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Nieser, Bruno – Western European Education, 1978
Discusses pedagogical reforms in French elementary and secondary schools since 1959. Major objectives of reforms were adaptation to economic and technological change and democratization. Identifies problems related to institutional obstacles, individual needs, and harmonizing social development and educational practice. (DB)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Davies, B. – Multiculturalism, 1978
Racism in Australian schools is indicated by an attitude survey which reveals that teachers from traditional classrooms believe that Aboriginal students will do less well than White students, whereas teachers from an open school predict that Aboriginal children should do as well as White children, given equal ability. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Eckes, Suzanne; Chang, Young; Benton, Sarah; Trotter, Anne; Bradford, Matthew – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2005
This report presents an overview defining what constitutes a charter school and how the existing 22 charter schools in Indiana are funded. 36 charter schools have been approved in Indiana as of Spring 2005. Of these, 22 schools have already begun operating, 10 are slated to open in the coming years, 2 have been closed down before they opened, and…
Descriptors: Grants, Federal Aid, Expenditures, Charter Schools
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Sobel, Harold W.; Tejirian, Edward – Teachers College Record, 1973
Suggests a return to the humanistic tradition, or open education'' modeled after the British primary school with its four operating principles: decentralized classroom, non-structured classes, abundant learning resources, individualized instruction. (DS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Schools, Individualized Instruction
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Rogers, Vincent R. – Educational Leadership, 1972
Describes informal British schools and explains the reason for the great interest among American teachers, administrators, and parents in these informal primary schools. (DR)
Descriptors: Classrooms, Educational Change, Experimental Programs, Experimental Schools
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Titley, E. Brian – Oxford Review of Education, 1983
The Irish educational system in the period following Irish independence was heavily influenced by the Rev. Timothy J. Corcoran. Rejecting any sort of child-influenced curriculum, he called for a rigid classics-based education based on Catholic dogma with maximum emphasis on memorization and repetition rather than on inquiry. (IS)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Comparative Education, Conventional Instruction, Educational History
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Henderson, Ronald W.; Hennig, Hannelore – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1979
The relationships among cooperation-competition, perceptions of locus of control in social situations, and locus of control in intellectual-academic situations were compared among fourth- and fifth-graders in traditional and open classrooms. Open education children were more cooperative, and traditional students displayed higher internality for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competition, Cooperation, Intermediate Grades
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Bell, A. E.; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
Focuses on a comparison of the academic achievement of groups of children in formal and informal classrooms of primary schools, the CPQ profiles of 43 pairs of children matched for sex and IQ level during their fourth academic year, and the relationship between second-order factors and selected measures of achievement in the two schools.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Measurement Instruments, Nongraded Instructional Grouping, Open Plan Schools
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Khaleefa, Omar H.; Erdos, George; Ashria, Ikhlas H. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1997
Four creativity tests were administered to 264 Sudanese students (ages 15-20) to investigate the differing effects upon creativity of traditional and modern education. Those receiving a modern education performed better on two tests measuring cognitive ability, while the traditionally educated group performed better on an Egyptian test measuring…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
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Kneese, Carolyn Calvin – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1996
Reports on research that examined 15 studies from the last decade to compare achievement efforts of students in year- round education versus students in traditional calendar education over a period of 1-4 or more years. Results suggest that, overall, year-round education produces a positive but very small effect. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Egan, Kieran – Education Canada, 2003
All educational thinking springs from three ancient theories: education should provide skills to succeed in society; education should stimulate the search for truth through academic excellence; and education should give students opportunities to develop their potential. But these ideas are incompatible, and mixing them together has created a…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development
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Ovington, Gary – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Two competing theories of "both ways" (dominant culture access and minority culture maintenance) education are examined: Harris' culture domain separation theory and Kemmis'"negotiated meaning" approach. Analysis along three dimensions (view of culture, language, and epistomology/ontology) suggests Harris' theory is based on a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Acculturation, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism
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Fritz, Marshall – Educational Leadership, 1994
Although the traditionalists prefer a mandated curriculum and rigid top-down regulations, the outcome-based proponents are vague about the means for students to achieve compulsory end results. Neither approach is appropriate, since each is based on a coercive model. One Christian academy balances a traditionalist approach in the affective domain…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
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Caine, Renate Nummela; Caine, Geoffrey – NASSP Bulletin, 1998
Brain research must be carefully examined before the implications for education emerge. Getting new neuroscientific information into schools and shifting from traditional educational models is an almost impossible feat. A direct extrapolation of brain research to current educational practice is inappropriate. Also, superseded mental models of…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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Mpofu, Stanley T.; Youngman, Frank – International Review of Education, 2001
Highlights significance of adult literacy programs in Botswana and Zimbabwe. Concludes that the traditional approach to adult literacy is dominant in both countries, despite differences in national contexts and despite the fact that this traditional approach is largely ineffective. (Contains 51 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Conventional Instruction, Educational Assessment
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