Principals are advised to carefully integrate microcomputers into their curricula by formulating basic curricular objectives, identifying and prioritizing content areas giving students the most difficulty, purchasing only software addressing those needs, and developing courseware in-house when necessary. (MJL)

Considers the recent report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education in light of the last great drive toward educational reform (1958-60), with its emphasis on teaching children how to think. One consequence of this was the social upheaval of the sixties, resulting in the reactive "back to basics" trend. (TE)

Programs in applied mathematics have been developed with emphasis on application of mathematics to business, economics, and planning. (SD)

Describes a successful experiment in substituting individual research projects for the traditional term paper in a community college psychology course. Also discusses the factors contributing to educational innovation at a community college. (DC)

Examines the changing ethnic context of educational programs for Swedish Same, or Lapps, and seeks to draw implications for theory and research on education and ethnic-revival processes. (Author/RK)

Schools can achieve humanistic goals, assert these writers, by providing students more options and therby meeting their diverse needs. Showing how widespread the mini-concept is, they report in this article a three-state survey that indicates how principals feel about their programs. (Editor)

Summarizes 18 papers given at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that dealt with innovative instructional methods or theories, including instructional objectives, audiotape-slide programs, and criterion-referenced evaluation. (MLH)

Summarizes 12 papers presented at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that dealt with suggested modifications in the ideas and terminology taught in a variety of chemistry courses. (MLH)

Describes an experimental Perceptual Motor Skills Program being used in Florissant, Missouri, for students in grades K-1. (JG)

A model is described for teaching about death and dying with emphasis on mental health aspects. The author relates personal observations from her experience as a death educator and suggests precautions for individuals organizing thanatology courses for the first time. (AV)

The sample classroom observation checklist enables educators to judge the level of implementation of an innovative program in a classroom and in a school. (IRT)

Education as a major social movement is coming to an end. This book derives its theoretical framework from the ideas of Hegel, who perceived an end to history, and Thomas Kuhn, who theorized that history does not follow a linear path but that the scientific landscape changes through large-scale movements called "paradigm shifts". This book…

This paper describes the results of a study into the conditions that facilitate the implementation of innovations. The following eight conditions that facilitate the implementation of technological and program innovations have been identified: (1) dissatisfaction with the status quo; (2) skills and knowledge; (3) adequate resources; (4) rewards or…

Like most high schools, St. Mary's District High, Tasmania, Australia, has a regular annual orientation day for students in transition from Grade 6 to Grade 7. In 2000, an online element was introduced (by the author) to supplement this process for students moving to Grade 7 in 2001. Elementary classrooms are traditionally child-centered…

This report observes three teachers connected with the Coalition of Essential Schools (based at Brown University) who have begun the work of changing their classroom practices. All are experienced teachers who describe themselves as having been good conventional teachers before becoming involved in the Essential Schools effort. They believe that…