Current educational instability requires the educational researcher to become an historical actor offering advice for change and innovation rather than merely a neutral actor. (ND)

The Secondary Mathematics Individualized Learning Experiment (SMILE) is described. A sample teacher record sheet and a student activity sheet are displayed. (SD)

Indicates the existence of a new field of research that appears to have exceptional possibilities for application to educational problems and to be startlingly integrative in its implications, making it possible to perceive educational institutions as unified learning systems in which management and teaching/learning styles are fundamentally…

The importance of the relationship between the personal characteristics of counselors and their professional functioning has certain implications for counselor education. This article discusses graduate program changes which can be made in order to reflect the significance of this relationship by placing a focus on personal growth. (Author/EJT)

This journal contains a select annotated bibliography of recent trends and innovations in teacher training. Four hundred and forty-four entries from 83 countries in Africa, Latin America, North American, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Middle East are included. (DE)

This report presents a look at the present state of simulation/gaming in higher education, two briefs on successful uses of simulation games, and some "street corner" suggestions on how to introduce them into an institution. (Author)

Discusses the deterrent effect large loans may have on a student's choice of college or vocation and presents the Yale Tuition Postponement Plan, the Duke University Tuition Plan, and the Cornell Piolot Tuition Program, and formulates a new approach to tuition postponement. (PG)

The current study addresses the efficacy of the tutorial mode of teaching as perceived by alumni who had recently completed a 30-unit Master of Public Administration degree. Their attitudes were quite positive toward the tutorial mode. (Author)

The discipline of history is threatened, but with genuine innovation and creative teaching, it will prevail. However, the instructor must be skeptical of innovation; new methods and techniques must be evaluated and validated, not just adopted for the sake of innovation alone. (DC)

This article discusses a school that accepted innovations without considering end results. (JS)

This article suggests ten innovations the classroom teacher can utilize. (JS)

This study investigated school innovativeness and a number of variables commonly found to be associated with this phenomenon in similar North American studies. (Editor)

The author criticizes T'ao Hsing-Chih's educational theories as lacking in revolutionary, political, and educational commitment. (DE)

Described a program, Alternatives for the Middle Years, in which students discover their city and themselves through the school's community resource program. (RK)

During periods of organizational stress such as the implementation of major organizational change, the tendency for group formation may be increased and the effects of informal relations relatively more pronounced than in times of routine and regularity. (Author)