Since independence in 1963, the government of Kenya through the education ministry and its agencies has been advocating for the integrated and permeation approaches to values education (VE). This is premised on the assumption that these approaches are effectual. With reference to the secondary school Life Skills Education (LSE) programme, the…

Teacher education in universities is under pressure. In many new education policies there is a renewed focus on teacher quality, and therefore quality initial teacher education. In some countries this renewed focus has led to a resurgence of "alternative approaches" to teacher education such as Teach for America / Australia. One of the…

This article addresses the ongoing conflicts over the effectiveness of school choice in America's educational system. After discussing the ideological foundations of the school choice movement, I analyze four controversies where the research done to evaluate school choice programs was hotly debated and inconclusive. The central holding of the…

This collection of articles examines fundamental issues and proposes basic changes needed in teacher education. The articles are grouped into three sections: part 1, "The Context and Objectives of Teacher Education"; part 2, "Some Innovative Programs"; and part 3, "Future Directions." Part 1 includes articles which…

Evaluates the European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (ERASMUS) in terms of the historical ideas of the great humanist Erasmus. Presents the goals, achievements, and prospects of the ERASMUS Program, summarizes the main ideas of Erasmus, describes trends in European higher education, and confronts the differences…

The principal is at the crossroads of accountability, writes this author, who feels that plans for change are best brought about (and perhaps only) through the building principal. (Editor)

Late in the summer of 1966, the so-called Dartmouth Conference--the first large-scale international conference on English teaching--was convened at Dartmouth College. Here is an outline of the educational changes that took place during the development of the New English and a few reasons why it did not receive the broad approval that many…

Article lists the advantages and disadvantages of Performance Based Teacher Education (PBTE). (RK)

This monograph reports on a year-long critical appraisal of two of New Jersey's recent initiatives to improve the teaching profession: the Provisional Teacher Program and the Academy for the Advancement of Teaching and Management. The intent of the study was to assay whether the practical results of these initiatives are experienced as beneficial…

The linkage of planning and evaluation in vocational education is a conceptual as well as an operational phenomenon. In an ideal situation, planning and evaluation are not two distinct sets of activities but rather interrelated aspects of a dynamic and inquiring system with the overall mission of reconciling policy design and policy action.…

This document is designed to help local practitioners construct new tech prep systems that bridge the federal Tech Prep Education Act with the new School-to-Work Opportunities legislation. Section I provides a historical and philosophical foundation for new systems. It describes the movement's roots, legislation, and local, state, and federal…

This document contains transcripts of papers and panel discussions of a workshop conducted in Texas on the integration of academic and vocational education. The following papers and sessions are included: "Integrated Curriculum and Performance-Based Education: A Strategy for Systemic Change" (Jerry D. Pepple); "Toward the…

The Vocational Education Act of 1963 represented the first reconsideration of vocational education since 1917, and was the immediate product of a panel of consultants who found that vocational education was insensitive to changes in the labor market and to the needs of the various segments of the population. This report, an evaluation of that act,…