High school learning disabilities teachers (n=325) and special education supervisors (n=145) were surveyed concerning secondary learning disabilities programs. Although program emphases have not changed over the past decade, educators' priorities changed, calling for less content area instruction, more career/vocational and learning strategies…

A Javits Grant Project of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools uncovers the strengths and gifts of traditionally underserved primary-level gifted children. The program design celebrates the multiple intelligences of children with economic disadvantage, limited English ability, or learning disabilities. (JDD)

Outdoor education has roots in the Nature Study Movement of the late 1800s; organized camping, which was started by groups such as the Young Men's and Women's Christian Association and the Boy and Girl Scouts; progressive education; and environmental education. Several doctoral dissertations in 1930 mark the beginning of outdoor education as a…

Critical review of the literature on problem-based learning (PBL) in medical education focuses on: (1) the credibility of claims (both empirical and theoretical) about the ties between PBL and educational outcomes and (2) the magnitude of the effects. Concludes there is no convincing evidence that PBL improves knowledge base and clinical…

Examines the work of Paulo Freire, one of the most widely recognized educators in the world. Contends that Freire's work offers a guide to understanding how his lessons might be used to deepen questions about the form and content of citizenship education with social justice as a goal. (Contains references.) (CMK)

States that a tendency has developed to orientate educational-practical acting using learners' educational needs, while representatives of the employment system deduce political and practical educational maxims from requirements that result from economic structural changes. Defines the instructional importance of individual educational needs and…

Considers the relation among "general pedagogics,""social pedagogics," and the science of social work as a consequence of functional differentiation reflected on the theoretical level. If the educational system and "social care" are differentiated, it is possible to deal with the relation between social and general…

Five issues and problems in the current sociology of higher education are outlined, as they affect today's postsecondary students. Recent research relevant to each issue or problem is cited and some general suggestions are offered with regard to the counseling of present and future students in these areas. (Author/KW)

This response to Detterman and Thompson (1997) analyzes their criticisms of special education and presents evidence of the effectiveness of current instructional techniques for children with disabilities in contrast with the cognitive approaches favored by Detterman and Thompson. Assumptions about the significance of intelligence testing and…

Inquires of the significance of an insight into dynamic-unconscious processes in the classroom for an understanding of pedagogical practice. Outlines the difficulties of dealing with "emotional experiences" in school. States that the components of the psycho-analytic method can be applied only in a modified form within the classroom…

Explains that findings of interdisciplinary research that point to a decrease in differences between the generations have caused educational science to reconsider the concept of the generational relation regarding its special significance for pedagogics. Presents a conceptual-theoretical framework against this background. (CMK)

The field of higher education shows a jumble of alliances between fellow institutes. The alliances are strategic in kind and serve an economy-of-scales concept. A large scale is a prerequisite for allocating the budgets for new educational methods and technologies in order to keep the educational services up-to-date. All too often, however,…

As an alternative method of coaching education, with a focus on situated learning, mentoring has the potential to encourage "communities of practice," which are groups of people who share a common interest and engage in a process of collective learning that creates bonds between them. In addition, mentoring has the potential to overcome the…

This qualitative study aims to interpret the results of a randomized controlled trial comparing two educational programs (directed learning and self-directed learning) in evidence-based medicine (EBM) for medical students at the University of Oslo from 2002 to 2003. There is currently very little comparative educational research in this field. In…

Change in distance learning is occurring at a rapid pace. As new technologies appear, institutions of higher education incorporate them into course delivery options. Library services must also change to meet new user needs. This article examines the process used to change a distance learning service model. After describing the strategies used by…