Comments on educational reforms instituted at a Brooklyn high school including flexible modular scheduling, cyclical programing learning for mastery, and independent study. (JF)

Description of Vermont Academy's field study program in Jersey City, involving inner city scholarship students and regular (middle class) students working together on urban studies. (JB)

The Chancellor of the California State Colleges calls for such innovations as achievement-based degrees, greater flexibility in terms of length of courses and requirements, student responsibility for independent study, and credit for work and life experience. (JM)

Results of evaluative studies indicate that learning by independent study does not compare favorably with results of the usual lecture-discussion techniques. (IR)

Material in research and writing skills was integrated into departmental curricula in a Polish university. The intent was to develop students' skills in analyzing the content, reasoning, and forms of technical literature, and simultaneously practice planning written assignments, defining terms, organizing bibliographies, and using footnotes…

Paper consists of two parts: (1) postgraduate distance studies at university level in technical college pedagogics, in which technical college teachers are qualified as creative personalities and undertake academic work aimed at distance education of a high value; and (2) research of the participants concerning distance education at technical…

School should provide students with balance in the curriculum, intellectual independence, formulation of problems, cultivation of sensibilities, affection for subject matter, critical thinking, and excellence in teaching. (MLF)

The acceptability and effectiveness of a professional continuing education course using independent study of professional journal articles to fulfill mandatory continuing education requirements is examined. Results show the course to be a satisfactory method of independent study and acceptable to pharmacists of all practices, experience, or…

An elementary school was used in a case study for a directed room program in order to exemplify an individualized, self-guiding curriculum with a hierarchy of instructional objectives. The individualized curriculum was designed to shift the responsibility for learning from the teacher to the student. (JN)

Proposes three concerns for an effective professional development program. First, both the institution's and individual's goals must be incorporated. Second, the program design should be grounded in adult development theory. Finally, implementation strategies must capitalize on the adult staff member as a self-directed learner. (Author/RC)