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CEMREL, Inc., St. Louis, MO. – 1974
In this collection of position papers and descriptive materials, staff members and consultants of the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP) outline the philosophy and goals of this curriculum development project. Rejecting the notion that mathematics should be taught as a collection of facts to be mastered, these writers claim the goal…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Philosophy, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textLovett, Tom – 1970
This report deals with the philosophy behind the Liverpool Educational Priority Area Project, a program of adult education for working class persons, and describes two of the programs in detail. Education in an EPA needs to be relevant, grounded in real problems and situations, and the emphasis should be on involvement and discovery. The first…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Blue Collar Occupations
Pyfer, Julene Newland – 1972
The Experiment at Butte was a demonstration project designed to determine the effectiveness of the Joseph Tussman education model in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) program. Its major purpose was to combine in lessons the teaching of reflective skills with the teaching of ordinary ABE skills. To implement the Tussman model, three experimental…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Critical Thinking, Educational Objectives
Baldridge, J. Victor; And Others – 1972
In an effort to put new vigor into the learning situation, an experiential approach to the teaching of social sciences in higher education is offered in this paper. The paper describes how the experiential approach is being used in an academic sociology course at Stanford which is adaptable to a wide variety of social sciences courses. Differing…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive Objectives, Discovery Processes
Baumrind, Diana – 1971
Without well-defined criteria for success, all radical innovations are doomed to failure. To facilitate successful experimentation the following are necessary: an outside agency to conduct evaluation; criteria of success acceptable to innovators and critics; and, in control and comparison groups, assessment and accounting of the initial versus…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Conventional Instruction, Criteria, Curriculum Development
ALLEN, HAROLD B. – 1966
THIS TWO-YEAR PILOT STUDY, COVERING THE PERIOD BETWEEN APRIL 1964 AND APRIL 1966, PROVIDES STATISTICAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THE TEACHERS, THE VARIETY OF TEACHING SITUATIONS, AND THE MATERIALS INVOLVED IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN THE UNITED STATES. SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND NEEDS…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Educational Facilities, Educational Philosophy, English (Second Language)
