This paper identifies the components of descriptive and prescriptive" computer-based systems designed to aid teachers in the management of instruction and describes the Instructional Management tasks for which computer support is appropriate." (Author/AK)

The author describes the actual steps used by a community college to determine the feasibility of offering a course or curriculum." (Editor/AK)

The first of a two-part paper by Unesco's Director of the Division of Educational Methods, Materials and Techniques. This part is an indictment of current methods being used in education and a look at the need for technological innovations in education. (AA)

Suggests some of the advantages gained from the use of educational games, particularly the materials available from the Detroit Archdiocesan Multi-Media Center. (LS)

The traditional structure of the school" is defended by an adversary, with a view toward cautioning his colleagues about some of the hidden useful functions the tradition fills, and the voids likely to result from its destruction." (Author)

Discusses the pitfalls of wholesale adoption of fashionable educational methods in general, and inquiry in particular. (JB)

Questionnaire responses by 113 teachers from 28 elementary schools indicated that teachers regard the principal and subject specialists as being most influential in initiating innovation. (NH)

Innovative programs and projects of Cuyahoga are listed and described, including audiotutorial learning in algebra, biology, and physical science. (MS)

A discussion of why educators are not using measurable instructional objectives in spite of widespread acceptance of such goals as potentially useful instructional assets. (AA)

Illustrates, through the story of elementary-school teacher Jan Cogley, how improvisation, drama, and comedy can be used to emphasize learning so that children will enjoy and remember. (MP)

Describes the "Chinese Menu System" of student instructional units based on the ideas of James R. Moffet being used by teachers in the Columbus, Georgia, area in which students select learning activities from categories constructed around a single topic. (JL)

Compares a teacher's proposed improvements in the English curriculum written in 1912 with current ideas. (JL)