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)

Reports on a nationwide United States survey in which principals identified programs and practices in place for high school students who experienced difficulty with reading, and compared current practices and past ones. Compares results with those described in a 1940 survey and notes major changes. (SR)

Describes the National Science Foundation (NSF) report on undergraduate science education that emphasizes goals for undergraduate education. Discusses barriers to improving science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education and highlights recommendations based on the report. Concludes that the report contains a useful look back at the…

Provides excerpts from the six-part history of the United Federation of Teachers, New York City to show that most of the day-to-day rights and dignities teachers now take for granted once had to be wrested from a reluctant and uncooperative system. Suggests that the struggle to maintain these rights is continuing. (GR)

Discusses United States communication research as it emerged in the 1940s, the successor to propaganda analysis and tributary of modernization theory. Places it in the broader context mid-century American and European social thought. Compares these developments to the work of Hannah Arendt and of Emmanuel Levinas on the sense of difference and…

Focuses on the evolution of defining special needs students (SEN) and how they were educated in British classrooms of the 1870-1914 time period. Discusses the Warnock Report, the 1981 Education Act, and other historically relevant documents pertaining to SEN. Concludes that pragmatism and educational policy have historically traveled in…

Focuses on the British feature film, "Kes," and the British television series, "Grange Hill," as means of public education, ideology, and aesthetic subject matter. Concludes that these two mediums serve to remind us of the possibilities of film and television in promoting education growth and awareness in a public context. (MER)

Discusses the development of the British educational system and perceptions of teacher's classroom roles. Focuses on pedagogical teaching methods of 17th century English character literature in character education development. Concludes that this era of teachers demonstrated an interest in the complexities of the learning process. (KDR)

Focuses on the ideas presented in the book, "Music Matters (David Elliott)." Discusses Elliott's stance on praxialism, stating that his book is based on social mediation of action as its behavioral theory. Addresses Elliott's concept of expertise and topics using an interactionist perspective as a means of interpretation. (CMK)

Examines the roles of junior and community colleges in the preparation of teachers, with emphasis on the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Compares today's interest in alternative teacher certification at community colleges with the educational challenges of the past. (Contains 40 references.) (AUTH)

Discusses the role of language laboratories in retrospective, paying attention to the technology diffusion process that accounted for their initial success, and contributing arguments for a revision of their historical evolution into a new tool for learning and teaching foreign languages. Includes a survey of existing language laboratory…

Discusses the history and status of black women faculty, describing strategies for overcoming internal and external challenges. Addresses such issues as managing career and family, establishing support systems, and negotiating tenure and promotion. Offers suggestions for restructuring career development to help women faculty develop strategic…

Examines the relationship between state and inspectorate in Wales by tracing the history of Harry Longueville Jones, the first Her Majesty's Inspectorate (HMI) of Church schools. Considers how he tried to shape an educational system suitable for the needs of Welsh communities. Includes a historical description of Wales. (CMK)

Presents a socio-historical analysis of teacher education in England tracing the changing agents and nature of control of the enterprise since its inception. Illustrates the evolution from church through university, to state control, and the limited role of the teaching and teacher education professions in each. Includes references. (CMK)

Focuses on the issue of intelligence testing within Scotland during the 1920's and 1930's. Addresses the reasons why Scotland delayed the use of intelligence tests for selection for secondary education, even though the conditions seemed to have been ideal for the adoption of intelligence testing. (CMK)