Methods for planning technological innovations in education are expanded and applied to the problem of planning educational services for Botswana. (Author/WM)

Innovation is difficult to define because a practice which is innovative on one campus may not be innovative elsewhere. Nevertheless, a possible definition might be "a practice which is worthy of emulation and has not yet been put into use by a significant number of colleges." Administrators should seek instructional innovation for several…

The goal of this report is to describe the process by which new service practices in urban bureaucracies become routinized. The routinization process is studied by examining the life histories of six types of innovations: computer-assisted instruction; police computer systems; mobile intensive care units; closed circuit television systems; breath…

THIS NEWSLETTER COMPARES THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SCHOOL RENOVATION AND NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO EVOLVING EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND METHODS. THE NEED TO UTILIZE EXISTING STRUCTURES THROUGH RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION IS EMPHASIZED AND A FORMULA IS PROVIDED FOR COMPARING RENOVATION AND NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION COSTS. PROBLEMS…

FOUR PROGRAMS ARE IDENTIFIED AND DESCRIBED AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EXPERIMENTATION BEING CONDUCTED IN THE UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM IN AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION. (1) THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIRE THAT A STUDENT TAKE A GROUP OF "CORE" COURSES WHICH PROVIDE, RELATIVELY EARLY IN HIS…

IN REGION 3 AND 5 OF VERMONT, A TITLE III PLANNING PROJECT WAS INITIATED TO DETERMINE THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION. THE CHIEF CONCERNS REVOLVED AROUND CURRICULAR PROGRAMS, LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISORY PRACTICES, AND SPECIAL SERVICES FOR STUDENTS. THE PROJECT SERVED 105 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NORTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT.…

Sixteen international experts comprised the working group charged with indexing technical and cost effectiveness studies related to new educational media. This report, resulting from their meeting in January 1975, contains: (1) introductory report on the problems of the application of cost benefit studies to new teaching methods, (2) series of…

A concern shared by private and public institutions of higher education in the United States is how to provide quality education at reduced cost, in the face of rising expenses, changing social values, and falling enrollments. A compilation of essays by innovators in college-level instruction deals with this topic by addressing: general issues and…

Three conferences on educational innovation raised basic questions concerning goals and values for junior college students. Speakers addressed each of the conferences on problems encountered in their respective areas of humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences. The addresses are presented, along with recommendations made by the…

This paper is devoted to a discussion of characteristics of innovative educational personnel and factors, such as the educational institution, that may affect innovative actions. The paper is divided into three sections. Section one presents a literature review that centers on three categories: leadership, qualities of innovativeness, and change…

This interim report evaluates the achievement of seven objectives in the Francis R. Howell School District Innovative Program. The objectives of the program were teacher improvement in the areas of: (a) effective questioning, (b) the writing of behavioral objectives, (c) diagnosis and evaluation, (d) individualized instruction, (e) science…

Higher education today is the target of growing pressure for improved management procedures. As one response to these societal pressures, higher education has developed numerous nontraditional patterns of instruction. The purpose of this paper is to discusss educational and instructional development, that is, change within higher education, and…

This booklet helps physical educators and administrators organize physical education time allotment, personnel, and student grouping structures under various organizational patterns. Specific articles dealing with ways in which schools have accommodated innovative patterns were included. Some of the programs dealt with organizational patterns in…

The twentieth Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems dealt with the issues of assessment/accountability and non-traditional programs. The following speeches were given: (1) "The New Approach of the California State Colleges" by Glenn S. Dumke; (2) "Toward Institutional Goal-Consciousness" by Richard E. Peterson; (3) "The Commission on…

Research was undertaken to evaluate the degree to which a program of exhibiting display modules of new teaching methods influenced the adoption of those methods. The study examined: 1) the prior adoption level of display visitors, 2) the amount of attention paid to different aspects of the displays, 3) the reactions to displays, 4) the ability of…