This book is a summary of the knowledge gained during 10 years experience as teacher, principal, superintendent, and consultant. It attempts to express as enthusiastically as possible why schools must change, what changes must be made, and how they might best be accomplished by teachers, administrators, school boards, and parents in every state in…

This is a report on the content, practices, and patterns of undergraduate education at New York University and elsewhere and includes proposals for reform that respond to the widely felt need for education more effectively related to the intellectual and social conditions of the 1970s. (HS)

This paper describes an innovative educational psychology program at Purdue University which attempts to build upon the students' own needs and interests. Each student is responsible for establishing a specific set of objectives for the semester. The objectives, which may be formulated independently of his instructor, are based on a booklet in…

The purpose of JIST (January Independent Study Term) at Eisenhower College is to balance the breadth of a true liberal arts education with an annual January period of study in depth. Each student at the College is required to complete 4 JIST's. The projects vary from independent study supervised on a semitutorial basis to group projects involving…

This publication identifies and describes the rationale behind new educational innovations in laboratory schools including those belonging to the National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS). The educational innovations listed are categorized according to 1) type of innovation (name and description of program); 2) subject areas involved,…

This paper suggests that educators must move from controlling, custodial teaching methods to flexible, humanistic methods if they are to successfully meet the individual needs of today's youth. The counseling staff is suggested as a natural change agent team to facilitate and influence humanistic changes with teachers, as well as serving as…

This case study focuses on the role of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UW-EC) in a consortium effort to implement, maintain, and institutionalize individually guided education and the multi-unit elementary school (IGE/MUS-E). The framework for the study is based on the chronological academic involvement of UW-EC with the various facets of…

This document is a guidebook for new students at Minnesota Metropolitan State College, a newly created upper-level college whose curriculum is based solely on the basis of competencies in various areas. The guidebook describes the origins, accreditation, and organization of MMSC, the basic tenets of the college, study options at MMSC, and the…

This monograph reports on the Cherry Creek-University of Colorado Teacher Education Program, which utilized a number of innovations in teacher education and stressed the potential of differentiated staffing in the preparation of teachers. Following the introduction, emphasis is placed on theories of teacher education, the Cherry Creek program,…

This annotated bibliography contains 22 listings on the design and evaluation of college courses, including five on objectives, two on the evaluation of learning and instruction, four on innovative teaching methods, six on instructional design, and five on research design and educational experimentation. The bibliography is not meant to be…

The undergraduate curriculum in liberal arts colleges has become extremely standardized in the past 20 years in spite of demands for educational experimentation and reform. This document presents an examination of 6 undergraduate curriculum structures at 26 liberal arts colleges to determine the amount of reform actually taking place. The 8…

The Oregon Project focuses on the development of protocol materials as a means to bridge the gap between instructional goals and instructional strategies. Educational concepts were distilled from the goals and objectives of the teacher training division of two participating institutions. These concepts were determined as part of a needs assessment…

This paper describes a method for accelerating educational improvements nationwide through the activities of one or more catalyst organizations which would stimulate interaction between educational systems personnel and promising new ideas. It highlights measures to correct present shortcomings that exist because there is no strong linkage between…

This paper presents a concise description of procedures used by one teacher to move from a teacher-directed to a child-centered classroom and how this Self-Selection method has made it possible for many American schools to affect a successful transition from the traditional to the open classroom. At the present time, hundreds of teachers…

Florida International University, a new upper level institution offering only junior, senior and graduate courses, is seeking to be innovative in many ways. Communications are of great importance to the University, and to enhance communication with the outside world, several pamphlets and papers are circulated periodically to explain the progress…