Describes eight winners in an inaugural contest to showcase innovative ways that community colleges are serving their communities. (EV)

Replies to Hiebert et al. (1996), who proposed that curriculum and instruction be guided by the basic principle that students problematize their subjects, arguing against the notion of problematizing mathematics. Considers the nature and range of mathematical content pursued in classrooms and the related question of student participation and…

A task related to knowledge and beliefs was completed by 154 researchers, graduate students, and undergraduates. Greater expertise led to more varied views. Common beliefs and misconceptions can be made explicit through appropriate formative assessment and a focus on transformative learning. (SK)

Considers the possibility of simplifying academic knowledge, and of taking its aesthetic dimension seriously, and the implications this may have for education. Suggests principles for simplifying knowledge and provides examples from mathematics and statistics to illustrate how ideas and methods can be simplified to assist with the problems of the…

Using a variety of perspectives on change and work identity, investigates the learning and development of a workgroup of educators developing online courses. Provides recommendations for sustainable change processes related to technology and educational innovation. (Contains 38 references.) (SK)

Proposes that the American educational system's penchant for testing may be likened to an educational flu. Notes that teachers feel increasing pressure to abandon techniques that are engaging if they are not specifically aimed at performance on test day. Contends that the American educational system needs to keep pace with international…

Reviews research on Australian initiatives to introduce senior school or multi-campus models of secondary education provision and presents three case studies to examine the potential of this approach. Asserts that the approach facilitates the provision of a broad and relevant curriculum, provides a more appropriate schooling environment for…

Explains the Association of American Colleges and Universities' initiative to define the aims of twenty-first century undergraduate education, called "Greater Expectations: The Commitment to Quality as a Nation Goes to College." Then introduces articles that describe successful change and innovation at three colleges. (EV)

Describes the seven steps over a course of several years, which enabled Worcester Polytechnic Institute to implement and sustain a reconstruction of undergraduate education to involve no set curriculum, but rather three qualifying projects. (EV)

Describes strategic changes at Richland College including the consolidation and expansion of special programs through the Office of Academic Enrichment, and institutional improvements involving student learning undertaken during the process of re-accreditation. (EV)

Describes the process undertaken at King's College to create an invigorated teaching and learning environment, including a new Core Curriculum designed to ensure that students engage in cumulative and transferable learning in three general areas. (EV)

Studied charter schools as social innovations using an evolutionary approach to study the environmental characteristics that drive the perceived need for innovation and the promotion of experimentation. Findings using data from North Carolina and the U.S. Census show that school districts in need of choice do have a higher mean charter school…

Describes the ways in which educators can play a leading role in promoting civic engagement through curricular and institutional innovations in which students encounter the theory and practice of participatory democracy. (SLD)

The section begins with an historical overview of the political science major at Whitman College and reports on innovative majors at California State University-Hayward, Denison University, Dickinson College, Earlham College, Smith College, and the New College at the University of South Florida. (DB)

This paper describes and evaluates a project which had a large number of students read a few classic works in more than one class to promote discussion of texts among students and faculty. Survey data from students and faculty indicate the project's success. (Author/DB)