This paper provides a critical exploration of work in progress to develop a genre based academic support that promotes post-graduate academic literacies among new EIL and EAL Hons and Masters students in the School of Theology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. It traces the path of an action research project, using an eclectic needs analysis…

This article focuses on the similarities and differences in the academic education of software engineers and architects. The rationale for this work stems from our observation, each from the perspective of her or his own discipline, that these two professional design and development processes share some similarities. A pilot study was performed,…

The increasingly common practice of retaining kindergarten children by enrolling them in alternative programs instead of first grade is briefly discussed in terms of what research says about retention, the social stigma of retention, the escalating kindergarten curriculum, and alternatives to retention. It is argued that the fad to flunk…

The study of comparative librarianship helps librarians to step outside their own culturally based system of values. An attempt is made to find a common denominator of existing definitions of comparative librarianship and to show how the concept of the library as an ecosystem can be applied to comparative investigation. (Author)

Outlines the Council for Basic Education's leadership and goals. (IRT)

This study investigated selected problem areas in student teaching experienced by teachers of academic and nonacademic subjects. The Student Teacher Problems Inventory (STPI) was administered to 270 secondary education student teachers in the last week of their student teaching experience. The mean scores for each of the problem areas were…

Described are the objectives and accomplishments to date of the Leisure Education Advancement Project, a program intended to produce a model for leisure education in the public schools. (GW)

The author questions the relevance of pedagogy as practiced in teacher education and argues that teacher preparation should be centered in the academic departments of colleges and universities. (MT)

Explains, compares, and critiques the theories of knowledge offered by P. H. Hirst(1974) and S. Korner (1970). Concludes that the structure of knowledge presented in these theories provides valuable support for the goals of liberal education. (JDH)

Observations are made on the religious education programs of the Catholic University. (KM)

Reports on ACS conference concerned with current problems in chemical education such as the present imbalance between supply and demand, quality of students, and quality of curriculums. (DF)

Scholars in the foundations of education are still re-examining the state of their field. (CK)

Objectives of the study were to determine the relative value to students of secondary school programs involving technical courses as compared with the value of academic courses, and to check the usefulness of the various techniques used. (Author/MF)