The article analyzes global trends in the development of teacher education with the aim to improve the education system in Ukraine and presents a comparative and pedagogical study on the concepts of teacher education development in Europe, in particular Great Britain and Germany. It was found that conceptual and methodological fundamentals of…

Although ideas about digital media and learning have become an important area for educational research, little attention has been given to the practical and conceptual implications for the school curriculum. In this book, Ben Williamson examines a series of contemporary curriculum innovations in the United States, Great Britain, and Australia that…

These publications represent a small sampling of the available sources of information on open education. Books, articles, compilations, and sources of information are all cited. (JB)

A discussion of an Open School which would provide a range of courses for the 16-19 age group through an integrated combination of methods and media, with its own examination system linked to the examination structures of secondary, further, and higher education. (Author)

Defines open and distance learning; reviews the impact of such British programs as the Open University, Open Tech Initiative, Open College, Open Polytechnic, National Extension College, Open College of the Arts, and Open School. (SK)

This study attempted to provide an analytic basis for an operational definition of open education. The basic aims were 1) to define some of the essential pedagogical features of open education; 2) to develop explicit, concrete indicators for each feature; 3) to check the validity of the indicators with the major writings on the subject and with…

Evaluates Open University in Great Britain which has 40,000 students involved in correspondence courses. (DS)

Summary of an American educational psychologist's reflections on British primary schools and his views on cooperative teaching'' and open schools''. (SP)

A presentation of the pros and cons concerning access television in Great Britain. (HB)

The author of this informal critique of the British Open School spent the 1972-73 academic year as a teacher in London's Battersea School as part of an exchange program in which six British open school teachers exchanged places with six teachers from British Columbia, Canada. After a brief description of the daily and weekly program at Battersea…

This document reports the impressions of members of the Educational Leadership Seminar concerning education in Great Britain. Articles cover education in England (decisionmaking), the National Union of Teachers, community schools in England, the Schools Council for curriculum and examinations, the College of Further Education, the British…

The instructional system used by the Open University in Great Britain is discussed. This paper describes the system's characteristics and the major learning resources available to Open University students, and indicates how the course units in particular have been developed. The integration of these resources into an instructional system providing…

The first precept of open learning--courses are open to all--does not apply in psychiatric settings. However, such an approach enables patients to study a wider range of subjects and promotes autonomy, independence, and self-esteem. The value of open learning in closed institutions must be measured by other criteria than achievement of credentials…

Herein are discussed the reactions of visitors to the Oxfordshire schools; the new elements common to education in all the Oxfordshire schools, including vertical grouping, "unstreaming," open education, the integrated day, and the integrated curriculum; the role of the teachers in Oxfordshire's primary schools; the role of various…