Trends and Issues in Education, 1986.

Overview & Synopsis

For a number of years, the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses have tracked educational issues and trends in their respective special areas of concern. This is the first unified collection of papers resulting from the tracking effort. Each paper contains an analysis of research, practice, and policy in the scope area covered by the authoring Clearinghouse. The chapters also recommend possible actions for achieving improvement and change. The preface by A. Harry Passow is entitled "Issues and Trends in Education: Some Observations and Reflections." The 16 chapters, written by Clearinghouse management staff, are as follows (in order by Clearinghouse prefix): (1) CE--"Some Current Issues in Adult, Career, and Vocational Education" by Juliet V. Miller and Susan Imel; (2) CG--"Current Issues and Trends in Guidance and Counseling" by Garry R. Walz; (3) CS--"Two Problems in the Teaching of English" by Charles Suhor; (4) EA--"Improving School Effectiveness through Reform of Teacher Selection Practices and Collegial Observation of Classroom Performance" by Thomas I. Ellis, Mary Cihak Jensen, Philip K. Piele, and Stuart C. Smith; (5) EC--"Current Issues and Future Directions in Special Education" by June B. Jordan and Donald K. Erickson; (6) FL--"Developments in Language Education" by John L.D. Clark; (7) HE--"Emerging Trends in Higher Education" by Judy Diane Grace and Jonathan D. Fife; (8) IR--"Education and Information Technology: What Are the Questions?" by Donald P. Ely; (9) JC--"Contemporary Issues in Community Colleges: A Synopsis" by Arthur M. Cohen; (10) PS--"Current Issues in Early Childhood Education" by Lilian G. Katz; (11) RC--"Issues in American Indian Education, Mexican American Education, Migrant Education, Outdoor Education, Rural Education, and Small Schools" by Elaine Roanhorse Benally, Jack T. Cole, and Manuela Quezada-Aragon; (12) SE--"Persistent Problems in Precollege Mathematics, Science and Environmental Education: Issues, Trends, and Recommendations" by Robert W. Howe, Patricia E. Blosser, Marilyn N. Suydam, Stanley L. Helgeson, and John F. Disinger; (13) SO--"Core Content, Critical Thinking, and Civil Values: Issues on Education in the Social Studies" by John J. Patrick; (14) SP--"Three Crucial Issues Concerning the Preparation of Teachers for Our Classrooms: Definition, Development, and Determination of Competence" by Elizabeth A. Ashburn; (15) TM--"Current Issues in Testing, Measurement, and Evaluation" by S. Donald Melville, Jacob G. Beard, C. Philip Kearney, Rodney Roth, and Jason Millman; (16) UD--"Issues in Improving Urban Schools: Dropout Prevention, Hispanic Secondary Education, and Urban Teaching Careers" by Erwin Flaxman and Carolyn Riehl. (AA)