A master program to manage instruction and generate the necessary control cards was designed to both teach thinking skills and assist the teacher in assessing the student's thought processes. Twelve references are cited. (MER)

Learn and Shop, a concept of offering university credit courses by university faculty in shopping centers which was developed by Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, is described. The Learn and Shop curriculum permits individuals to earn a two-year associate degree in liberal arts entirely at shopping centers. (MLW)

Adventure playgrounds provide children with an area free from the imposition of adult values and social competition--a crucial necessity in a healthful maturation process. (LH)

Urges educational institutions to find more ways to break out of the traditional lines of learning; e.g., by increasing their flexibility, providing alternative learning formats, and meeting nontraditional, educational needs for lifelong learning. (AYC)

This graduate course in educational trends was designed to provide an overview of educational developments through an interdisciplinary approach to curriculum innovations. (MM)

Reviews trends in the teaching of grammar and composition and the impact of the Dartmouth Conference and the "New English" on the teaching of composition. (DD)

Core and other "soft" programs are vulnerable in the current educational and financial climate. Evaluation, communication, and involvement can help save them. (Author/MLF)

Briefly reviews the past ten years of activities of the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, whose goals focus on experimentation in teaching and learning, the exchange of results in these areas, and the evaluation of innovative practices on students and the community. (MB)

Encouraging children to develop their imagination through using poetic imagery and pantomime widens and enriches their view of the world. (JD)

With enrollments declining, budgets shrinking, and teachers scrambling for jobs, schools are finding that one-, two-, three- and four-year-olds are a potential market that's been overlooked. (Author)

A study of 508 secondary teachers of biology, physics, chemistry, earth science, or life science shows that teachers who use new curricula have more favorable attitudes toward inquiry strategies and that years of experience in using new programs is positively related to more favorable attitudes toward inquiry strategies. (MLH)

Described is a program created by the Shanghai Medical College to combine correspondence education in medical science with public health reform in rural areas and to associate the revolution in education with the revolution in health work. (Author/DB)

A cruise ship converted into a college took students to many foreign countries giving them the opportunity to study other cultures, politics, mores, and histories through their own observations and experiences under the guidance of teachers using a planned curriculum. (JD)

Each of the five decisions discussed relates to curricular change that will influence the administration and supervision of business and office education. Distinctions between vocational and general education and between vocational and prevocational education are among topics discussed. Educators are urged to be innovative in implementing…

New concepts of adult education underlie the development of recurrent education programs as one type of nonformal or out-of-school learning. (LBH)