What Is Right About Special Education

Abstract

Promoting self-determination has become an important aspect of the educational programs of students with disabilities. There is now a sufficient literature base to support some syntheses that enable researchers to judge their progress in this area to date and to provide direction for future research and practice. For this study, we conducted a literature review of studies that measured or examined global self-determination.     

“We must educate our masters”

In this paper we examine the possible explanations for the patterns of results found at Oxford, in which women students consistently achieve a lower proportion of both first and third class honours. Usual explanations that rest on socio‐biology or simple forms of socialisation are rejected in favour of an explanation which is based on the idea of a mutual determination of social structure and social being. Various hypotheses are proposed as possible explanations of the examination statistics.     

Tele- Beruf: a training course for apprentices

The course consists of six terms. Each term unit consists of 13 half-hour TV lessons, produced in black and white.

The first three terms were broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk in 1971. They will be repeated in the period September 1972-summer 1973. Terms 4–6 will be transmitted from autumn 1973 to summer 1974. Each individual programme is broadcast three times a week.     

Using Cognitive Load to Evaluate Participation and Design of an Asynchronous Course

Abstract

This study examined the effects of cognitive load experienced by e-learners as they negotiated the tasks required for successful participation within an asynchronous course room, specifically examining the relationship between measured cognitive load and the learners' confidence in completing their course. The results indicated that learner confidence, or more specifically self-efficacy, is the single most important factor in determining the success of e-learners. It appears that insufficient time was expended orienting learners to the virtual classrooms and to the technology necessary for participation.     

‘No escape from the hard things of the world’: learning the lessons of empire

Educating older adults (in the so‐called third age) is becoming an increasingly important activity for the elderly, above all because it empowers them, while at the same time reducing their social exclusion. The aim of this paper is to closely examine the actual state of affairs and the education possibilities for older adults in Slovenia. The article deals with a secondary analysis of data that was collected in three Slovene researches dealing with the participation of adults in the education process in 1987, 1998 and 2004. The purpose of the analysis is to examine te changes in the participation of the older adults, their motivation for education and barriers that have dissuaded them from education. Special attention is devoted to the development of the offer of educational programmes for older adults in Slovenia. The authors state that the offer of education for older adults has improved between 1987 and 2004, while the participation has declined. The older adults mentioned a number of various barriers that represent the reasons for the decline in their participation, however the major obstacle is the low educational level of older adults.