This document reports on 14 innovative programs in the United States which promise to have the most effect on staffing patterns and teacher roles. The innovative practices are in three categories: a) differentiated staffing--horizontal and vertical; b) technology-dependent innovations; and c) open learning plans. Among the conclusions drawn by the…

This annotated bibliography lists British publications useful to American educators' understanding of educational reform in England and the British primary schools. Since American enthusiasm for open and informal educational methods has grown so quickly, this bibliographic tool is a necessary first step in the systematic, thorough study of British…

In a recent listing of 13 functions of higher education, the liberal education of its students, and consequently the whole process of undergraduate teaching and learning, was placed first. Similarly, a recently released comprehensive 1969 survey of 8,500 faculty members in 303 institutions discovered that 78% felt that teaching effectiveness, not…

The purpose of this theoretical paper is to describe a set of models for the instructional organization of the multiunit secondary school. The school's instructional organization is viewed as a mechanism for structuring resources to influence learning outcomes. The multiunit elementary school (MUS-E) models served as the point of departure for…

In August 1970, the National Science Foundation funded a program to study the advantages and disadvantages of low-cost mini-computers as instructional devices at 10 small colleges. The small colleges involved in the experiment have demonstrated that a computer facility can be used to considerable advantage in the instruction process, and students…

The primary causes of the apparent decline of open plan schools appear to have been the failure of educators to develop a program designed to capitalize on the instructional opportunities afforded by the absence of interior barriers, and the failure to adequately prepare teachers to adapt teaching practices to a radically different environment.…

Explores cultural conditions (high student achievement, student success expectations, student-tailored instruction, participative management, and student-oriented climate) and relationships (strong community support, selection for quality, assumption of competence, and others) within five school districts that promote change and implementation of…

Tested the effectiveness of interactive cable television in disseminating new teaching ideas among elementary school teachers. Found an increase in the diversity of new ideas within word groups, but the increase was regulated by the group's interpersonal communication or "intermediation." Discusses conditions under which communication…

Describes a successful experiment in substituting individual research projects for the traditional term paper in a community college psychology course. Also discusses the factors contributing to educational innovation at a community college. (DC)

Paper presented at the Second Annual Regional Convention of the National Association for Humanities Education on November 6, 1971. (DS)

Existing computer programs for use in business and economics courses are analyzed and recommendations are made for needed research into the utilization of simulation models in the classroom. (JB)

A teacher describes the informal curriculum" of mini-courses which are presented in addition to the regular curriculum. The author is hopeful that the skills and feelings that are developed will spill over into that other curriculum that has us all enmeshed." (Author/SP)

Reports on an educational conference held in Toronto stressing spontaneous and expressive alternatives to existing educational patterns in public education. (Author)