This document describes a 1-year (1972-1973) practicum program which entailed planning, implementing, and evaluating a supervision system of off-campus innovative instruction by parent-teacher teams for 42 gifted elementary school students. Discussed are development and implementation of the following program components: goals, such as teaching…

At Marshfield Senior High School, over one-fourth of the students were note profiting from the required social studies course, as evidenced by grades and attendance. As a result, a study was made to improve social study learning experiences in order to conform to eight assumptions about student needs, such as students need activity learning;…

This booklet is designed to acquaint the reader with some of the most basic provisions of ESEA, Title VII and to give him some idea how these funds are currently being used in New York State. The first part provides a general survey of ESEA, Title VII; the second is devoted to describing the programs in bilingual education currently being funded…

Described are six career education programs for handicapped youth selected as examplary because of elements worthy of further study or replication. Presented in the form of case studies, each program is examined in terms of program operations, notable features, people, evaluation, recommendations, and informational sources. Described are the…

An innovative approach which will be used to evaluate one of the Experimental Schools Programs of the National Institute of Education (NIE) is described. The project, Southeast Alternatives (SEA), is designed to test the notion that comprehensive educational change is superior to piecemeal change; it consists of five educational programs-a…

This is the second of five documents compiled to report on the problem of innovation and change in the context of projects supported by the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Systems (NCIES). This document consists of 13 case studies of eight NCIES programs: Career Opportunities, Teacher Corps, School Personnel Utilization, Early…

Recognizing the need to evaluate traditional methods of providing career information, this report reviews: (1) career exploration instructional materials, (2) research on career exploration programs, and (3) other innovative career exploration programs. Materials reviewed include handbooks, films, resource guides, and simulation kits. Also…

Seventy-five innovative reading practices, each representing a new approach for the implementing school system, are described in this book with the intention to serve as stimulators to experimentation. These practices are organized under six sections: readiness and beginning reading, elementary level, junior high level, high school level, special…

This booklet is the third 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…

This book describes and analyzes a plan that effected the relatively successful implementation of a packaged curriculum program in a large number of school classrooms. The Conceptual Skills Program (CSP) was oriented toward detailed prespecified objectives that allow assessment before instruction of relevant student competencies, structured…

Describes an increasingly widely-used scheme of second-chance adult education in which adult students participated in classes with traditional community college students. (EM)

Art curriculum projects influenced by ideas proposed at the Penn State Seminar are described. These include the television series "Images and Things," the textbook series "Art: Meaning, Methods, and Media," the Stanford-Kettering art curriculum, CEMREL's Aesthetic Education Curriculum Program, the SWRL Elementary Art Program,…

Multiplication rock music was conceived as a way to teach multiplication to children. The songs had to be deviously educational, teaching the children without their realizing they were being taught and had to complement the methods of the new math. The project that produced the music is described. (RM)

Presents an overview of the one-year secondary teacher preparation program at Brock University and a critical review of current teacher education practices. The program attempts to provide cohesiveness and continuity by continually integrating theory and practice through steps designed to move from knowledge acquisition to knowledge application.…

The Wisconsin Forces for Four-Year-Olds Project promotes a collaborative community approach to offering universal access to four-year-old kindergarten services for Wisconsin 4-year-olds. Presented in three major sections, this report offers an overview of a community approach to serving 4-year-olds, summarizes experiences in seven communities…