The history of innovation is constructed by solo thinkers and collaborative makers. The word innovation here comprises changes on technology, art and science. This article aims to reflect the way successful inventors, artists and scientists followed to do whatever they succeeded so that the coming generations can learn from predecessors' positive…

The primary goal of this handbook is to provide relevant and practical information for mentors as they guide the development of beginning special education teachers. Even the best prepared of new entrants face steep learning curves as they work to apply in complex school settings what they have learned from their pre-service programs. At the same…

Eight school districts in Rhode Island formed the East Bay Professional Learning Community to launch a joint effort to develop a culture of assessment literacy through ongoing professional learning focused on team-specific action plans tightly aligned to school, district, and state initiatives. To accomplish this, the districts pooled their…

In this booklet a licensed guide assists young blind people in learning fishing techniques, tips from a blind fisherman are offered, and a selected listing of recorded and braille books and magazines about fishing are provided. (PB)

Describes 24 activities for encouraging response to literature, designed for individual work and for classroom work with pairs, small groups, or the whole class. (GT)

Presents nine avenues to self-renewal for the principal who needs constructive activities to escape from stress and burnout. (Author/WD)

This book contains 65 specific activities designed to help disadvantaged students learn to use language more skillfully and develop the ability to function well in the school environment. The descriptions of the activities are referred to as shoe box labs and generally include the title of the activity, instructions for performing the activity,…

Reviews literature on student learning that emphasizes the social factors that affect learning. The influence of student social status and the effects of cooperative learning efforts and individual and group reward structures are discussed. (AM)

Presented are proceedings and products from a special study institute on individualized instruction in science for the handicapped (New York, 1974) in which both teachers of the handicapped and regular classroom teachers participated. It is explained that objectives of the institute included acquainting teachers of special education with the…

Descriptions are given of activities teachers have used successfully in individualizing instruction in the following curriculum areas: (1) art; (2) business; (3) career education; (4) environmental education; (5) foreign language; (6) health; (7) language arts; (8) library; (9) mathematics; (10) music; (11) personal finance; (12) physical…

Discusses the importance of self-instruction to keep people current with the rapidly changing technology that characterizes the present industrial or mass culture. Describes a Yugoslavian project that combines a self-instruction course helped by an instructor using self-directed pupil activities that require students to apply the acquired…

As part of a comparative study, school administrators were asked to describe the techniques they found useful for handling the tension and pressure of their jobs. Exercise or physical activity was the most frequently mentioned stress-reduction technique. Psychological activities and development of interpersonal skills were also cited. (PP)

This pamphlet outlines the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA's) principles for lifelong learning in the arts and identifies four broad areas that guide the NEA's planning and support. The four areas include: (1) "Pre-K to Post-Secondary Arts Education"; (2) "Pre-Professional and Professional Development in the Arts"; (3)…

This paper tells the story of Sister Mary Theresa Brentano, O.S.B's (1902-1987) innovative use of magnetic audiotapes to provide instruction for students in grades K-12. From 1952 to approximately 1968, Brentano implemented, refined, and tested her tape teaching methods with special emphasis on individualizing instruction in the elementary school.…

This document is a list of ideas for activities in energy education. The individualized student activities are grouped according to grade level and classified as to appropriate subject area. Other activities are for small groups or classes, and one list centers around using newspapers. There is a checklist for home energy conservation and one for…