Background: Dialogue between the teaching profession and researchers regarding pedagogical strategy is sometimes problematic. Pedagogy research may benefit from incorporating research methods that can investigate teachers' and pupils' interpretations. Purpose: This research expands the Pedagogy Analysis Framework (Riordan, 2020) by explaining in…

Higher education around the world is undergoing serious transformations as a result of technological, social, and economic processes. Universities from various countries are trying to secure a competitive position for themselves on the international market for educational services. Currently thousands of universities from different countries are…

Whilst many practitioners value positive and effective working relationships with parents, enhancing home-school interactions can be complex, especially within highly diverse contexts. Within the UK, partnership working with parents is widely advocated. However, there may exist subtle, but crucial differences between interactions that…

This article offers an overview and analysis of recent early childhood education reforms in Great Britain. It examines the national mandates to grant Universal Preschool Education to all three and four year olds as well as recent strides to provide for infants and toddlers in model centers throughout the country. Attention is given to British…

Discusses the nature of the class as a voluntary association and concludes with the need to redefine the quality of a professional adult education service in other terms than the class alone. (Editor/AN)

A variety of ways video tape can be used in teacher education. (HB)

Describes a new concept in independent study just begun in Great Britain. (AN)

Defends the contemporary effectiveness of the WEA (Workers' Educational Association). (AN)

This article addresses the many ways in which schools can provide physical activity opportunities for students by taking advantage of hours that students might otherwise spend waiting for school to begin or playing computer games after school has ended. The article presents creative strategies for engaging students in activities that are…

Although it appears that the Further and Higher Education Act is integrating women's education into the "mainstream" in Britain, there is concern that recent actions are actually squeezing it out of existence. Research and debate on educational strategies and other issues in women's lives are needed. (SK)

The programing language described was designed to remedy the weaknesses of BASIC by adding structured constructs and other desirable improvements, while retaining the major features and overall spirit of BASIC. COMAL 80 (COMmon ALgorithmic language), developed in Denmark, is proposed as an introductory programing language for schools. (Five…

Demonstrates the advantages of a p-value as compared with a standard significance test procedure. Contains examples in the discussion of testing the mean of a normal distribution and testing a probability of proportion. (DDR)

Describes the Key Stage 3 Strategy and its four main principles-- expectations, progression, engagement, and transformation. Includes an example of a high school science booster program. (DDR)

Summarizes a level in the science education curriculum and identifies some goals to be reached. Examines the scope for future development and speculates on possible obstacles in reaching those goals. (DDR)

Proposes that one way of smoothing the move from primary to secondary science is for year 6 students in primary school to begin work that is continued in secondary school. (DDR)