From the early 1960s there have been organized attempts in Sweden to carry on decentralized innovative work in education through local multiproject development schemes. Features of the schemes are described and analyzed. (RM)

Reports on the key issues of a 1981 conference held in The Hague (Netherlands) to discuss the learning component of educational innovation processes. Countries from all parts of the world discussed the educational change processes they are experiencing. (AM)

Reviews the efforts of eight teachers involved in a study using microcomputers in schools. Reflects on how the pursuit and politics of institutional reward and innovation can undermine good practice. Advocates the use of critical thinking when participating in ethically justified innovation. (KO)

The difficulties of developing, disseminating, and implementing new ideas and initiatives in physical education are examined, using the analysis of educational systems offered by Meyer and applied to English education by Reid. (RM)

Having pupils critique their own work is an alternative to marking that is worthy of consideration. Pupil critique fosters in students a willingness to take responsibility for the quality of their work products. (RM)

Focuses upon two reform movements in mathematics education in the twentieth century. Analyzes reform movements of the 1900s and the 1960s to determine common factors which led to their collapse. Urges the acceptance of different trends in today's mathematics education programs. (KO)

The history and demise of the following two educational agencies are discussed: the Schools Council for Curriculum and Examinations of England and Wales and the National Council for Innovation in Education of Norway. (RM)

The authority-innovation-decision-making model, a top-down approach successfully used to disseminate some educational projects in Australia, is described. The four ingredients that make for success in this approach are: administrative advocacy, high prescriptiveness, good administrative engineering of the implementation process, and strong back-up…

Examines the demise of the Icelandic Social Science Curriculum Project (SSCP) as an example of progressive educational reform thwarted by neofundamentalist ideologies. States that the paper goes beyond Jerome Bruner's 1984 account of the rise and fall of "Man: A Course of Study" to provide a deeper analysis of the politics of…

Examines "The National Curriculum 5-16: A Consultation Document" that became law in 1988. Outlines the document's content and argues that the document offers solutions to various problems without demonstrating how the solutions address the problems. Raises some issues about the ownership and control of educational institutions. (GG)

Examines the study conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in which 13 countries prepared 23 case studies of innovations in science, mathematics, and technology. Focuses on the various changes in subject matter due to reform, such as the practicality of science and mathematics, technology as a subject, and assessment…

Elementary teachers were more apt to implement the language arts curriculum as specified by the district than were secondary teachers. However, curriculum fidelity was extremely low at both the elementary and secondary levels. Teachers who followed the prespecified curriculum attached greater importance to implementation tasks and their…

School change is examined using the experiences of local educational change projects in Sweden. Specifically discussed are Swedish educational development centers that encourage experiments directly involving teachers and the SSK experiment in Uppsala designed to give teachers, parents, and pupils a greater say and more responsibility in…