Concerns have been raised for some time about the preparation of Australian teachers in the area of environmental education. Few tertiary institutions that undertake teacher education in Australia have specific units or modules dedicated to environmental education. This article reports on an evaluation of such a dedicated unit recently introduced…

Under the principles of critical pedagogy, this article examines the process and experiences of 22 pre-service teachers enrolled in a required teacher education course, "Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice", who collaboratively developed and taught the course syllabus to one another. Through surveys, observations, and informal meetings,…

This article focuses on the important role of applications in teaching mathematics to students with career paths other than mathematics. These include the fields as diverse as education, engineering, business, and life sciences. Particular attention is given to instructional computing as a means for concept development in mathematics education…

Background: A growing literature is questioning the appropriateness of a research dissertation for practitioners in education doctoral programs. Although this literature persuasively critiques the prevailing theory-research orientation of most programs and theses, it goes little beyond exhorting change and describing extant alternatives in a few…

Recent technological developments have greatly influenced the ways American universities deliver educational course offerings to students at a distance. The perception of pre-service teachers in distance education programmes is germane to the planning and delivery of distance education courses in teacher education departments in the future. The…

This article demonstrates how the "discovery method" of teaching can be used in a basic graduate statistics course in education. The development of a technique for measuring the relationship between two variables is used in the course of this demonstration. (Author)

Article presented an analysis of an education course and questioned whether it could be applied to other subject matter and other disciplines. (Editor/RK)

Cites concern for teachers' (new and experienced) need for direct and extended training in the implications and various techniques and strategies for maintaining effective discipline within the classroom. Suggests institutions of higher education need to offer graduate and undergraduate students specific training in the area of discipline. (AH)

Student characteristics, course content, class activities, evaluation, and teaching methods are described for a graduate course in educational administration at University of New Orleans. Major issues considered include: organizational behavior and theory, the educational effectiveness and reform movements, leadership, and ethics. (IAH)

A University of Georgia professor of children's literature describes course objectives, content and methodology. Emphasis is on student reflection on personal and societal biases and misconceptions about children's literature, as well as values and political issues that impact on book selection. Children's books from the course reading list are…

A graduate level core course in curriculum and program design is described. Designed as a comprehensive introduction to curriculum studies, course content has three basic dimensions: perspective, paradigm, and possibility. Reading, pedagogic strategies and evaluation mechanisms are discussed. (IAH)

This paper describes the experience of one university in quality assuring higher education courses that were to be delivered by E-learning, or blended learning. The form of blended learning relies upon the use of staff from partner institutions who may not have been employed primarily solely to deliver higher education courses, be it by…