This paper presents some views of several authorities on 4 current trends in higher education, and suggests that the direction of higher education in the seventies may be toward more effective management and organizational procedures that might improve instruction and learning. The trends are: (1) the accentuated search for ways of coping with the…

An educative approach to teacher change gives teachers access to new knowledge and understanding in ways that will assist them in taking possession of that knowledge and to work out its implications and its consequences for their own settings and contexts. (CB)

Selected ERIC abstracts dealing with aspects of organizational change are offered. These articles explore specific approaches, priorities to consider, and offer advice for beginning organizational change in teacher education programs. (DF)

The research base in the study of teaching is broader than it has ever been. The most obvious use of this research is in teacher education programs. Pedagogy must become a laboratory-based field of study, with environments in which to experiment with producing cognitive and affective change in children. (MT)

Data indicate that, for the most part, school boards don't avail themselves of new knowledge when it comes time to set policies. (Author/IRT)

Article outlines the roles and responsibilities of educational researchers and educators as well to promote cooperation between the school and the researchers. (GB)

Social science research suggests that reducing class size has its largest effects on the achievement of minority and inner-city children during the first year of formal schooling. Despite scholarly disagreements about the implications of specific studies on class size, economists generally agree that targeted class-size policies rest on stronger…

This report, the Center on Education Policy's (CEP's) third annual review of Maryland's efforts to restructure schools under the No Child Left Behind Act, finds that (1) although between school years 2006-07 and 2007-08 the number of schools in the restructuring implementation phase declined slightly, there was a drastic increase in the number of…

This article focuses on the impact of research and education evaluation on two universities: Trento State University (Italy) and the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). The article adopts a system approach to evaluation and proposes a model to describe and analyse evaluation systems. The analysis has been carried out by means of in-depth…

A project team from the Program Evaluation and Methodology Division of the U.S. General Accounting Office was asked to review recent research on education and summarize the findings for policymakers. This paper captures the team's reflections on the utility of education research for policymakers and others interested in improving schools. The…

This paper describes the use of educational research and development resources by practitioners within the National Education Association's Mastery in Learning Project (MIL), a 5-year national second wave reform effort. Four research questions were addressed: (1) What are practitioners' information needs over time in the context of research-based…

The adequate way to discuss problems of vocational education more generally is that taken by Resnick (1987). She feels that the relationship between general and vocational education, and their respective and common aims, problems, and restrictions, must be outlined primarily substantially and not only organizationally. Resnick tries to combine the…

This sourcebook synthesizes findings from studies on school improvement programs. The prefatory overview emphasizes key themes and issues addressed in the seven papers that comprise the body of the document, discusses the role of staff development, and examines the process of translating research into policy. The papers summarize the findings of…

EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE ARE CLOSELY LINKED, BUT CHANGES IN EDUCATION ARE USUALLY SLOW. RECENT CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS HAVE CONSIDERED STRATEGIES FOR PLANNED CHANGE TO MEET CURRENT SOCIETAL NEEDS. A MAJOR AREA STUDIED IS PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES. THE FOCUS OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL RESEARCH COMMISSION ON PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES (IRCOPPS)…

It is relatively easy to gather data but to disseminate and ensure utilization of that data in a way which will induce meaningful change is not so easy. In exploring the reasons for the apparent resistance to social change, a series of three dissemination activities were organized for school personnel using materials developed on the work…