In March 1968, it was resolved by 18 persons knowledgeable in education, training, and health-care practices in discussion with staff members of the Division of Medical Sciences, that: (1) situations peculiar to the military should be studied, (2) the possibility of simulating such situations in nonmilitary settings should be explored, and (3)…

The institution called the "junior high" was established in response to an accumulation of dissatisfaction with the education and with the socialization of the age group termed the "middle child", children in the 11th or 12th year through the 14th year. However, serious rethinking of the entire 7-12 sequence now needs to be undertaken. Studies are…

The problem of this study was to assess the characteristics of innovations that were perceived by two samples of potential adopters of social studies innovations. The purpose was to determine if those perceptions were related to the potential adopters' attitudes toward the innovations and to adoption of innovations, and if relative advantage,…

An overview is offered of the Plan for Arizona's Career Education, a 10-year career education program developed by the Arizona State Board of Education. The handbook includes a definition of career education, the elements of career education, program organization, teacher support, impact on counseling, a description of the Arizona Clearinghouse in…

A foremost author on the subject of the British primary school movement addresses himself to teachers, parents, administrators, school board members, and to the general public outside Great Britain--to all those with a mind open to the possibility of change but with a strong determination not to change unless good cause can be shown for it. He…

The Cooperative Urban Teacher Education (CUTE) Project was initiated in 1967 by the Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) to design an intensive, field-oriented undergraduate program to prepare effective teachers for inner-city schools. The results is a 16-week program which is conducted during the student teaching semester and…

The use of instructional television (ITV) as part of an educational reform in grades 7, 8 and 9 El Salvador had a positive effect upon learning. This was achieved despite inequities in cognitive skills related to student background factors and inequities in resource distribution. In selected schools, 75% of the variance in cognitive skills in…

A questionnaire was designed to elicit the views of British headteachers in terms of their roles as relatively autonomous heads of primary schools. A survey of the literature dealing with informal education, official documents, and to a lesser extent, the observations made by the researcher in the course of this study, were used as secondary…

Focusing on innovation and experimentation in the language arts, K-16, the articles in this volume of "The English Record" include: "Meeting Our Enemies: Career Education and the Humanities" by S. P. Marland, Jr.; "Hope for Research in English Education" by James Squire; "New York State and Certification by Competency" by Vincent Gazzetta;…

This document summarizes the results of a study which surveyed the vocational curricula of twenty public secondary schools in three Louisiana parishes. The primary purpose of the study was to examine the business, distributive education, and shop curriculums to determine if innovations in course offerings, course context, and instructional methods…

The ultimate purpose of curriculum planning is to arrange an array of stimuli or opportunities to extend or modify the knowledge, skills, or attitudes of identifiable learners. A curriculum might be defined, then, as a set of intended learnings. Three kinds of decisionmaking realms and three corresponding perspectives for inquiry make up the…

In order to realize the goal of full opportunity that open admissions implies and to meet the needs of new types of students, we must restructure our educational institutions to meet the needs of individuals. Factors underlying the need to restructure are: (1) analysis of results of credit by examination shows that no particular method of college…

The content of this newsletter is divided into two sections. The first section contains an article based on general information of common interest to all members of the Council of Europe; the second contains contributions from individual members of the Council of Europe in relation to the educational policies of their countries. The general…

A report to describe the status of a special education program is presented. The program provides special instruction and services for students in the six schools of Troy, Alabama. Participating students receive instruction in home economics and shop and take part in a sheltered job program. The thesis of the program was that all children have…

Fifty-four approaches identify ways by which students can learn, methods for teachers to employ, and approaches to a sequence of studies. A statement of philosophy notes the book's goal of providing a transition from individualized instruction to personalized instruction. The purpose, needs, philosophy and objectives of the open studies program…