Examines the low status of adult education within the wider educational community and relates it to the content adult education, the structure of adult education, and the educational process itself. (Author/RK)

Focuses upon differential strategies for school development and improvement. Much improvement research has emphasized systemic change without considering schools' differing capacities for change and development. Varying improvement strategies and interventions are needed for (failing, low-achieving, and effective) schools at different…

The Educational Development and Assessment System in a Dutch university's vocational education program involves student-directed, self-regulated evaluation methods and integrates assessment with instruction. Evaluation focuses on competencies and portfolio assessments. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)

Presents some raw data from a 1987-88 national survey of 57 American Indian educators. Tabulates responses concerning educator perceptions of important current problems facing American Indian education, improvement/worsening of American Indian education, and the extent of current meaningful research. (SV)

Describes the changes that have taken place in Shenzhen, China, a city which has grown from 30,000 people in 1979 to 350,000 currently. Discusses the educational reforms which have been made possible and necessary due to rapid growth and the city's open border with capitalist Hong Kong. Highlights incongruities between educational endeavors and…

Videoconferencing is of value in the special education field for research dissemination and discussion, development of educational policies and programs, and demonstration and analysis of methodology and practices. The Russian-American Special Education Project at Moakley Center at Bridgewater State College (Massachusetts) will investigate the…

Examines virtual reality (VR), and discusses the dilemma of defining VR, the limitations of the current technology, and the implications of VR for education. Highlights include a VR experience; human factors and the interface; and altered reality versus VR. (Author/AEF)

Discusses insights from both the instructional design community and members of research groups seeking to transform typical classrooms into "learning communities," and encourages discussion among members of these two communities. Gives an overview of frameworks for instructional design, and the principles of learning communities. (71…

Examines two systems for quality assurance in nursing education, based on total quality management. The first is concerned with what needs to be done to achieve goals and objectives, based on quality characteristics associated with nurse education. The second considers how things should be done and how to translate policy statements into educator…

Explores the concepts of culture and design to characterize design culture, i.e., a pattern of behavior that integrates design thinking, language, principles, and methods. The importance of the development of a design culture is discussed, including design literacy and design competence, and implications for the educational community are…

Offers a brief history of Louisiana, highlighting the establishment of Catholic schools by missionaries before the development of public schools. Covers the French and Spanish, and Black Catholics in Louisiana, the Code Noir and the missionary church, the beginning of public schooling, north Louisianan schools, and the civil war. (DMM)

Discusses the history of the field of instructional design and technology in the United States. Includes a definition, major features, rational for using instructional design and technology as the label for the field, history of instructional media from 1900 to the present, effects media have had on instructional practices, and the effect…

This article is a workshop report and exploration of interim outcomes related to the role and significance of online teachers and exposes a range of ways of understanding online teaching, including from competency, humanistic and cognitive perspectives. The main body of the report concentrates on a competency-based approach. (JMK)

Looks at how the study of gerontology is evolving into a more interdisciplinary field. Reviews the benefits and risks of this transition in light of the historical development of other disciplines. Notes that the paradigm development in gerontology and the success of gerontology PhD programs have accelerated development of an interdisciplinary…

Provides an assessment of international education as a discipline, and outlines the global security framework. Examines how this framework is reflected in the forms of analysis used by international educationists. Suggests how the central purpose of global security, namely ensuring human survival, could be adopted within international education to…