Results of this study indicate that administrators and teachers seem to be saying that university-based consultants are better at writing about elementary school change than they are at working in the field to implement change. (IRT)

Self-determined change on the part of teachers and the administrative policies supporting such educational innovations are outlined and discussed. Chief among the policies are encouragement of innovation, cooperation, and a willingness to negotiate content and process. (JMF)

Change theory endorses a set of normative role prescriptions determining how the participants in curriculum change should be viewed. (JN)

Advances in technology have encouraged educators to devise ways to make the educational experience more efficient and productive. The computer is a dynamic new tool for developing a range of cognitive skills. (JN)

The relationship between inservice education and educational change in a large comprehensive secondary school is examined. Teachers contrasted inservice education with other professional activities and assessed the usefulness of each in the development of the school's curriculum. (Author/JN)

A truly balanced institution of liberal learning requires that socially useful information be broadly defined in order to safeguard academic freedom and foster the goals of a social democracy. (CJ)

The author asserts that effective teachers are far more critical to school effectiveness than innovations in school organization, facilities, or curriculum. He reviews some studies on the characteristics of effective teachers to suggest criteria for identifying and evaluating effective teachers. He urges schools to invest in teacher proficiency.…

Many of the curricular reforms of the last decades merit continuation, it is argued, even if formal evaluations are difficult to establish. Self-regulation through internal audits and consultant review are seen as safeguards for the quality of innovative programs. (Author/MLW)

Describes the contributions of Anna Botsford Comstock to the development of elementary-school science. She played a major role as one of the developers of the nature-study program for children at Cornell University. Her biography and a list of her publications are also included. (HM)

An approach to the problem of acceptance of innovations based on decision theory is outlined using illustrations drawn from educational contexts. The practical implications of this approach are indicated in relation to codifying or programing innovative decisions, training decision makers, and implementing innovative projects. (Author/KC)

Comparison of surveys in 1964 and 1976 reveal changes brought about by the growth of numbers of students and faculty, the invention of polytechnics, and the displacement of Oxford and Cambridge from dominant positions in the system. A limited amount of innovation is expected to accompany these changes. (JMF)

To facilitate research on the processes of innovation and change in higher education, a conceptual distinction is drawn between broad processes of organizational change and specific process of change and innovation. A typology of four research frameworks for innovation is presented and illustrated through exemplary studies. (Author/MH)

Professor Donald C. Orlich of Washington State University charges that, with few exceptions, the hundreds of research and development projects funded by the federal government since 1953 have brought no significant improvement in instruction. He is especially critical of the Experimental Schools Program. (Author/SJL)

Reviews the need for pairing computer and videodisc technology to represent and organize complex information and to provide learners with more powerful tools for learning and problem solving. Both the instructional applications and economics of intelligent videodisc are noted, as is the effort of the National Science Foundation to support such…

Maryland's implementation of a career education program which resulted in its participation in a national project (conducted in 1971) are discussed. The State's major achievements in career education, including innovative career education activities and programs, are also outlined. (TA)