"Short-cycle higher education," an adaptation of the community college idea in foreign countries, refers to postsecondary institutions which concentrate on middle-level manpower training. This article poses several questions "short-cycle" institutions must ask if they are to meet their objectives of articulation, equal…

Described is an attention-getting assignment in a college level developmental psychology course in which students were given a list of 24 library research questions on the first day of class to be completed and discussed on the third day. Student reaction to the assignment is discussed. (Author/DB)

Discusses history teaching strategies which utilize audiovisual documents in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Strategies involve integrating the materials into a lecture course; producing an individual audiovisual program; and providing students an opportunity to interpret documents. (Author/DB)

In answering questions regarding restrictiveness, quality, autonomy, and "fadism" in relation to competency based instruction, the author asserts that much criticism is based on the desire of entrenched educators to retain a shameful status quo. (MB)

The Teacher Year Alternative was a nine-month teacher preparation program conducted by the University of Colorado stressing the processes of self-knowledge and self-use, both developed through: (1) personal-psychological growth experiences, (2) interpersonal skills and sensitivity, (3) socio-cultural awareness, (4) classroom techniques, (5) role…

Data suggest that the rhetoric about how local people can solve their own problems through gifts of relatively unrestricted money is open to question. (Author)

Suggests that innovative programs like career education seem likely to slip into the chasm between extravagant hopes for the natural and informal, and the realities of an increasingly formal and specialized social structure. (Author)

Discusses the development and use of an implementation scale and describes basic characteristics of the instrument. Data seem to indicate that instructional systems are not implemented fully in many schools. (Author/IRT)

The author presents methods and materials to be used in courses on death education at the elementary and secondary level. (HLM)

Of more than 1,500 projects funded through Title III funds in fiscal year 1975, 22 involved development of innovative and exemplary programs for the talented and gifted. This study examines the 22 projects in terms of program model categories, program funding, curriculum organization, and program grade levels. (JG)

The BASIC ID framework of multimodal education provides elementary school personnel with a means for expanding their instructional offerings. By using the BASIC ID as a guide, elementary school teachers can identify neglected instructional areas, implement classroom activities to correct the deficiencies, and increase their impact on the lives of…

Flexible learning has multiple meanings, some of which are more privileged than others. In higher education, flexible learning is conceptualized as efficiency, as the competitive edge, as equity and access, and as information technologies. (SK)

Offers 23 summaries of innovative approaches to medical education, presented in four categories: applications of the World Wide Web, curricular change, geriatrics and gerontology in medical education, and support for medical school faculty. (EV)