Experiments have been conducted in Canada to determine whether the suggestopedic method is adaptable to the North American situation. Courses developed for teaching French and English closely followed the Bulgarian model. An approach was developed which sought to meet the needs of students of varying degrees of language proficiency. A symposium…

The stringent economic circumstances in which the whole education service operated during the reporting year dominated the policy direction and actions of the Council, which views the financial restrictions as a challenge that educational technology can help to meet. Included in this annual report are: (1) a review of the year's activities; (2) a…

This booklet cites evidence indicating that intelligence can be trained, given a physiologically normal student and an intensely persistant tutor. Methodologies for increasing mental efficiency have in common the principle of coordination of physical and mental processes, whether achieved by simple relaxation training, brain polarization, or…

The 15 museums featured demonstrate the convergence of two ideas--the development of new kinds of museum experience, especially for the young, and the ongoing search for significant out-of-school educational opportunities. These museums provide students with educational experiences typically not possible within the schoolhouse. The purpose of…

Suggested innovations in the Unesco Associated School Program are described in this report. Fourteen member states participated in the conference in order to improve international understanding and school-community relationships by suggesting innovations in the organizational structure, curriculum content, and teaching methods of the schools. Two…

Examined were the purposes and problems, as well as the present status and trends, of pre-school educational evaluation in seven European countries; Belgium, France, Germany (Federal Republic), Netherlands, Scandanavia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. These analysis required that national surveys be written which would first give brief…

The report on the implications of social changes in the United States for vocational education personnel contains five recommendations aimed at helping vocational education personnel at all educational and administrative levels in the various States to better maintain, enhance, and adjust their services to target populations within the changing…

The primary objective of this study is to aid policy makers - state and federal officials, accreditation officials, and university administrators - in making decisions concerning the regulation of postsecondary external degree programs. The purpose of this project is to identify the legal and regulatory issues that the operation of these programs…

In journal format, the author's reactions to a sabbatical year tour of educational television installations around the world and in the United States are recorded. Visits to Hawaii, Samoa, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore are described. In part 2, similar visits to school systems in California, Arizona, Illinois,…

This issue of the SSEC newsletter focuses upon descriptions of new curriculum materials, announcements of interesting research efforts, and progress reports on SSEC projects. Included in this issue are: (1) summary of proceedings at the SSEC Annual Invitation Conference; (2) description of the Biomedical Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project in…

Planning Program Budgeting Systems (PPBS) rest on the assumption that decision-making and resource allocation can be managed more efficiently when information about educational processes is collected uniformly and aggregated systematically. The School Planning Evaluation and Communication System (SPECS) conforms to this conception of PPBS as a…

The 1966 Master Plan of the State University of New York decreed the establishment of the State University College of Old Westbury. This new college was to be known as the "experimental" college of S.U.N.Y. The goals expressed by this new college are exciting, inspiring, and due to the system which promulgated them, inherently…

The computer-centered, interdisciplinary learning environment called Soloworks at the University of Pittsburgh is described and placed in the perspective of continuing curriclulm change. The organization of the hardware into computer lab, dynamics lab, synthesis lab, modeling/simulation lab and logical design lab is explained. Teaching/learning…

Though most technological advances are triggered by the initiative of the military and business sectors, if educators can overcome their aversion to technology, some recent technological developments can easily be adapted for use in the educational sector. For example, an experimental color television camera developed recently is no larger than a…

This document presents a plan for a new district-wide college, the New Dimensions College, which would incorporate a wide range of external, nontraditional programs, moving such concepts out of the realm of experimentation and into the realm of active application. The total approach presented here would have the entire Los Angeles Community…