Physical educators send the message that learning is for the classroom, while activity is for the gymnasium. Knowledge about sport, exercise, and movement can be uniquely and appropriately disseminated in the gym. Physical education can blend learning with doing, theory with practice, education with experience, and reflection with action. (MT)

Describes how the staff in one in-service program attempted to integrate assessment with another in-service program through the development and utilization of an implementation rubric. The rubric provided participants with opportunities to reflect upon their practice, revealed the changes that occurred in participants' classrooms and their…

Since the passage of the National Apprenticeship Act in 1937 apprenticeship has remained a totally voluntary program, the costs of which are covered by the program sponsor (either an employer, a joint labor-employer sponsor, or a government agency). As of 1988, there were about 325,000 apprentices in training and another 55,000 in the armed…

Nine reasons that training programs do not succeed (for example, limited training resources, reasons for training unclear, critical nontraining factors ignored, management support is lacking, role of supervisor not recognized, little preparation or followup) and five training success factors (value, focus, power, mass, duration) are presented. (CT)

Describes one inservice program in writing that produced a greater commitment to teaching on the part of the teachers involved. Discusses program elements that contributed to that commitment. (FL)

Presents recommendations for developing the content of career development activities in secondary schools, including basic academic skills, occupational skills, job-seeking skills, world of work knowledge, and work values. Also presents recommendations to improve the delivery of career development activities in secondary schools and discusses the…

Argues that remedial programs in reading have gradually lost sight of the original goal of improving classroom reading and that coordinating the program with the core curriculum is not sufficient to achieve curricular congruence. Offers suggestions for achieving congruence between the classroom and the clinic. (FL)

If lack of excellence in the public schools is a problem, it does not follow naturally that teachers and their preparation are the only elements in society at fault. However, it may be that teachers and teacher preparation have not kept pace with societal changes and expectations. To most students it appears that the purpose of education is to…

The competencies of the nation's workers have been improving steadily. However, the improvements have not kept pace with the increased skill demands imposed by technological advancement and the shift toward a service-based economy. Academic and functional literacy problems can only be alleviated by balancing school improvement efforts with…

Native American Studies programs, however small, are the Native community's academic foothold in higher education. To maintain and expand this foothold of approximately 105 programs on university and college campuses throughout the United States, Native American Studies must continue to develop its professional capacity to act as an "independent…

Comments on Early and Winton's research on the characteristics of early childhood teacher preparation programs at 2- and 4-year institutions, noting that these programs need to expand the racial diversity of faculty, define issues in the needs of practitioners and the early childhood field when designing course content, and provide adequate…

The first step in determining how to prepare the future teachers who will teach in the field of technology education in the 21st century is to determine what technology education itself will be like. If one purpose of technology education is to prepare people to adapt to new situations and control their own destinies, then the role of educators in…

Every high school student should not only be provided with appropriate academic instruction but with supervised work experience as well. For the past 70 years, the number of students in cooperative education programs has grown steadily. Despite these steady gains, the best estimates place no more than 10 percent of all vocational education…

This workshop presentation was developed to assist Pennsylvania industrial arts teachers in developing and teaching a curriculum in technology and technological literacy that meets the 12 Pennsylvania goals for attaining quality education that were established in 1979. Designed to explain the basis for the study of technology in public school…

Guidance and vocational education personnel have continued to play key roles in responding to individual and societal needs that have arisen as a result of the occupational, social, and economic changes occurring over the last 80 years. Guidance programs serve as the link between providing occupational training and employment readiness for the…