Addresses the reasons for students' lack of interest in the physical sciences. Proceeds with a discussion of the criticisms of scientific knowledge in an attempt to explain the decline of interest in science education and highlights the implications for the science curriculum. Identifies four models of science education that may encourage…

Considers the changing academic education landscape in light of the technology-driven Internet. Topics include alternative educational opportunities, including part-time and distance learning; additional education needed by employed workers; new competitors, including corporate universities; using technology to integrate education, work, and…

Summarizes proceedings of a 1-day seminar co-sponsored by NAMTA and Taliesin West, home of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Discusses authentic progress in educational practices such as those of Maria Montessori and Wright, whose innovative legacies became traditions within their fields. Concludes that innovation comes when founding…

Investigates how groups of teachers in the United States and Russia conceptualize global education and the role of an integrated curriculum within it. Addresses the various teaching practices that evolve from the teachers' understanding of global education and integrating the curriculum and the effect their ideas have on school reform. (CMK)

Relates the origin of the Russian regional education program entitled the "Program for the Development of the System of Education of Novgorod Oblast 1996-2000" outlining the stages, content, and principles of the program's creation. Focuses on municipal educational institutions and individualization of instruction. (CMK)

In France, the democratization of access to higher education has allowed young people from various social classes to attend college. However, institutions of higher learning have had to make financial, organizational, and pedagogical adaptations to mass schooling. Students have varied living conditions and must tackle autonomy and initiative…

Describes how a group of teachers sought to overcome the difficulties of major innovation by working with a change agent to critique their current practice, devise a more authentic science for school science, and implement their ideas. Contains 36 references. (DDR)

Presents a study that uses a quasi-ethnographic methodology employing impressionistic tales of the field to explore constraints and successes encountered by teachers while implementing innovative teaching approaches in middle school classrooms. A new middle school structure blended elementary and secondary school cultures. Presents three tales…

Results of this study suggest that simulation-role-play allows students to demonstrate their understanding, explore their views, and develop deeper understanding of phenomena. The technique was especially beneficial to students who prefer learning kinesthetically. Suggests a strategy for using analogical analysis in simulation-role-play. Contains…

Seventy peer-reviewed reports on innovative approaches to medical education are presented. Four groups of reports are organized around criteria based on the Association of American Medical Schools' Medical School Objectives Project (MSOP), which defines four desirable physician attributes: that physicians must be altruistic, knowledgeable,…

Library media staff at Western High School (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) established a library media center without walls and an information hub without limits. This article describes the planning, funding, wiring, equipping, programming, managing, and benefits of the $624,500 network. (PEN)

Investigated how a program that established cohort groups in which students moved together through their educational experiences affected student teachers. Student surveys and focus groups indicated that at first, students were concerned about their own welfare. As they progressed through the program, they better understood their place in the…

Addresses: (1) distance learning as a strategy for educational access; (2) nontraditional students as traditional distance learners; (3) asynchronous distance learning; (4) synchronous distance learning; (5) access as a necessary but insufficient measure of opportunity; (6) using technology wisely and well; (7) eclectic learning opportunities for…

Explores the condition of civics education in Thailand describing the history of Thai civics education within four major periods. Identifies innovative practices in Thai civics education, which are evident in educational policies, curriculum, teaching and learning, measurement and evaluation, and research into civics education. (CMK)

This article presents an agenda for educational change that identifies core issues in early childhood inclusion as well as the mechanisms and strategies to address those issues at the systems, program development, and research levels. Recommendations include development and dissemination of effective practices and evidence-based guidelines.…