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…

This publication describes a program at the University of New Hampshire called Life Studies. The Life Studies program is designed for freshman and sophomore students and was begun because of complaints voiced about lack of relevance in the freshman and sophomore curricula. The program is interdisciplinary in nature and is specifically designed to…

This book presents the work of a study commission on school-based undergraduate education for teachers. Participants of the commission were superintendents of schools and principals who have played a leading role in developing clinical training. Seven major areas were discussed: 1) educational reform and informational needs; 2) the idea of…

This paper describes a method for accelerating educational improvements nation-wide 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, which exist because there is no strong linkage…

FLUIDMOD is an interactive program for student practice and instruction in the medical treatment of fluid and electrolyte problems in human patients. Previous instructional programs in this field have been based on teaching numerous rules applicable to particular problems, which must then be applied by the student to actual patients who supply…

A bibliography containing 403 annotations of articles, speeches, and publications related to work as an evaluation tool is presented. The objective of this publication is to shed some light on the problem of current awareness of new developments, research, and innovations in the field of work evaluation. The annotations are descriptive. (CK)

Educational media and technology are valuable supplements to books in classroom instruction, and the range of vicarious experience they can provide is itself humanizing. However, technology will not become natural or stimulating for students until it takes its place as a normal part of the classroom. The concerns which people have about technology…