At the University of Oregon, career planning classes with as many as 128 students have shown that the large class experience can be valuable to each student. (Author)

The Elementary Certification Program at Duke University, the first program to be approved under North Carolina's innovative alternative certification route, is a small but significant step toward the improvement of teacher education. This innovative program offers prospective early childhood teachers with liberal arts backgrounds an intensive…

Designed for the special needs of students reading below grade level at Juan Seguin Elementary School (Texas), this pamphlet presents an overview of the High Expectations reading program. The pamphlet identifies whole group instruction as the primary instructional method, although small group instruction is delivered when necessary. An effective…

This 206-item annotated bibliography focuses on projects which place the use of new communications technologies within an educational planning framework and which acknowledge the need for communications satellites to be considered as part of a total telecommunications system. Though citations included relate primarily to the uses of…

Presented are four award-winning projects from the 1983 American College Testing Program (ACT)/National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA) competition for innovations in continuing education. The projects are categorized according to educational audience. In the category of instruction "Seminars, Courses, and Workshops for…

This eighth yearbook of innovative learning strategies presents the following articles, grouped in three major sections. The first section, Program Models, contains: (1) "Welcome Back: Meeting the Needs of Nontraditional Students" (Kathy Carpenter); (2) "A Model Coordinated Curriculum for the First-Term Community College Learning Disabled Student"…

North Dakota Occupational Model instructional packets (approximately 3.280 pages of office simulation materials) focus on the performance of production projects that actually take place in a variety of companies and businesses. The concept can substitute for, or enrich, the cooperative work-experience and expose students to a variety of careers.…

Advocates the use of an integrated science-and-literature program to improve the negative image of science that many students now have. (JR)

This booklet presents brief descriptions of 13 demonstration projects developed by school districts and other educational organizations in New York, using funds granted under Title IV-C of the Elementary Secondary Education Act. Each of the program descriptions includes the title of the demonstration project, a brief discussion of the project and…

This directory lists studies completed in Canada between July 1975 and June 1976 by graduate students and staff in university faculties of education, provincial departments of education, school boards, education associations, and other eudcation departments. Approximately 820 studies are listed, with cross references bringing the total number of…

This booklet is the fourth in a series of annual publications that list and describe a wide array of promising and innovative educational practices in hopes of stimulating the development of alternative educational delivery systems and strategies involving students, teachers, administrators, and parents. Included in the booklet are brief…

Teacher and student dissatisfaction with a traditional approach to technical education has led one Canadian college to develop the ACT (Applied Civil Technology) Program, a self-learning system in which the student makes his own structure by scheduling the paths he desires to follow to reach the ultimate goal. (Author/AJ)

Describes the aerospace program at State University of New York in Farmingdale which offers a two-year Associate in Applied Science Degree and free flight training as part of the curriculum. (BR)