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Schank, Roger C. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2004
In the author's words: "This book is an honest attempt to understand what it means to be educated in today's world." His argument is this: No matter how important science and technology seem to industry or government or indeed to the daily life of people, as a society we believe that those educated in literature, history, and other humanities are…
Descriptors: Experimental Curriculum, Instructional Design, Standardized Tests, Educational Change
Wirt, William; Glines, Don – 1995
Early in the 20th century, education reformers were calling for new approaches to meet the demands of that era. "The Great Lockout" was written by William Wirt in 1937 to describe the radical Platoon Work-Study-Play Schools that flourished in Gary, Indiana from 1907-37. This book contains Wirt's original document, which provides a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Schools, Cooperative Learning, Educational History
Jones, Richard M. – 1981
The philosophy and structure of programs of coordinated study at Evergreen State College from 1970 to 1980 are discussed, and comparisons are made to the experiment at the University of California, Berkeley, promoted by Joseph Tussman. Both programs are based on ideas suggested by Alexander Meiklejohn and his Experimental College at the University…
Descriptors: Books, Educational Innovation, Experimental Colleges, Experimental Curriculum
Gregory, Tom – 1993
Adolescents have a strong need to feel that they belong. This book relates the story of a nontraditional high school, at which the author was a part-time staff member during the 1987-88 academic year. Data were gathered from participant observation and from interviews with 23 teachers and staff members, 42 students, and 6 educational…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Innovation, Experiential Learning, Experimental Curriculum
Glines, Don – 1995
The restructuring of traditional schooling will not meet the needs for further learning. What is needed instead is immediate massive change in the form of transitional steps toward new learning systems based on the Wilson Campus school operated at Mankato State University from 1968-77. The public year-round school adopted 69 innovations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Learning, Educational History, Educational Innovation