Charles Trevelyan's contributions as a member of the General Committee of Public Instruction to bring English-style education and Christianity to India is examined. Emphasis is placed upon his organizing role and attempts to secure publicity for his reforms. (DE)

To study the actions that can be used to manage and support change in high schools, two researchers made two-day visits to two high schools in each of nine districts in various geographic areas of the nation, where they interviewed students, staff, and central office personnel. In each district, researchers selected one school they judged to be…

Teachers willing to research available funding sources and prepare a detailed and comprehensive grant proposal may find themselves on the threshold of many successful grantsmanship adventures. Obtaining grant moneys can mean implementation of innovative ideas that normal budgeting can not provide for. Information is presented regarding: (1) the…

Included in this paper is a sample of comments made by parents in response to the idea of instituting all-day, every-day kindergarten schedules in several suburban and small-town school districts in western New York. Those in favor of all-day programs emphasize that many children attending nursery schools and other programs are in need of a…

The need for specific information about principals as change facilitators prompted a long-range research program. A first step in this effort investigates the interventions principals make in relation to the implementation of an innovation in their schools. Subjects were 10 principals of elementary schools where an identifiable innovation…

Researchers have only recently recognized that assertions by various educators that they have implemented educational innovations do not all mean the same thing or bear the same weight, according to the authors of this report. Efforts made by the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas at Austin to…

Article provided a glimpse at the origins and processes of educational innovation and change. (Author/RK)

Described the efforts of a cultural anthropologist to produce a course for educational television and the effect of combining TV classes, correspondence techniques, faculty counseling and testing as well as coordinated text assignments. (Author/RK)

Two graduates of Hampshire College discuss their experiences at the innovative institution and its future chances to resist conventional molds. (Author/PG)

A discussion of how college faculties should be trained in instructional design. (HB)

In today's social systems, the current model of proactive counseling seems more functional than does waiting for clients. However, those counselor educators who train for proactive counselor roles must assume responsibility for assisting the implementation of the resulting role change. (Author)

Principals' attitudes toward innovative teaching methods are extremely open, according to a Utah survey. The key to having administrative backing for new methods in the classroom, this author tells teachers, is to keep the principal informed of what's happening and why. (Editor)

Author discussed further education as a focus for experiment and innovation and stressed that true implementation of new ideas cannot be taken for granted. (Author/RK)

A discussion of basic changes in Army school philosophy and instructional methodology. (Author/HB)