The urgency of the problem of designing a new strategy of teacher training due to the reform of education in universities: decrease of pedagogical disciplines, strengthening fundamental (subject) training, etc. The goal of the article lies in identification of the main components of the new strategy of teacher training. A leading approach to the…

Many teachers have had a favorable response to their experimentation with digital feedback on students' writing. Students much preferred a simpler system of highlighting and commenting in color. After experimentation the author found that this color-coded system was more effective for them and less time-consuming for her. Of course, any system…

How useful are podcasts in the political science classroom? Some educators argue that podcasts will revolutionize education; others are less convinced. However, to date, the evidence on podcasts has been slim. This article reports the results of a year-long trial using podcasts to aid in teaching political science to undergraduates at a research…

Given a blank slate, what should the 21st century college classroom look like, and how should it be operated? Answering those questions is the idea behind setting up "incubator classrooms," spaces dedicated to trying out new technologies and new ways of teaching and learning. By incubating new ideas, faculty members and IT staff discover which…

Paper delivered to the Council of Academic Societies at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (Houston, Texas, November 1, 1968).

Innovative courses and programs at Laney College and Merritt College include encounter groups, job placement, and environmental studies. (MS)

Describes the new innovative college recently added to the Washington State System. (HS)

A survey of staff and student attitudes toward selected innovative approaches to learning that had been in operation for four years was conducted. The population surveyed comprised the entire Bettendorf, Iowa, Middle School staff and student body. Questionnaires were developed to elicit pertinent staff and student opinions toward (a) space…

The Paracollege of St. Olaf College is a satellite institution in which educational experimentation takes place. The paracollege has a student body of 240 and the faculty numbers 21. In addition to the other aims of St. Olaf as a whole, the Paracollege has as its objectives (1) to be an experimenting unit of St. Olaf College, always searching for…

These 17 curriculum studies by faculty members of San Joaquin Delta Junior College were funded under Title III of The Higher Education Act of 1965. They were intended to help initiate new courses, improve existing ones, or plan for future ones. Each project report gave its objective(s), the general methods for its development and completion, the…

An experimental approach to French grammar instruction at the American School of Madrid, based on a restructuring of the grammar around the verb, provides a promising new perspective for language pedagogy. (MSE)

THIS CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTATION AND INNOVATION DEALT WITH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) "EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGES IN AMERICA," AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS OF INNOVATION, (2) "THE EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGE AT BERKELEY," DESCRIBING A "PROBLEMS" APPROACH TO AVOID THE "DOMINATION OF... THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE," (3) "THE LIBRARY-COLLEGE,"…

AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT A GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSE COULD BE TAUGHT EFFECTIVELY WITH A SERIES OF TAPE RECORDED LECTURES. A RESEARCH METHODS CLASS WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS WHICH WERE EQUATED ON THE BASIS OF SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE AS WELL AS SCORES ON TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACHIEVEMENT PRETESTS. THE CONTROL SECTION WAS…

A conference, sponsored by the American Association of Junior Clearinghouse for Junior College Information, and the UCLA Junior Colleges, the California Junior College Association, the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior College Iinformation, and the UCLA Junior College Leadership Program, was held July 1967 at University of California at Los Angeles.…