Criticizing a conventional view on the subject, this essay distinguishes the concept of educating an individual--that is, transmitting knowledge of any kind--from that of developing an "educated person," and discusses the implications of this distinction for schools' purposes and curricula. (MCG)

Academic preparation in foreign languages has declined since 1965 and many colleges and universities have eliminated competency requirements. Possible solutions to improve foreign language study include requiring a foreign language for all potential teachers, upgrading preparation for foreign language teachers, beginning study early, and…

Career education consists of all those activities and experiences through which one learns about work; vocational education, those through which one learns about a primary work role; and occupational education, those through which one learns to work in the world of paid employment. The three terms imply a progressive narrowing of purpose. The…

This document is the first in a series of occasional papers to be published by the Undergraduate Pre-Service Teacher Education Program (UPSTEP) at the University of Colorado (CU). The papers are intended to inform universities, public schools, and educational service agencies about noteworthy innovations in UPSTEP and to publish articles on…

Criticizes "A Nation at Risk" and "Involvement in Learning" in terms of their attacks on postsecondary vocational education. Decries the lack of involvement of vocational educators in the formulation of these reports. Calls for a definition of excellence that integrates, rather than fragments, the educational enterprise. (DMM)

Guidance departments were planned as a part of general education programs in the 1940s and here the subject is revived with an analysis of current developments in the use of the guidance course. (RK)

Independent schools are in an excellent position to meet what may be the key educational challenge of the 1980s--maintaining a balance between intellectual/academic education, realistic/practical education, and ethical education. (SB)

Christian fundamentalists must cease their scapegoating of outcome-based education, since churches, like other organizations, are goal oriented, and OBE is neither public education's devil nor its savior. Since finances are limited, schools should focus on the cognitive/academic domain and embed affective outcomes within it. Making…

This paper contributes to the debate over whether the university disciplines are the best sources of knowledge for the school curriculum. Among the problematic issues raised in the paper are the distinctions between the university disciplines on one hand and the arts, crafts, trades, and sports on the other, and the distinction between enabling…

Debate continues about the appropriate role for vocational education at the secondary level. The many educational reform reports issued during the early to mid-1980s initiated a reexamination of the role of secondary vocational education. As a result of the reform reports, high school graduation requirements in academic areas have increased, and…

The problem of maintaining quality in higher education is addressed. It is suggested that there is a need to move from "managerialism" to concern for meeting individual rather than institutional needs. Progress in management information systems and efforts to improve accountability cannot be equated with achieving educational quality. The…

Some of the structural barriers to the upward educational mobility of rural young people in Norway and the United States wereexplored in this study. Inquiry was focused on the degree to which perceived parental interest, academic performance in school, and social class origin influence plans for further academic education. The study population was…

Although the traditionalists prefer a mandated curriculum and rigid top-down regulations, the outcome-based proponents are vague about the means for students to achieve compulsory end results. Neither approach is appropriate, since each is based on a coercive model. One Christian academy balances a traditionalist approach in the affective domain…

Two major research and development initiatives have been undertaken at Temple University's Center for Vocational Education Professional Personnel Development. The first focused on student learning outcomes and delivery configurations relating to the integration of academic and vocational education. The second focused on building the capacity of…

Since the rise of science and technology in the latter part of the last century, teachers in the humanities have experienced extreme pressure to justify the place of the humanities in a progressive, scientifically oriented culture. Critics have termed humanists variously as elitist, because they concern themselves with moral priorities rather than…