New approaches to materials use in school shops, developed by a British design and craft education project, place skills in a meaningful social context. Students' work has been redefined; they contract-in to decision-making areas: work, home, leisure, and community. Teachers develop sensitivity to the pupil's consciousness. (Author/AJ)

In this reorganized and revitalized master's program, traditional admission requirements have become more open, and learning is not by blanket prescription but on the basis of individual needs. (Author)

A discussion of the centrality of the need for and a commitment to the concept of heterogeneous grouping as the basis for open educational alternatives, aimed at supporting each and every child's development by valuing his educability, potentiality, and the positive connotations of difference. (EH)

The author describes a junior high school interdisciplinary Canadian studies course. Class projects encompassing Indian culture, French-Canadian culture, English-Canadian culture, and regional and ethnic cultures are examined. (DE)

A review of a decade of development of educational technology: audio-visual aids, communication media and the systems approach to learning. (CK)

The author discusses the tradition of educational innovation and contemporary trends in the United States. Emphasis is placed on the innovation of alternating periods of classroom learning and paid work experience related to the student's field of study. The advantages of cooperative education to both the university and community are explored. (DE)

An overview of the ways nontraditional education uses alternative content, instructional procedures, locations, technical aids, and assessment to meet the needs of both old and new students. (Editor)

A course is described which altered the traditional physician-dominated teaching pattern and allowed nurses to help teach potential physicians. Provided by staff nurses from various agencies and a university school of nursing, "Introduction to Nursing" for first-year medical students taught patient care from a nurse's perspective. (Author/AJ)

The Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning (CAEL) project is committed to developing assessment for both sponsored and nonsponsored experiential learning. The article concentrates on the priority area of assessing the learning outcomes of the world of work and discusses the development of a revised taxonomy and its diagnostic…

Media instruction should not be restricted to professional curricula at universities. Community colleges should deal with film, television, and the visual literacies in ways that facilitate their utilization by the individual and the community. They should also prepare students for future jobs in the communications field. (DC)

The emergence of the "polyvalent" secondary school in Quebec Province is examined with approval in the article. Choice for the student is offered in four broad areas: languages, sciences, art, and technical courses. The schools offer a well-rounded education to all youths, not just to an elite. (Author/AJ)

The Center for Educational Leadership was established in New York City in 1984 to meet the objective of institutionalizing the effective leadership and staff development practices necessary to sustain school improvement. It is a catalyst and a facilitator which enables educational leaders to apply their instructional and management expertise…

This study traces the introduction of microcomputers in two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school in San Diego County, California. To determine whether or not the process of introducing microcomputers in education includes the necessary elements for change outlined by S. Saranson--i.e., a positive concept of the change,…