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Smith, Thomas R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Students in this elementary school are much more receptive to learning in their after-lunch classes since the usual lunch-period pattern--lunch followed by play--was reversed so that students play and then eat. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Lunch Programs, Program Descriptions
Ivey, Allen E.; Allen, Dwight W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
Descriptors: Counseling, Educational Innovation, Listening Skills, Microcounseling
Shane, Harold G.; Nelson, Owen N. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Educators and students speculate on education during the next thirty years. (LR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Problems, Opinions
Elam, Stan – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Comments on performance contracting and some of its implications. (MF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Contracts, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Doremus, Richard R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
This last article in a series of seven describes the outcome of attempts to implement performance contracting in an innovative school district in Colorado. In reviewing the series, the author concludes that although many of the innovations discussed did not survive, the schools were none the worse for their experimentation. (WD)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Innovation, Performance Contracts, Secondary Education
Raywid, Mary Anne – Phi Delta Kappan, 1992
This article describes Dorothy Fadiman's prize-winning film "Why Do These Kids Love School?" as a documentary with many powerful lessons to teach. Inspired by her own daughter's joyous experiences at school, Fadiman filmed classroom activities at a progressive Menlo Park (California) school and eight other schools across the country that…
Descriptors: Documentaries, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Films
Alexander, William M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Sharpham, John R.; Pritner, Calvin Lee – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
A company of professional actors perform scenes from history, act in plays, and do improvisations and poetry readings in university classrooms. Describes Illinois State University's unique program for enlivening the humanities. (Author/JF)
Descriptors: Acting, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Humanities Instruction
Roberts, Arthur D.; Gable, Robert K. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
Describes uses and advantages of minicourses -- short-term courses offered for less than one semester. (Author)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Kelman, Peter; Dunne, Faith – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
An imaginative solution to the rapid burnout of reform-minded teachers. (JF)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Problems, Humor
Brimm, R. P. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Knowledge of innovations in educational practice is tested by ascertaining respondent's familiarity with new terms. (MF)
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices, Tests
Simpson, Elizabeth Leonie – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Educational Innovation, Social Studies
Doremus, Richard R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
Discusses the intervening years at Melbourne (Florida) High School since B. Frank Brown introduced several innovations in 1958. The major change, institution of a nongraded program, is still in effect. (WD)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, High Schools, Nongraded Instructional Grouping, Teaching Methods
DeTurk, Philip H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1980
Argues that we should be more tolerant of the educational innovator, that innovation, particularly in these times of diminishing resources and back-to-basics, must be preserved. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Haberman, Martin – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
Unfortunately for students, school reading has become an institution-- a powerful, organized machine that dooms the whole educational enterprise to mediocrity. This article presents 31 grievances against the present system and advocates replacing the vacuous, contrived subject called reading with the teaching of genuine subjects. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Innovation, Literacy, Reading Instruction