Five obstacles that may serve as barriers to the internal reform of teacher education programs emerged as powerful factors during a year-long case study of a curriculum improvement program. These obstacles and their implications for curriculum improvement in teacher education programs are discussed. (MT)

Describes a plan to restructure and reform Minnesota's kindergarten through 12th-grade education system in an effort to ensure that students are adequately prepared for the future. Discusses student performance, the limits of K-12 education, core competencies, problem-solving skills, and students' responsibility for their own education. (CT)

The author defines metals technology and industrial arts and argues for teaching modern metalworking concepts in the industrial arts metalworking class. A general metalworking outline of topics is listed which reflects much of the current technology in this field. (CT)

Physical education can be an integral part of the basics of education when the curriculum teaches fundamental skills, focuses on these skills for life survival, broadens awareness of the world, and provides recreation. (DF)

Discusses two current issues resulting from accreditation of engineering education programs, professional or otherwise. Indicates the absence of unification in the professional movement whether under the federation of independent engineering societies of the council or under an umbrella type of organization. (CC)

Summarized are the most relevant findings of a survey of employers attitudes toward the local business education program. (JS)

Women have psychological barriers to success perhaps greater than the obstacles posed from outside. They should be made to see that essentially they are freer than men to choose the roles they will play at different periods of their lives. (Editor)

The question posed in the theme for the two general sessions of the Post-Secondary Department is answered from many points of view. (JK)

The agricultural education curriculum in high schools should be enriched to provide students with a total vocational agriculture program beyond production agriculture. (GB)

Data from a 1979 survey of American state agencies for higher education indicate that obstacles to modifying and/or terminating academic programs can be placed into eight categories. The eight categories and a variety of coping devices are discussed, and a conceptual coping process model is proposed. (Author/MLW)

Typical on-the-job training is unstructured, inconsistent, and slow, yet it accounts for about 80 percent of learning that will occur on the job. More time should be devoted to planning problem-centered training programs and less to formal training. (JOW)

This monograph opens with an historical overview of dance in higher education from 1887-1991 and then focuses on issues for the 1990s. The publication is divided into five sections: (1) "Current Perspectives: Overviews of the Field" discusses what constitutes an appropriate dance education at the college level; (2) "Teacher…

The self-study approach to program evaluation and curricular revision described in this manual represents an effort to revitalize K-12 physical education programs. Procedures are based upon self-study activities conducted as part of the Michigan Exemplary Physical Education Programs Project. An essential ingredient to self-evaluation is the…

The purpose of the Postsecondary Vocational and Applied Technology Education (VATEA) Grants Officers' conference was to have officers share with each other the best practices of the VATEA programs. The report of the conference includes a presentation on workforce preparation by the Acting Deputy Commissioner, a keynote address from the Regent…

Rural schools in Utah responded to state and local calls for school reform by implementing Outcome Based Education (OBE) programs beginning in March 1984. Significant improvements in learning have occurred as measured by test scores. Workshops introduced rural educators to OBE which provided a philosophical and operational framework for school…