Education & Pedagogy

Before addressing the specific issues of the learning environment, alternative schools, teacher selection, teacher preparation, neglect of gifted students, parent involvement, evaluation, and sex in education, the author presents three lengthy background chapters--"False Assumptions,""Organizational Development Through Interpersonal Action," and "The Future Is Now." The first chapter assesses the false assumptions that educators have about students and teachers and examines the six change steps in education. The second chapter focuses on instruments for inventorying personal values and assessing personal beliefs and performance. Against this background of personal assessment the author presents a list of eight skills that leaders need to develop. The third chapter focuses on how educators can learn to make decisions about what is important in the schools. (IRT)

This pamphlet is intended as a supplement to the booklet, "Recommendations for Legislative Consideration on Public Education," which was also published by the Texas Education Agency in November 1974. The pamphlet presents three additional recommendations for legislative attention. First, it recommends that any district that sends students to a neighboring district for part of their education be required to pay appropriate tuition. Second, it recommends that state financial support of county boards of trustees and elective and ex officio county superintendents be gradually phased out. Third, it recommends that an interim committee composed of legislators, state board members, school district officials, and citizens be established to develop a statewide plan for the governance of public education. (JG)

This bibliography, part of the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, is designed to: (1) Encourage and support curriculum development and instructional activities in vocational education and career development through collection and dissemination of appropriate materials, (2) supplement and complement efforts of the (Wisconsin) State Educational Agency staff and School District personnel by identifying needed resources for use in instructional workshops and with other developmental activities, and (3) encourage use of resource materials and services in all appropriate programs of teacher education and staff development (pre-service as well as in-service), and in classroom implementation. Each entry includes a call number, title, series note (not always used), edition statement (not always used), author(s), publisher's name, publisher's address (for ordering purposes), date of publication, pagination, price, grade level (when applicable), and an annotation. Information about the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, and a materials index are included. (SH)

This bibliography, part of the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, is designed to: (1) Encourage and support curriculum development and instructional activities in vocational education and career development through collection and dissemination of appropriate materials, (2) supplement and complement efforts of the (Wisconsin) State Educational Agency staff and School District personnel by identifying needed resources for use in instructional workshops and with other developmental activities, and (3) encourage use of resource materials and services in all appropriate programs of teacher education and staff development (pre-service as well as in-service), and in classroom implementation. Each entry includes a call number, title, series note (not always used), edition statement (not always used), author(s), publisher's name, publisher's address (for ordering purposes), date of publication, pagination, price, grade level (when applicable), and an annotation. Information about the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, and a materials index are included. (SH)

This bibliography, part of the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, is designed to: (1) Encourage and support curriculum development and instructional activities in vocational education and career development through collection and dissemination of appropriate materials, (2) supplement and complement efforts of the (Wisconsin) State Educational Agency staff and School District personnel by identifying needed resources for use in instructional workshops and with other developmental activities, and (3) encourage use of resource materials and services in all appropriate programs of teacher education and staff development (pre-service as well as in-service), and in classroom implementation. Each entry includes a call number, title, series note (not always used), edition statement (not always used), author(s), publisher's name, publisher's address (for ordering purposes), date of publication, pagination, price, grade level (when applicable), and an annotation. Information about the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, and a materials index are included. (SH)

This bibliography, part of the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, is designed to: (1) Encourage and support curriculum development and instructional activities in vocational education and career development through collection and dissemination of appropriate materials, (2) supplement and complement efforts of the (Wisconsin) State Educational Agency staff and School District personnel by identifying needed resources for use in instructional workshops and with other developmental activities, and (3) encourage use of resource materials and services in all appropriate programs of teacher education and staff development (pre-service as well as in-service), and in classroom implementation. Each entry includes a call number, title, series note (not always used), edition statement (not always used), author(s), publisher's name, publisher's address (for ordering purposes), date of publication, pagination, price, grade level (when applicable), and an annotation. Information about the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, and a materials index are included. (SH)

This bibliography, part of the Vocational Education Resource Materials system is designed to: (1) Encourage and support curriculum development and instructional activities in vocational education and career development through collection and dissemination of appropriate materials, (2) supplement and complement efforts of the (Wisconsin) State Educational Agency staff and School District personnel by identifying needed resources for use in instructional workshops and with other developmental activities, and (3) encourage use of resource materials and services in all appropriate programs of teacher education and staff development (pre-service as well as in-service), and in classroom implementation. Each entry includes a call number, title, series note (not always used), edition statement (not always used), author(s), publisher's name, publisher's address (for ordering purposes), date of publication, pagination, price, grade level (when applicable), and an annotation. Information about the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, and a materials index are included. (SH)

This bibliography, part of the Vocational Education Resource Materials system is designed to: (1) Encourage and support curriculum development and instructional activities in vocational education and career development through collection and dissemination of appropriate materials, (2) supplement and complement efforts of the (Wisconsin) State Educational Agency staff and School District personnel by identifying needed resources for use in instructional workshops and with other developmental activities, and (3) encourage use of resource materials and services in all appropriate programs of teacher education and staff development (pre-service as well as in-service), and in classroom implementation. Each entry includes a call number, title, series note (not always used), edition statement (not always used), author(s), publisher's name, publisher's address (for ordering purposes), date of publication, pagination, price, grade level (when applicable), and an annotation. Information about the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, and a materials index are included. (SH)

