Innovation in elementary education is the theme of a five-year program developed by 23 European nations which is described in this paper. The project began with a conference held in Liechtenstein in 1982 which confirmed the importance of broadening the primary school curriculum beyond simply teaching the basics to include understanding other…

Two worldwide challenges seem very important for the future of adult education. The first is the challenge that comes from the worldwide tension between ideas of personal freedom and variety on the one hand and social equity and unity on the other. Adult education is challenged worldwide to help people to make a responsible use of their freedom.…

The Foundry Industry Training Committee has encouraged the foundry industry in developing systematic manpower training and development programs at all levels. Features developed include competitions as a technique of standard setting, recommendations for technician training, and a widely used manpower information system. (MW)

The merging of the concept of education into a worldwide pattern of lifelong learning is reviewed and implications explored in the areas of needs, costs, organizational aspects, directions for research, and elements for strategies. Summarized reports are presented of the experiences of Peru, Cuba, and Algeria with continuing education programs.…

This paper defines faculty development (FD), organization development (OD), and instructional development (ID), and discusses the interrelationships between them in effecting change in an institution of higher education. FD and OD provide the individual and organizational readiness necessary for adoption of an innovation, while ID focuses on the…

A study of the federal role in the advancement of lifelong learning focused on the probable impact of a federally supported lifelong learning system and the existing educational system on one another. The conditions and parameters of the following claim were examined: any lifelong learning enterprise initially funded by the federal government…

The researchers compared the perceptions of school climate of teachers participating in individually guided education programs (IGE) with those of non-IGE teachers. The subjects were 127 elementary school teachers from three upper-midwest suburban school districts. The subjects were members of the faculties of 16 elementary schools engaged in an…

This is the final report on a project designed to determine the feasibility of implementing FRAND, a computer-assisted instructional program (CAI) as part of regular grade ten French instruction. The program, as designed at the University of Alberta, was used to teach beginning French students to read and write in the target language. The program…

This is the first number of a series devoted to the analysis of critical issues facing institutions, systems, and other organizations serving the learning needs of a variety of new learners by nontraditional methods and means. Four essays are included: assessing adult learning needs (I. Bruce Hamilton); synthesizing needs and resources (Patrick M.…

An urban school reform strategy which stresses the development of local capacities for problem solving is described in this paper. The context which gave rise to this conceptualization of reform is analyzed and some difficulties with the conceptualization are discussed. Difficulties include ambiguities about the boundaries of "local,"…

This absentee program project funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 was evaluated for the New York City Board of Education. Four Brooklyn high schools participated in the program. Selected students were two grades or more retarded in reading and mathematics as indicated by their standardized test scores. They…

This paper investigates the impact of school structure and culture on the implementation of planned change. In addition to simply locating effective predictors of implementation, an attempt is made to examine the relative impact of variables associated with two theoretical perspectives--social psychology (school culture) and sociological (school…

A recent U.S. Office of Education-sponsored study of the overall impact of educational innovation, the Longitudinal Study of Educational Practices (Project LONGSTEP), showed that student achievement was not related to emphasis on innovation in any substantial or consistently positive way. These findings have been mistakenly interpreted by some as…

The problems confronting educators attempting to develop and implement competency based education (CBE) programs at the secondary and post secondary levels are indeed challenging. There is no uniformity with regard to key elements in competency based programs, such as educational goals, curriculum, institutional environment, pedagogical…

The effects are examined of an innovative experience on the classroom practices of teachers who have implemented an individualized instructional model in an externally supported program and are currently teaching in regular public school classrooms where the model is not supported. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and…