A project was developed involving a state organization of teachers and teams of teachers in local school systems to demonstrate how selected teaching practices could be disseminated to interested teachers. The state organization provided the organizing link among the different school systems and established criteria. The members of the area teams…

A study conducted at eleven midwestern universities investigated the appropriateness of direct action as a means of changing university policies. Interviewed subjects (six) voiced their opinions about student use of direct action tactics to initiate change in three broad areas: (1) academic issues, (2) personal and social conduct issues and, (3)…

Following a consideration of the middle school and the educational concepts involved, profiles are presented of eleven middle schools designed with a sense of innovation, adaptability, and matching institutions to the needs and potentials of children. Some of the schools are wholly committed to innovation from team teaching to ultimate…

This brochure describes the development and operations of a supplementary educational center in downtown Cleveland. The facility used had formerly been a warehouse. The center offers the school children of Cleveland new and varied educational experiences not available in the neighborhood school. Objectives and programs are discussed as are floor…

Simulation is another item in the teacher's bag of instructional tools. It is essentially a motivational device and must not be confused with role-playing. In simulation the individual plays himself in a situation, whereas in role-playing he performs what he interprets to be the demands of the role. There are many criticisms of the use of…

Some educators, at crucial points in the educational program, ignore innovation and too easily conform to standard educational patterns. To overcome this inertia, dissemination of improved ideas is necessary. Training should include administrators and school principals. To develop quality programs in the schools, research and development should…

This paper outlines several schemes for developing quality private schools for inner city students. The basic assumption justifying the proposal that such schools be independently managed is that the urban public school systems have patently failed to educate poor children. Therefore, a new national network of independent schools should be…

This report reviews some of the more important educational innovations that have transformed the arrangement of space and design of the schoolhouse environment. Design, structural, and functional features are described for open plan schools (schools without interior walls). Consideration is given to the use of performance specifications in the…

The Wabash Valley Supplementary Educational Center, the organization and activities of which are described in this report, is one of several multidistrict, multifunctional supplementary centers in the state of Indiana. Unique in that a university has contracted its operation, the Center has a two-fold purpose: (1) to provide educational services…

The world of 2000 A.D. is considered in terms of important educational implications. Many ideas are presented serving as a basis for study regarding purposes, programs, and commitments for all future educational institutions. The contributors presented significant insights into the relationship of community to educational planning, characteristics…

This document proposes that an Institute of Health Sciences be established as a new unit of the City University of New York (CUNY) within the framework of Hunter College in cooperation with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The Institute's bachelors and masters programs would prepare professionals to work with physicians on health teams. The…

The ten elementary teacher education models have been summarized to fulfill a two-fold purpose: to provide information about the models to a broad audience of educators and citizens concerned with teacher preparation, and to provide a basis for comparing and contrasting new approaches to the preparation of elementary school personnel. The…

This state-of-the art paper summarizes the history of microteaching's development and its rationale, the many uses of microteaching, and the research evidence on microteaching--a training procedure which has become an established element in the programs of many colleges, universities, and school districts in the education of various groups of…

This book is a description of a summer institute of the Technology for Children Project which was designed to help teachers combine technological activities with regular academic lessons for children in grades K-6. Included are: (1) the three institute goals which were to orient elementary classroom teachers, to develop guidelines for…

In May 1966, the Bureau of Adult Education, California State Department of Education, conducted a questionnaire survey on accepted program practices and on attitudes of administrators of school district programs toward innovative practices in instruction for non English speaking, Spanish surname adults. Of 366 program administrators queried, 191…