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Sirotnik, Kenneth A. – Educational Leadership, 1985
Proposes a method for evaluating courseware as an integral part of curriculum, based both on "curriculum commonplaces" (the curriculum content and all that surrounds it) and on educational values and beliefs; an evaluative matrix is offered, with the commonplaces arrayed along one axis, values and beliefs along the other. (MCG)
Descriptors: Courseware, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation

Komoski, P. Kenneth – Educational Leadership, 1985
Instructional materials are mediocre and inflexible because (1) education agencies leave important decisions to materials producers; (2) students, parents, and teachers lack influence; and (3) schools depend excessively on such materials. Cites research supporting this view, and suggests broad criteria and actions to improve textbooks. (MCG)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Courseware, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education

Oakes, Jeannie; Schneider, Mark – Educational Leadership, 1984
Discusses the problems and possibilities in computerized education. Presents the culturally responsive perspective for change, which emphasizes teacher "ownership" of the innovation and creates a self-renewing environment in the schools. (MD)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computers, Courseware, Curriculum Development