This study examined the historical background of Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) from its inception as a postsecondary vocational-technical college located in a discarded elementary school building in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1966. This study also chronicled the transformation of WITCC to a Merged Area XII campus reaching the total…

This document presents the history of environmental education in Germany and reports on the diversions and solutions in the search for sustainable education. Five sections include: (1) "Environmental Education: Learning with All One's Senses"; (2) "Sustainability as the New Model: Knowledge of a New Quality"; (3)…

The development of the Malaysian national educational system is described. An outline of the vocational component of the system is presented with an evaluation of descrepancies between output of the formal educational system and the manpower requirements of the economy. (KM)

Geared to pursuit of an academic or professional education in college, our elementary and secondary schools do not meet the needs of the great masses of people or the resources of our nation. (Author)

This entire issue is devoted to the topic of how the worker-peasant is educated in China. An historical overview is provided, the concept, policies, and objectives of worker-peasant education are examined, and programs are described. The important role played by the mass media in adult education is also examined. (RM)

The history of the American system of community colleges is chronicled. It is praised as a potential alternative to traditional postsecondary education in Great Britain for its combination of comprehensiveness of scope, flexibility of scheduling and offerings, accessibility, and the heterogeneity of the student body. (MSE)

Examined is the history of federally funded vocational education and employability development programs created to address the specific labor market needs relating to underemployment and unemployment. This article serves as an introduction to four more articles concerning CETA and youth unemployment. (CT)

Traces the history of the project as a teaching method from the art academies of Renaissance Rome and Paris to European and U.S. technical universities, manual training and industrial arts, and the influence of Kilpatrick and Dewey in the early 20th century. (SK)

Focuses on the pre-sea and in-service education and training provision for those employed as unskilled, semi-skilled workers in the three main departments in merchant ships, such as the deck department and the engine room. Discusses the emergence of the British National Sea Training schools. (CMK)

This paper reviews the education system of Swaziland, as its democratization results in unprecedented expansion of services. The paper focuses on types of schools, educational developments from 1970 to the present, issues and concerns, movement towards finding solutions, the need for practical skills in the curriculum, and special education…

This reprinted article from 1921 discusses the need for teachers of students with deafness to teach their students to take a place in society as good citizens and incorporate American beliefs in their daily thoughts and deeds. The importance of physical education, trade-work shops, and moral education is emphasized. (CR)

Anna Cooper and Nannie Burroughs were two early 20th-century African American pioneers who promoted education for the whole person. Born as a slave in 1858, Cooper contributed through her teaching and involvement in the black women's club movement, the settlement house movement, and the YWCA. Burroughs became a teacher and later established…

Explores vocational-technical education and secondary specialized educational institutions in Russia. Presents the results from a sociological survey, in February through April 1996, focusing on the Moscow Technical College, a state-run, secondary, specialized educational institution providing graduates of ninth through eleventh grades a…

In the expansion and increasingly vocational orientation of English education, Further Education (FE) colleges have played special roles (as have community colleges in the US). FE colleges are conventionally described as the Cinderella of British education--the overlooked beauty who comes to widespread attention because of her courtship by the…

In the Dutch Vocational Education and Training (VET) system, competence-based education is the leading paradigm for innovation, both at the system level and at the level of learning environments. This article provides an historical analysis of the development of competence-based education in various countries and explores the concept of competence…