Program objectives and classroom activities are described in a federally funded Title III Elementary Industrial Arts Project conducted in Bertie County Public Schools, Windsor, North Carolina. (GR)

Part 1 of a two-part series. Article includes material from the author's forthcoming new book, Innovative Programs in Industrial Education.

Rochdale College, Toronto, Canada, the most ambitious, student-operated "free university in North America, is the antithesis of the conventional college. Its graffiti, drugs, sounds, smells and style shatter the usual academic yardsticks. But one summer of 1969 has brought some law and order to the college, now in its second year of…

Postsecondary education finds itself increasingly beset by shabby practices, and moves are now under way to deal with the situation. (Editor)

Maximum security prisons typify an extreme example of an unconventional setting that subverts yet stimulates creative teaching strategies. By conceiving of teaching as a form of social praxis, it becomes possible to transform ostensible problems and conflict into pedagogical and practical advantages. Examples are provided. (Author/RM)

Reviews several objections to the use of computers in the English classroom, then describes three English programs. (FL)

Analyzes the effects of educational technology on the educational system and society, focusing on the cultural aspects, to provide a perspective in light of developments in the advanced world. Thirteen references are listed. (MBR)

In the future, videodiscs will be used in social studies classrooms as teaching tools, tutors, and storage devices or data banks. Although the videodisc is now available, educational materials using the medium are just beginning to become available. (RM)

Alternative schools enhance teacher, parent, and student involvement in programs, but face problems such as: (1) homogeneous student populations; (2) forced early specialization; (3) competitive recruitment; (4) struggles for program control; (5) too many goals; (6) evaluation; and (7) the need for truly innovative strategies. (Author/MJL)

Explores the history of educational innovation and explains why it has so often failed to produce the desired results. (FL)

Freshmen at Clarkson College of Technology (Potsdam, NY) will be issued a Zenith microcomputer. Every aspect of Clarkson's curriculum will be redesigned to capitalize on the new computing and word processing power. Students will pay $200/semester and a one-time $200 maintenance fee and will keep the computer when they graduate. (Author/JN)