Underscores the importance of preparing English educators to train prospective English teachers in a variety of ways. Lists four ways of broadening the perspectives of prospective English teachers. (RL)

Reviews the recent suggestion (by McGown and Spencer) that construction of tests for introductory statistics is facilitated if data sets have means and standard deviations that are integers. Maintains that it is fairly easy to devise data sets with integer means and standard deviations for larger samples. Explains advantages and describes…

Presents agenda for action determined by a needs assesment conference of California educators. Recommendations are made for improving the conceptualization of global education, developing policy support, retraining teachers, expanding and improving exemplary efforts, and improving access to content resources. (KC)

Answers are provided to questions received by the New Jersey Education Association concerning placement of handicapped students in vocational classes. Questions involve the wording of the Education for All Handicapped Students Act, class size, and proper training for teaching the handicapped. (KC)

The criterion for determining whether a matter is controversial is that contrary views may be held without those views being contrary to reason. Suggests that education which ignores controversial issues is seriously inadequate and that to teach a subject in a way that makes no reference to its controversial parts is to misrepresent it. (Author/KC)

Urges advertising educators to examine their own orientations toward research and scholarship in advertising, to encourage student research and scholarship in advertising, and to provide students with opportunities to develop a personal philosophy of advertising. (RL)

Data from 50 state extension websites, an aging specialist survey (n=30), and extension faculty needs assessment (n=51) revealed the scope of gerontology in Cooperative Extension. Faculty were interested in training on program design and information on health issues. County extension agents were particularly interested in resources for this…

According to survey responses from 108 of 150 Western Tennessee small farmers, 53% had less than a high school education and most were near retirement age. Greatest educational needs were in the areas of crop marketing, soil conservation, and pesticide use. Individualized methods and a focus on improving technical knowledge and existing marketing…

In a survey, 88 of 120 Iowa extension agents with fewer than 5 years' experience rated training in human behavior and program development/evaluation as most needed in orientation. Topics selected were meeting staff, time management, motivation, and teaching methods. More individualized and varied methods for training delivery were preferred. (SK)

Florida's Adult Literacy Leadership Training Project, based on a survey of administrators, instructors, and literacy advisors, identified the training needs of literacy providers and created a professional development infrastructure. It was concluded that, if certain training needs were met, the issue of professionalization may take care of…

Argues that the need exists for a medical Spanish course designed specifically for Spanish majors, especially for those students who are following the pre-med sequence required for entrance to medical school. (20 references) (GLR)

Refugees concern educators in two ways: the need to educate refugee children and the challenge to sensitize all students to the global political, moral, and economic issues created by increasing numbers of refugees. (SK)

Twenty acute-care case managers identified the skills and knowledge nurses need in the case-manager role. The top three educational need areas were community resources, discharge planning, and third-party reimbursement. (SK)

Using Strauss and Howe's theory of generations ("The Fourth Turning"), future cohorts are described in terms of their personality characteristics and potential for lifelong learning. (SK)

Questionnaires and small-group discussions with a physician-ethicist revealed that physicians had very little formal ethics training in medical school. They did not feel they needed a very high level of confidence regarding ethical issues in practice, but lacked a systematic approach to identification and analysis of ethical issues. (Contains 24…