This study examines the 50-year history of the Australian New Zealand Student Services Association, the key association in the region. Specific initiatives on how the association has evolved and pivoted over time to meet the needs of its members, the students the members support, and their institutions.

Purpose: Taking the form of a report, the presented text aims to map the curricular changes in civic education and social science learning in basic and upper secondary schools after 1989. It seeks to identify the key features of undergraduate teacher training at universities, with an emphasis on field-specific didactics, and to provide a brief…

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) leadership charged a 13-member Presidential Task Force on Careers to obtain membership's thoughts on preferences and needs regarding career-assistance programming and activities. This Spring 2019 report details a survey of the interest of educators, of all ranks, in current…

Having an agreed-upon definition of character education would be useful for both researchers and practitioners in the field. However, even experts in character education disagree on how they would define it. We attempted to achieve greater conceptual clarity on this issue through a prototype analysis in which the features perceived as most central…

Faculty, administration, and student veterans at a small midwestern community college collaborated to develop a Veterans Resource Center, a physical space in which veterans can congregate to build camaraderie and find resources specific to their needs as veterans. A needs analysis was first conducted to prioritize the needs of the student veteran…

This article reports on the fourth stage of an evolving study to develop a systems model for embedding education for sustainability (EfS) into preservice teacher education. The fourth stage trialled the extension of the model to a comprehensive state-wide systems approach involving representatives from all eight Queensland teacher education…

Context: Over a decade ago, leaders in rural medical education established the Rural Medical Educators (RME) Group, an interest group within the National Rural Health Association, to support faculty in rural medical education programs. This group has convened an annual RME conclave since 2006. In 2008, this conclave convened 15 national leaders in…

Review of the literature on transfer of learning or training since 1990 reveals a vast number of articles. However, when it comes to the ways professionals transfer learning to their practice, the research is limited. This led us to study a professional group, state court judges, to see how they integrate learning into their practice. Our study…

Results of a survey of national, state, regional, and local career associations, with data from 96 associations, reflect what is happening in and through career associations. They describe association membership, structure, governance, programs, and purposes. (JOW)

The role of the professional in society and problems and advantages of professional education are examined. Summarized in the report are some of the literature concerning factors which influence the form and content of continuing education for professionals; and attention is directed to the implications of this literature for program development…

Today's vocational education program can be traced to basic principles established during the formative period of vocational education. Although the implementation of vocational education may change, basic principles continue to stand. Four points of view, randomly selected from the past 200 years, which seem to be present in vocational education…

This report summarizes results of a survey of states, teacher centers, and professional organizations on the status of teacher inservice and staff development. The 43 states and the District of Columbia that responded to the survey have a state level plan for both inservice and professional development. Some, by law, require implementation of the…

An approach to continuing professional education, which was used by the Continuing Professional Education Development Project at Pennsylvania State University, is discussed in two papers. The project established alternative approaches to program development and delivery, based in part on a practice orientation to program development. In…

This survey of 11 presidents of professional education associations and parent organizations in Mississippi found that all responded positively to the idea of including gifted education workshops and presentations in future conference programs. Strategies for working with organizations and associations interested in gaining information on the…

A survey of 325 colleges and universities found 200 had some change in academic advising programs planned or under way. In general, the projects were perceived to have positive results, including enhanced perception of the value of academic advising among faculty and administrators. (Author/MSE)