Updating the Little Red Schoolhouse: Toward Developing a Pilot Model of Capital-Intensive Education to Promote Individualized Instruction and Stabilize Educational Costs.

Swanson, Austin D.; Willett, Edward J.

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ERIC Number: EJ155427

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Publication Date: 1977

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Updating the Little Red Schoolhouse: Toward Developing a Pilot Model of Capital-Intensive Education to Promote Individualized Instruction and Stabilize Educational Costs

Swanson, Austin D.; Willett, Edward J.

Educational Technology, 17, 1, 27-33, Jan 77

A plan for a demonstration school is outlined. The design calls for a reallocation of capital and labor resulting in the heavy use of instructional technology and differentiated staffing. Comparisons with traditional schooling show the model to be potentially more cost-effective. (BD)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Differentiated Staffs, Educational Economics, Educational Technology, Experimental Schools, Individualized Instruction, Man Machine Systems, Models, School Organization

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