The historical evolution of the rehabilitation profession is addressed, and current issues facing rehabilitation educators and professionals are identified. Clearly, both our practice environments and our consumers are continuously evolving and becoming more diverse. Simultaneously, a need exists to be seen as a stable, unified profession.…

This study uses the "logic" of emergence to rethink the practice and purposes of modern Western schooling which, conventionally, is organized around a representational epistemology and aims to enculture the student into a particular way of being. The idea of "planned enculturation" is, however, problematic for contemporary multicultural societies…

In this interview-based project, the author examines the post-secondary transition of six predominantly home-schooled students who profess the importance of their Christian faith. The author analyzes their writing for hints about how they negotiate the ideologies of post-secondary education. He shows how home schooling has been characterized,…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to open up a discussion about the roles and responsibilities of universities in society. Design/methodology/approach: The vision of the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Skane a leading example on how to develop new knowledge about education for sustainable development (ESD) at all levels. The paper poses the…

This paper presents a profile about the financial system of the early childhood education (ECE) in China. The problems discussed are related to (1) segmentation of Tiao and Kuai (some education institutions are directly administered by provincial governments, and some were affiliated to the relative administrative departments of the state), (2)…

Academic freedom is an institutionally specific type of liberty. It gains its character from the rules of evidence and reasoning used by communities of scientists and scholars to determine the relative value of truth-claims. One of the finest virtues of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Statement on Academic Freedom and…

Changes in the career landscape require commensurate revisions in career development (CD) to ensure it meets the needs of both employees and employers in this era of multidimensional career paths. Drawing on a model from the past, we propose building a strong career culture based on the relational approach to CD. Implementing a relational strategy…

The teacher's responsibility goes beyond teaching; it ranges into investigations of what peripheral acts are necessary to make teaching possible in individual and general cases, into counseling and perhaps feeding children, even into political action. What the "Theory of Erotetic Teaching" can do to resolve such issues is discussed. (MT)

Educational malpractice is becoming part of school law vocabulary and educators are becoming aware of real possibilities of being sued for poor pedagogical performance. Foresees the development of "standards of reasonable care," which will place educators in the precarious position of doctors and lawyers in future malpractice litigation. (DMM)

Calls for a joint effort by members of the CTAA to develop a national climate in which theatre is an important part of the lives of young people. (PD)

Discusses four points of interpretation concerning the 1981 legislative act on special education: (1) the concept of special educational need, (2) the place of formal procedures in the provision of special educational help for the child, (3) the formulation of the child's special educational needs, and (4) the choice of special provision. (RH)

Reports on a study at the American Telegraph and Telephone Communications Company's Sales and Marketing Education Center to determine the nature of continuing education program development in a business setting. Findings indicate six developmental phases: (1) initiation, (2) planning, (3) materials development, (4) pilot, (5) delivery, and (6)…

Noting the vital importance of a trained work force to our national economy, the chairman of Bell & Howell Company states that industry must assume a leading role in the education and training of American workers. He calls on industry to organize its training resources to meet its needs. (PD)

Vice-President Walter Mondale suggests that the more money alloted to teachers, the more teachers are allowed to design their own programs, and that the more support a community lends to teaching professionals, the better the educational system will become. (LH)

Discusses four challenges facing academic professions on the transformation to a postindustrial, technical society based on information. Examines the relationship of postsecondary education to the economy; the need to think, plan, and manage strategically; the redesign of the education industry; and literacy and retraining needs. (DMM)