Problems with vocational education and training in developing countries include insufficient resources and lack of workplace experience. The German dual vocational training system is being promoted as a potential solution. (SK)

Hong Kong's College of Higher Vocational Studies uses various methods to promote its Higher Diploma courses: annual teachers' meetings, school visits and liaisons, technical institute field trips, marketing by individual college divisions, newspaper columns, and informational materials such as leaflets and videos. (SK)

Interviews with five linkage participants from the United States, seven Finnish researchers, and four administrators identified perceptions of cultural collaboration competencies, differences in academic working styles, and the contribution of linkage to international collaboration. Recommendations were made for institutional linkage coordinators,…

Examines how educators can bring just and caring education to homeless students. Discusses early intervention, early childhood programs, generation of public awareness, and development of educator training programs that genuinely confront homelessness issues. Stresses the importance of social support, coordination within schools, and collaboration…

The fastest growing homeless population is families with school-age children. Districts have trouble identifying children who come under protection of the McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, due to families' frequent moves, residency establishment difficulties, missing school records, and lack of immunizations and transportation to school. This…

Among the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act's innovations are Family Resource/Youth Service Centers (FRYSCs), which focus on the network supporting students and their families, rather than "fixing the kid." Parents are empowered to participate in their children's education, assisted by the larger community and outreach activities. Youngsters…

Describes a multiyear formative evaluation of six Florida schools involved in the Shared Decision Making and Restructuring Project, highlighting one school's successful efforts. Ethnographic and interview data were used to examine work histories, verify achievements, and identify stumbling blocks. The successful school had a well-defined core…

Describes program elements of the Multidisciplinary Diagnostic and Training Program Model, an intervention for high-risk students. Recommends three parts of MDTP's "structure, support, and success" formula (a transdisciplinary approach; a holistic, student-centered focus; and the development of coalitions and partnerships) that may be translated…

Traumatic brain injury was included as a disability category in the 1990 Individuals with Disabilities Act, which mandates appropriate services to TBI students and poses challenges to educators. This article discusses some of these challenges, including assessment, definition of appropriate services, functioning in classrooms, dealing with…

This study, involving extensive interviewing of 27 women superintendents (and husbands, board members, administrative staff members, and observers), examines gender issues in the theory and practice of educational leadership. The distinction between task-focused and follower-focused leadership may involve an integration of the two styles. Women…

Urges parents, educators, community leaders, religious groups, and other concerned citizens to champion character education. People must incorporate character building into their homes, neighborhoods, places of worship, state and national education agendas, educational performance tests, curricula, and the schools themselves. The U.S. Department…

Schools' regulation by external forces has rendered the education process secondary to avoidance of litigation. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) provides an answer to the adversarial process currently in place within education. ADR offers negotiation and mediation as methods to resolve conflict, avoid litigation, and increase the likelihood of…

Classrooms sensitive to race and caring cannot happen without sensitive teacher preparation. In this essay, the author (an Australian citizen) shares efforts to think about race in the teacher education classroom while disclosing her own difficulties in learning to care for others. Her autobiographical approach inspires students to ponder their…

This article reviews the origins, principles, and present practice of conductive education (CE), an educational system to rehabilitate people with motor disabilities caused by early damage to the central nervous system. Numerous variants of CE and an increasing demand for CE are noted. International cooperation, quality management, and monitoring…

This paper examines parallels between aspects of conductive education for brain-damaged children and R. Feuerstein's theory of mediated learning. Two key aspects of Feuerstein's theory are examined and applied to conductive education: structural cognitive modifiability and the mediation process between culture and child. Mediation processes,…