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Bagley, Bill; Challis, Bob – 1985
A study examined the experience of teachers, students, and college administrators in the following three open learning schemes for adult students in Great Britain: Flexistudy at Abraham Moss Open College, the mathematics and communications workshops at Bradford College, and the Technical Education Council programs at Moston College of Further…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Adult Education, College Programs
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McIntosh, Naomi E.; Woodley, Alan – 1975
The Open University offers part-time courses for adults by means of a multimedia distance teaching system. By adopting an open admissions policy and offering undergraduate courses, it is aiming for excellence and equality on a cost-effective basis. The university does appear to have achieved a high academic standard, both in its courses and its…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Education, College Choice
Westermark, Tory I. – 1977
An individualized reading program was designed and implemented in a two-teacher open classroom program for children in grades four, five, and six. This paper describes the following aspects of the program: development of instructional objectives; assessment of pupils' reading behavior through the use of a criterion-referenced reading inventory;…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Teaching, Evaluation Methods, Group Reading
Miller, Joyce R. – 1981
To help educators continue to refine approaches to nourishing children's imaginations, this bibliography brings together 652 references on alternative school systems. The references are arranged into 17 categories and indexed by subject category and author. The categories include alternative, cooperative, experimental, interdisciplinary, and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Core Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Petty, Walter T., Ed.; Finn, Patrick J., Ed. – 1975
Focusing on both the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching children and adolescents to write effectively, the papers in this report originated as speeches delivered at a conference on English and language arts instruction. The 12 papers deal with the following topics: the composing process as communication, the cognitive and biological…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Writing, Educational Research
Sell, G. Roger – 1976
The second phase of field testing for an Introductory Psychology course offered in the regional open learning program of the University of Mid-America is reported. Learner characteristics and learner evaluations of the instructional units are compared with findings from the first course offering. Throughout the paper, learner comments are inserted…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Evaluation, Delivery Systems, Educational Television
Thompson, John A.; Chock, Mona K.O. – 1976
Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, this third section (4.3) of Module 4 (Planning) explores some possibilities in developing schedules which will enhance the potential of career education. (The other three…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Administrators, Career Education
Pederson, Clara A., Ed. – 1975
The "Insights" newsletter, published eight times during the academic year, is intended for elementary teachers interested in open education. The newsletter includes descriptions of actual classroom projects, discussions of teaching techniques, and sources of curriculum and professional materials. This issue treats the topic human…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Elementary Education, Experimental Schools, Grading
King, Martha L. – 1974
This pamphlet on informal learning is part of a series of booklets and monographs written in nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems. The first section of the booklet defines informal education, identifies its requirements and examines the underlying…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Humanistic Education
Rentfrow, Robert K. – 1975
The material reported here was developed as part of a systematic effort to develop techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of a nationally implemented early childhood program. The Classroom Attitude Observation Schedule technique has been implemented in a number of school districts as a means of assessing program implementation of the Tucson…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Early Childhood Education
Gross, Ronald – 1976
Methods and implications of various reforms in higher education are assessed. Such concepts as individualization, new roles for the teacher, the learning contract, the planning portfolio, and other wide-ranging resources for learning are discussed. Specific implications include: (1) the existence of more options and possibilities for students…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Course Content, Educational Change
Smith, Vernon H. – 1974
The development of a diversity of optional public schools, each geared to be responsive to students with different learning needs and styles, provides one strategy for establishing a new organizational structure for public education. This book presents a brief picture of the development of optional alternative public schools, their status and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Continuation Students, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Joiner, Lee M.; Ewing, Norma – 1973
The St. Paul Open School is a nongraded, K-12 school where students progress at their own rate of speed in each area of learning. It is child-centered rather than subject-centered, with emphasis on learning rather than teaching, on cooperation rather than competition. Teachers are imaginative and flexible, acting as guides and counselors rather…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classes (Groups of Students), Decision Making, Elementary Schools
Hawke, Sharryl – 1974
A prescriptive teaching program developed by the teachers of Madison Elementary School, Fargo, North Dakota, is described in the brochure. The students are from low income families; the majority of the teachers have received their training at the New School of Behavioral Studies, University of North Dakota. In determining what is best for each…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Creative Activities, Diagnostic Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth
Coletta, Anthony J. – 1973
The major purpose of this study was to investigate selected personality characteristics of high and low rated, open and traditional classroom teachers who teach economically disadvantaged primary school children. A second purpose of the study was to investigate the assumptions which high and low rated, open and traditional teachers of the poor…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Teachers, Individual Characteristics
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