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Heiner, Harold G. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1975
Describes briefly the "Experimental Quarter" at Skagit Valley College in which 30 students registered for 16 credits of Education and were given total freedom to pursue their own educational needs in any way they individually selected, then reregistered at the end of the quarter for what they had studied. Positive student attitudes…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
Powell, C. Allen, Jr. – American Vocational Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs, Individualized Programs
Download full textSpaulding, Seth – 1970
Theories relating to proposed improvements in education are discussed. Changes in curricula, contributions of fields such as psychology, and issues currently being debated are given consideration. Innovative models and approaches are proposed, and several interesting speculations are offered related to the future of education. Following the…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Television, Educational Trends, Experimental Programs
Hatch, Winslow R.; Bennet, Ann – 1966
This publication is the first in the series, "New Dimensions in Higher Education," which developed from a concern for the problems facing colleges and universities. Independent study and its implications for increasing educational effectiveness are examined in terms of: honors programs; independent study programs; the interest in, and scope,…
Descriptors: College Credits, Educational Economics, Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs
Peterson, Nancy A. – Comment, 1974
Six selected nontraditional approaches to curriculum at the University of Minnesota, each leading to a baccalaureate degree, are described. The programs are designed to provide flexibility to students enrolled in the university or to extend a university education to people not otherwise served. Each involves individual student selection of work to…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Degree Requirements, Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs
French, Sally, Ed. – 1974
Southeast Alternatives describes six elementary and secondary schools -- the result of a 1971 proposal for Federal funding for experimental schools to bridge the gap between experimentation and actual school practice and for evaluation of the effort. Discussion of the mechanics of implementation, including organization, governance and finance, and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Discovery Learning, Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs
West Chester State Coll., PA. – 1972
On the basis of interviews with mothers and baby-sitters of children enrolled in the Early Learning Programs of the Pennsylvania Research in Infant Development and Education Project in the West Chester, Pennsylvania, area, 12 low-income labor force nonparticipants identified as potential entrants into the job market were chosen to participate in…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Attendants, Child Care Occupations, Economically Disadvantaged
