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Brodinsky, Ben – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
The University of Mid-America brings low-cost education to people in their homes through reliance on self-instruction packages and the mass media. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Independent Study, Nontraditional Education, Open Education
Peer reviewedBrownson, Bill – Contemporary Education, 1973
Descriptors: Educational Change, Nontraditional Education, Open Education, Student Needs
Direct linkEllis, Justin – Commonwealth of Learning, 2009
This study was carried out at the request of the Ministry of Education, Zambia. The Commonwealth of Learning contracted Turning Points Consultancy CC, a Namibian company, who provided the services of the author, to "carry out an evaluation of the Zambia College of Distance Education (ZACODE) and submit recommendations to the Ministry of…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
Saretsky, Gary; Silber, Kenneth H. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1975
Descriptors: Communications, Educational Technology, Instructional Materials, Nontraditional Education
Allen, Harvey A. – 1972
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)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Nontraditional Education, Open Education, Open Plan Schools
McCabe, Jean; Crozier, John – Principal, 1984
The open classroom program instituted in 1973 in the elementary schools of Grand Haven, Michigan, continues to grow although similar experiments elsewhere have failed. Six critical factors in the program's success have been community support, orderly transitions, freedom of choice, proven skill development, student satisfaction, and parent…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Nontraditional Education, Open Education
Peer reviewedThompson, William Irwin – Change, 1973
A thoughful scholar discusses the founding of a remarkable new learning community to aid mankind in facing the future. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Experimental Schools, Higher Education, Nontraditional Education
Wassermann, Selma – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
In this article, the author profiles Charles Dickens Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, a school that dares to be different from the rest. This elementary school operates on a child-centered, multi-aged framework that is based on belief in an orientation towards continuous progress, appropriate evaluation of progress, schoolwide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, School Administration, Continuous Progress Plan
Peer reviewedDiamond, Stanley C. – Contemporary Education, 1975
This article presents three key aspects of school management that are essential to the establishment of human aims. (RC)
Descriptors: Humanistic Education, Nontraditional Education, Open Education, Progressive Education
Sherwood, Philip – Outlook, 1974
This article reviews the Leicestershire School, its development under Sir William Brockington and Stewart C. Mason, and the non-competitive atmosphere and non-subject oriented curriculum which characterize the school. Its use in England, and use and misuse in America are discussed. (TK)
Descriptors: Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Problems, Educational Theories
Peer reviewedHamm, Russell L. – Contemporary Education, 1974
This article asks if "open education" is a meaningless term or a meaningful concept. (PD)
Descriptors: Cliches, Concept Formation, Nontraditional Education, Open Education
Hlynsky, Karen – Outlook, 1975
This article is an excerpt from a journal kept by the author during a six-week, self-directed learning experience at the Mountain View Center. In her writings, the author describes the work she has accomplished, her feelings toward formal education, and the evolution of those feelings. (MA)
Descriptors: Diaries, Environmental Education, Independent Study, Nontraditional Education
Download full textChanging Schools: An Occasional Newsletter on Alternative Public Schools, 1976
Entries in the bibliography are catagorized as books; journals; or articles, chapters, and monographs. A research report and three books are also reviewed. (MLF)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedPaskal, Dolores; Miller, William C. – Educational Leadership, 1975
This article looks at the characteristics necessary for optional programs to be truly "optional" and to succeed. (CD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Schools, Nontraditional Education, Open Education
Reed, Jean – Independent School, 1977
Defines "open education" and "alternative education" in an attempt to clarify the educational philosophy associated with each term. As a result, alternative education will become more realistic to parents, thereby surviving the tide of educational change. (RK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Definitions, Educational Philosophy, Nontraditional Education
