriculum and teaching methods; polytechnical education, labor training, and vocational guidance; aesthetic education; physical education; and the role that the Leninist Komsomol plays in developing and improving compulsory universal secondary education and communist education. (RM)