This preliminary directory represents the offerings of 45 software suppliers and information about instructional software currently available for three microcomputers widely used in schools. It is geared towards a wide variety of users including school planners contemplating microcomputer acquisition, teachers planning courses and curricula, media…

This study examined the impact that the training in and the experience of using an innovative instructional program had on the practices and attitudes of teachers who were no longer in the supportive setting. Three years after two innovative Title I programs--Free Learning Program (based on the Bank Street Model), and Primary Education…

This publication consists of 16 papers originally prepared for a 1974 conference which was jointly sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the University of Virginia. The individual papers include "Scene and Context: American Society Today,""Problems and Issues of Staff…

The purposes of this study were to assess staff perceptions of desirability and level of implementation of Individually Guided Education (IGE)/Secondary Schooling in four high schools implementing programs similar to IGE and to identify factors enhancing or impeding implementation of these programs. Theoretical foundations of the study included…

Training techniques available for school counselors which can be utilized in working with regular classroom teachers, special education teachers, placement committee staffings and in the liaison role currently emerging are described. The materials presented address the following areas of concern: (1) recent trends in special education programming,…

THIS STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH DETERMINING WHETHER CERTAIN SELECTED VALUES AND CHARACTERISTICS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS AS OPPOSED TO NON-INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS. VALUES AND CHARACTERISTICS WERE EXAMINED IN RELATION TO THREE CATEGORIES--INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, FACULTY-ADMINISTRATION-BOARD RELATIONS, AND MOTIVATIONAL ASPECTS. A…

A leadership development seminar for State Directors of Vocational Education was held in Columbus, Ohio on August 6-9, 1968 to provide inservice training for stronger and more effective vocational programs in each state. Each State Director was asked to contribute a one-page report of some special program activity or new innovation to share with…

This Stufflebeam-Guba CIPP type model for the evaluation of innovations in education attempts to maximize the effectiveness of critical decisions through the timely reporting of relevant information in a useful form to appropirate levels of decision making. Evaluation is thus seen as the combination of effective decisions based on timely, relevant…

The Center for Study of Educational Innovations (CSEI), University of Massachusetts, through working relationships with different types of field testing schools, will experiment with research, development, and implementation in four areas: institutional structures, curriculum development, instructional strategies, and teacher education. High…

THE IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING READING TEACHERS OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TEACHER EDUCATION RELEVANT TO READING INSTRUCTION, THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS, AND EVOLVING IDEAS ABOUT READING INSTRUCTION ARE EXAMINED. BRIEFLY DESCRIBED ARE MICRO TEACHING, VIDEO-TAPING, TIME-LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY, CLINICAL TEACHING…

Based upon selected findings of a case study of an elementary school which attempted to implement a major organizational innovation--the redefinition of the teacher's role in an individualized instructional program--factors were identified that help to explain why implementation efforts fail. The laboratory school, with a positive climate for…

The future development of the middle school depends on its continued commitment to the social value of a differentiated early adolescent education and on its adoption of innovations aimed at the institutional integration of its values with a changing society. Flexibility of programs and self-concept development of adolescents are key middle school…

In response to increasing student enrollments, expanding knowledge, and other pressures, some colleges and universities are spending their own funds to establish educational development programs that will improve the quality of instruction. A study of ongoing programs was conducted to analyze new educational techniques, determine how they affect…

To gain some insight and understanding of the opinion leadership phenomenon as an element of a change strategy for agricultural education, a means of identifying and investigating the personal and social characteristics of teachers identified as opinion leaders was developed. Chi square, "t" test, and Spearman's rank order correlation…

A nationwide study of 20 outstanding student services programs examined the techniques and features of positive, progressive, and innovative programs in small and large school systems. Reviews and previews of pupil services indicate the broadening of school programs into community service and preventative mental health programs. Personnel in…