Describes Helen Bellos' approach to music appreciation classes. Modern and popular music is joined with more traditional curriculum to teach theory and gain student interest. (MJK)

A discussion how removing chalkboards might force teachers to use other innovations in instruction. (HB)

Author discusses the videodisc, potentially one of the most significant innovations in many years. (Author)

Discusses a collection of 75 research studies reporting great differences in one or more teaching productivity indices when two teaching methods and/or management systems are compared. In 26 percent of the sample cases, conventional instruction proved superior; the remaining 74 percent showed nonconventional methods such as programmed or…

This article examines teacher resistance to a particular instructional innovation, hypothesizes that teachers filter information through a series of experiential constraints, and suggests implications for teacher educators and researchers. (MT)

This article gives precise instructions for the construction'' of a wireless induction system so that...children could take their lessons out of doors.'' (Editor)

Describes "Adventure: Economics, a series of 15 instructional television programs designed to teach fourth to sixth grade Ohio school children the fundamentals of the economic process "through the actions of 14 marionettes, the inhabitants of an imaginary island society which is developing an economic system." (Author/LS)

A comprehensive look at the meaning" of instructional development. (AK)

The author suggests several stages to be considered in long-range planning for educational reform and comments on some of the aspects of needed actions. (AA)

During the 1966 summer semester, faculty members at Delta researched innovative educational practices in nine states. Some of the resulting new developments at Delta are described, including team teaching and autotutorials. (MS)

Innovative developments at Foothill College and De Anza College, such as new courses and teaching methods, are described. Data basic to evaluation were provided by institutional research and a total information system. (MS)