This bibliography, part of the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, is designed to: (1) Encourage and support curriculum development and instructional activities in vocational education and career development through collection and dissemination of appropriate materials, (2) supplement and complement efforts of the (Wisconsin) State Educational Agency staff and School District personnel by identifying needed resources for use in instructional workshops and with other developmental activities, and (3) encourage use of resource materials and services in all appropriate programs of teacher education and staff development (pre-service as well as in-service), and in classroom implementation. Each entry includes a call number, title, series note (not always used), edition statement (not always used), author(s), publisher's name, publisher's address (for ordering purposes), date of publication, pagination, price, grade level (when applicable), and an annotation. Information about the Vocational Education Resource Materials system, and a materials index are included. (SH)

Oversimplification, overspecification, and difficulties in assessment are the criticisms most frequently leveled against competency (performance) based education. These problems are exacerbated by state governments and departments of education that have given very close attention to their mandated competency-based programs. State mandated competency-based programs bear much closer resemblance to their natural parents, the state bureaucracies, than they do to the basic demands of society. Like all bureaucracies, they depend heavily on simplistically defined, interchangeable parts and will sacrifice nearly all other values to maintain them. Although competency-based education (CBE) was intended to guarantee that certified professional educators possess a "minimum" set of skills, in practice, the minimum frequently becomes the maximum achievement expected from students. CBE programs tend to be a dead end for the individuals who pass through them. The proliferation of trivial CBE programs makes it difficult for good ones to exist. (Author)

Summaries of bills pertaining to higher education from the Washington State Senate and House of Representatives are presented. The legislation covers the following: library services to Indian tribes; acquisition of surplus EXPO facilities; creation of the Vocational Education Commission; renaming of the Council for Postsecondary Education; construction of tree fruit research center; rights relating to tenure; exemption of certain educational housing from provisions relating to unfair discrimination; fee exemptions for senior citizens; community college capital projects funding; repealing prohibition against sale of liquor on campus; personnel responsibility; mandating availability of materials on abuses of alcohol in public premises; authorizing state colleges to offer degrees through the master's degree subject to review; bond issue for hospital facilities; financial assistance to all private and public school students. Certain bills are included in their entirety. Resolutions pertaining to the Council for Postsecondary Education are also provided, along with the 1975-77 operating budget for higher education. (LBH)

This annotated bibliography describes approximately 150 materials collected by the Florida Educational Resources Information Center (FERIC) to aid educators in implementing Chapter 74-238, "Laws of Florida," pertaining to early childhood education. Materials are organized in the following categories: (1) Child Development and Early Childhood, (2) Child Development and Early Childhood Education, (3) Diagnostic Teaching and Early Childhood, (4) Early Childhood and Educational Needs, (5) Early Childhood and Educational Objectives, (6) Early Childhood and Individualized Instruction, (7) Early Childhood and Parent and Classroom, (8) Early Childhood and Board of Education Policy, (9) Early Childhood and Program Evaluation, (10) Early Childhood and Self-Concept, (11) Kindergarten and Scheduling, (12) Parent Education and Early Childhood, and (13) Social Development and Early Childhood. (Author/BRT)

The objective of this project was to establish the Moraine Park Technical Institute as a Career Education Center to coordinate and provide a focus for the career education efforts of the public and private secondary schools in the Moraine Park Vocational, Technical and Adult Education District. The District service area covers several counties in a 2,500 square mile area and serves a population of 220,000. Following an initial conference of representatives from the 27 participating school systems, a questionnaire was presented to each of the schools regarding the status and direction of career education, including budgeted support, inservice training, instructional strategies, articulation, staffing, and perceived needs. In addition, each school was asked to furnish an inventory of career education materials, supplies, and equipment. This report displays the results of the completed questionnaires and a sample of the materials inventory. Recommendations are made for the future dissemination and coordination activities of the project. (BB)

Fifth in a series of five, the document identifies and discusses some important issues relating to cooperative adult education programs. Issues under consideration include: (1) scope of cooperative education for adults; (2) cooperative adult education and work; (3) why do industry and education cooperate; (4) who benefits--who pays; (5) the industry view; (6) public support of cooperative programs; (7) conflicting agency goals--a systems view; (8) agreements; (9) the union role; (10) program committees: who needs them; (11) leadership in cooperative programs; (12) staff backgrounds; (13) location of cooperative programs: on/off plant site; and (14) developing inter-agency contacts. These issues and discussions are not intended to provide exhaustive coverage but rather to present initial ideas to be considered in the development and planning of cooperative adult education programs. (KH)

The publication provides a listing of exemplary and innovative occupational education programs and projects designed to serve as models for use in vocational contracts with local educational agencies, colleges and universities, and other public and private agencies for the development and operation of the programs. The listing, which is arranged alphabetically by State, shows the title of each project, the name of the grantee or contractor conducting the project, and the amount of Section 142(d) funding obligated for the project. The State allotment and total funds obligated for each State are also shown. United States Trust Territories and possessions are included at the end of the listing. (Author/MS)