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ERIC Number: ED015139
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1967
Pages: 43
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DIMENSIONS OF CHANGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION, CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION (3D, BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK, JANUARY 25-28, 1967). CONFERENCE SUMMARY.
PORTER, LAWRENCE C.
REPORTED ARE THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF FOUR CONFERENCES ON INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION. HELD AT BARD COLLEGE ON JANUARY 25-28, 1967, THE CONFERENCE INVOLVED REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEN COLLEGES. THE LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS DEALT WITH THE TOPICS (1) SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENTERPRISE, (2) THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE IN LABORATORIES AND CLASSROOMS, (3) THE PREDICTION OF SCIENTIFIC TALENT, (4) A NEW APPROACH--THE INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE THROUGH ECOLOGY, (5) FACULTY COLLABORATION IN SCIENCE INSTRUCTION, AND (6) NEW APPROACHES TO THE LOGISTICS OF STAFFING AND "STUDENTING" SCIENCE. ALSO REPORTED WERE THE PROCEEDINGS OF WORKSHOPS IN THE AREAS OF (1) INDEPENDENT, EXPERIMENTAL WORK FOR FRESHMEN IN SCIENCE, (2) SCIENCE MAJORS IN A SMALL COLLEGE WITHIN A LARGE UNIVERSITY, (3) DEVELOPING A SCIENCE COURSE FOR NON-MAJORS WHICH HAS SCIENTIFIC AND HUMANISTIC VALIDITY, AND (4) WHERE AND HOW TO START BEGINNING STUDENTS TO BETTER MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND DESIRES. THE TITLES OF THE OTHER CONFERENCES OF THIS SERIES LISTED IN THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER ARE (1) "DIMENSIONS OF CHANGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION," (2) "NEW PATTERNS IN THE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES," AND (3) "CLIMATES OF LEARNING AND THE INNOVATIVE PROCESS." A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR ADDRESSES IS INCLUDED. (DS)
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Authoring Institution: Union for Research and Experimentation in Higher Education, Yellow Springs, OH.
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