Article gives 5 steps as beginning measures to construct a responsible and responsive frame of reference for supervisory services in approaching educational innovations. (GB)

Children must be taught the skills with which to learn, not just to memorize facts. Individualized instruction is the best way to achieve this. (AN)

Briefly describes an innovative technique for teaching understanding through a controlled situation package involving multimedia techniques. Training Technology is a quarterly supplement to Educational Technology Magazine. (GR)

Description of Lamplighter School, an innovative primary school in Dallas, Texas. (SP)

The author concludes that the present attack on the educational establishment is an attack on middle class values or the imperfections of the system. He argues that the laws of learning seem not to be different today. And that the "non cause", as described, does not yet have empirical validity. (Author)

Describes the National Diffusion Network, a federally-sponsored program that identifies successful educational practices and then helps other schools locate and adopt them. (IRT)

This article presents: (1) an overview of some ideas about the diffusion of educational innovations; (2) a brief review of the literature in the field; and (3) some guidelines for developing curriculum innovations. (MM)

Conservative estimates indicate that in the past five years U.S. schools have spent more than $25 billion on various forms of technology. With these figures in mind, it is important to ask how to increase the chances of getting value for technology investment. There is no magic formula for calculating a specific dollar estimate of savings or…

This study draws on the application of sociocultural theory to second-language learning and teaching to examine the impact of a design-based research approach on teacher development and literacy instruction to English-language learners (ELLs). Design-based research methodology was employed to derive theoretical suppositions relating to the process…

This study is a transcendental phenomenological study that described the experience of students' interest in science from elementary school through middle school grades and the identification of the factors that increase or decrease interest in science. Numerous researchers have found that interest in science changes among children and the change…

Louisiana has emerged as one of the most fascinating states in the nation for education reform. The state's creative response to rebuilding the New Orleans education system in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is now considered a potential model for reformers across the nation. Governor Bobby Jindal has carried the reforms further in pushing for…

This report examines the link between human resource management practices and innovation. It is based on a conceptual framework in which "human resource stimuli measures"--work organisation, working time, areas of training and creativity--feed into innovative capacity or innovation. Of course, having innovative capacity does not…

Designing Problem-Driven Instruction with Online Social Media has the capacity to transform an educator's teaching style by presenting innovative ways to empower problem-based instruction with online social media. Knowing that not all instructors are comfortable in this area, this book provides clear, systematic design approaches for instructors…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine existing learning innovation systems and propose a systematic methodology of delivering educational innovations in the right amount, in the right place and at the right time. Design/methodology/approach: Higher education is not effectively incorporating new discoveries in cognitive science and human…

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess Egyptian Agricultural Technical School (ATS) teachers' implementation of active learning strategies in their classrooms. Methods: The Stages of Concern Questionnaire was administered to 230 participants in active learning workshops. After eliminating headmasters, supervisors and people no longer…