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Peer reviewedLovelace, Valeria – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1990
Describes research and development work done by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) for "Sesame Street." Cooperation between producers and researchers is discussed; three mechanisms used to explore new topics and learn more about preschool children are explained; and a case study is presented of how a new geography curriculum was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childrens Television, Cooperation, Curriculum Development
Levin, Robert A. – 1990
Case studies of two laboratory shools, one operated by the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania--Falk Elementary) and one by Keene State College (New Hampshire--Wheelock Elementary), revealed three categories of problems that have made the university/laboratory school alliance an unfulfilled one. The first set of problems relates to the lab…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Educational History, Educational Research
Download full textPaulston, Rolland G.; Rippberger, Susan – 1990
This study examines a Nicaraguan educational reform movement, initiated at universities located in Managua and Leon, which sought to promote social and economic change and the practical use of the natural sciences at the undergraduate college level. The study identifies major stakeholders in these science reform efforts and their diverse…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Economic Change, Foreign Countries
Bie, Karen Nossum – 1981
The establishment and development of the University of Tromso in Northern Norway are discussed. This case study is one of 10 undertaken as part of a project conducted by the Institute of Education of the European Cultural Foundation to compare higher education reforms that were introduced during the 1960s or early 1970s in various European…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Case Studies, College Role, Comparative Education
Musgrave, P. W. – 1992
The interaction of a university and the society is described in a case study of the system of public examinations of Melbourne University in Victoria (Australia). The initial desire to guarantee the academic standards of college entrants grew into a system that also provided school leaving certificates for those not entering the university. Over a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Case Studies, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
Candy, Philip C., Ed.; Laurent, John, Ed. – 1994
This book contains the following papers about the history and role of Australia's mechanics' institutes and schools of arts: "'The Light of Heaven Itself': The Contribution of the Institutes to Australia's Cultural History" (Candy); "Dispelling 'the Stagnant Waters of Ignorance': The Early Institutes in Context" (Webby);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Coordination, Cultural Context
Powell, Arthur G. – 1980
A case study of Harvard University is presented that documents the development of education as a subject and an occupation. The university's experience since education was first taught as a subject matter in 1891 brings to light the larger issues of whether education is a proper university subject, what educational roles are most important,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Articulation (Education), Case Studies, College Curriculum
