Dr. Maria Montessori's 1913 visit and lecture tour to the United SLates is described in detail with numerous citations from newspaper coverage of the event. The enthusiastic reception extended to the European physician and educator is reviewed, and her meetings, notably with Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell, President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,…

This paper considers the concept of networks as a strategy for educational change. It is divided into six parts: (1) the meaning of educational change; (2) models and strategies for educational change; (3) case histories (one formal and one informal international network and a network of rural schools in Norway); (4) dilemmas in networking, (e.g.,…

The research discussed in this paper was intended to identify factors that promote or retard change in schools and to relate those factors to the modifications they foster. Data were collected from 13 Wisconsin elementary schools to determine what factors affect (1) the decision to adopt an innovation, (2) the rate of implementation of an…

FROM AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW, THE SUCCESS OF AN ADVOCATE TO ACHIEVE DIRECTED CHANGE IN A FORMAL ORGANIZATION DEPENDS PRIMARILY UPON FOUR VARIABLES--(1) THE WAY THE ADVOCATE PLAYS HIS ROLE, (2) THE TARGET SYSTEM'S DEPENDENCE UPON AUTHORITY, (3) THE EXPECTATION OF CHANGE SHARED BY MEMBERS OF THE TARGET SYSTEM, AND (4) THE EXTENT OF THE…

This booklet contains 13 individual project evaluations for activities funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title IV-C during 1979-1980 in the Philadelphia School District. The projects are: (1) Alternative Direction for the 80s; (2) PREP 6; (g) PREP 7; (4) Building Bridges; (5) Consumer Affairs Education Service; (6)…

As part of a larger project on studies of implementation, specifically of Individually Guided Education (IGE), this paper describes the preliminary results of research on school climate, an important factor in retarding or promoting change. A review of the literature on school climate includes a description of Likert and Likert's Profile of a…

This book is based on the assumption that we need to have a much better understanding of the process of educational change itself before we can expect reasonable returns from our innovative programs. It is a cross-cultural analysis of the process and dynamics of social change in general, and educational change in particular. The book is divided…

The purpose of this publication is to foster increased interest about innovations in the public schools in Oklahoma and to review some of the most interesting and meaningful innovations in the classroom and significant innovations in the teaching and learning process. Each of the 59 articles includes an introductory section that briefly explains…