A general description of educational development, innovation, and problems in Arab countries is provided. (DE)

A game program aimed at preschool and elementary students to inspire them to draw as much as possible and to help them to develop their abilities. (Author/JR)

A graduate program in community sociology designed to train sociologists for nonacademic careers and a projected program of "continuing education" for sociologists already at work in the field are described. The philosophies, components, and interrelationships of these two efforts are detailed. (Author/DE)

The educational programs of 15 open-plan middle schools in Ohio were examined for evidence of innovative use of facilities, the teaching-learning environment, the psychosocial environment, and the curriculum. Little of an innovative nature was found; suggestions for fostering new ideas are offered. (JMB)

The innovating secondary school head is seldom a thrusting, entrepreneurial, autocratic initiator; whether informally or formally, he relies more on his influence as a professional than on bureaucratic power to command; increasingly he is a promoter of participation, a catalyst of cooperation. (Author/IRT)

This essay assesses barriers and suggests understandings that can lead to innovative teaching of history. A core design is recommended which emphasizes the continuity and consequences of historical events, to the exclusion of rigid chronology. The community college is seen as a particularly appropriate institution for initiation of educational…

Through this feature the Journal seeks to provide brief accounts of significant current innovation and research in Australia. Topics covered included administration, curriculum and objectives, teaching and learning, measurement and research methodology, student development and personnel services, social context of education, and history.…

Argues that higher education has become cut off from its intellectual moorings, holding that the vision of universal excellence and equal access has become a reality of universal access and equal excellence, and calling for an examination and evaluation of innovations and reforms proposed by the Newman and Carnegie reports. (JT)

Describes the Small Grants Award program developed by the North Country School Study Council and the Central New York School Study Council to help finance innovative projects proposed by teachers. (JG)

Highlights of a conference--"Designing Diversity '75," the Second National Conference on Open Learning and Nontraditional Study. Reviews the ideas, options, and trends that emerged, focusing on serving adult learners through technology-based learning systems. (Author/MLF)

Author reviewed the criticism of Professor Ralph Miller, who criticized the author's report on the use of alternative schools in Canada. (RK)

Granting freedom to another person to choose his goals and learn in his own way is a difficult and risky process. Here a teacher of French gives an honest and personal account of several years of struggle on her own part toward taking that risk. (Editor)

Article presented a long-range account of work which was done to stimulate self-directed change in the educational system operated by the Immaculate Heart Community, in Los Angeles and other towns. (Author/RK)

Discusses the proposals of some American educational authorities who favor smaller, more diverse high schools with greater emphasis on action learning, career education, and alternative educational programs. (JG)

This is a brief review of the development of the external degree program in New York State and in England. The author suggests that American universities may wish to consider the external degree as a device for taking higher education out to new markets. (Editor)