The role of the curriculum materials center at Northern Arizona University is one of providing materials for students who are working on lesson plans and curriculum planning, and for faculty who wish to utilize instructional materials in their lectures. The center, which is housed in the university library, contains textbooks, courses of study…

The Wabash Valley Education Center serves a 13-county area in north-central and northwest Indiana. The Center has two goals: 1) to assist local school systems in devising and developing curricular innovations and aiding in the development of teaching procedures and teaching materials and 2) to serve as a demonstration center. Two main services are…

A Virginia high school developed an athletic study hall program as an alternative to establishing a minimum grade point average for athletes. The program has had some success in enhancing the academic progress of the athletes. (MD)

The appointment of Robert M. Bellah to a permanent fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton has raised many questions concerning the nature of the institute and the quality of those who judge competence and excellence. (Author/PG)

A study of the British teachers' centers'', in particular, the development of the ones in Devon over the past seven years. (SP)

Describes the English Teachers' Centers", places where teachers meet and discover what is happening in the educational world. (Author/SP)

A case history describing the rationale, planning concepts, and development of necessary steps towards accomplishing the goals of a California high school resource center. (JF)

The author finds that her students concentrate better and become more organized when she allows each to begin the year by selecting and arranging a private work space--an "office"--in the classroom. (SJL)

An evaluation was conducted of British projects designed to reduce exclusion from school (multidisciplinary behavior support teams, offsite pupil referral units, and in-school centers). Successful support teams and in-school centers had common features: school staff, administrator, and parent involvement; student self-monitoring; flexibility; and…

In 1946 the well-known Danish educator Sofie Rifbjerg (1886-1991) travelled for six months to the USA. The purpose of her trip was to study American developmental psychology. On her way she spent some time at the Institute of Child Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. The institute had become famous because of its working on…

Proposes that each school or school system develop curriculum resource centers in which information cards and curriculum maps would be crated and stored. One deck of information cards could represent the wide range of teaching resources available on a particular teaching idea or theme, a second deck could be a how-to-do-it resource. (Author/MLF)

THE PROGRAM FOR A JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FACILITY REQUIRED A ONE-STORY BUILDING FOR 1000 PUPILS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCOMMODATING AN INCREASE OF 200 PUPILS. EMPHASIS WAS TO BE PLACED ON--(1) SHARED SPACES, WHICH WOULD OFFER EVERY GRADE LEVEL COMPLETE PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AUDITORIUM, SCIENCE, ARTS, AND LIBRARY FACILITIES, (2) SEPARATION OF…

A STUDY CENTER IN HYDE PARK, CHICAGO, WAS OPENED IN SEPTEMBER 1962. IT CONSISTED OF A DEPOSIT COLLECTION FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, A STUDY ROOM EQUIPPED WITH REFERENCE MATERIAL, AND SPACE FOR INDIVIDUAL TUTORING. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY CENTER WAS TO HELP CHILDREN FEEL THAT SUCCESS IS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY COULD BEGIN TO FEEL MORE SELF-CONFIDENT…

The Student Teaching Assistant (STA) Program was initiated in 1972 by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Reading-Study Center to provide highly qualified peer tutors for interested campuses within the University's system. STA training workshops are held each summer for approximately twenty academically-able students from participating campuses.…

This report defines a curriculum laboratory to be a center where educational materials are developed, modified, and stored. Included in the document are a history of the curriculum laboratory, a study of its characteristics, and a survey of the curriculum laboratories in the colleges and universities of Pennsylvania. The Wilkes College curriculum…