Cultural-Historical Activity Theory has contributed significantly to studying and promoting educational change. Its distinctive concepts inform an approach to interventionist research called the Change Laboratory This paper reports on a Change Lab in an Australian secondary school resulting in major changes for students studying for the Higher…

The paper presents the story of an experimental learning studio in a teacher education programme at a college in Israel. The study investigates what students found significant in the studio and more specifically, the meanings students attributed to the experiences in the studio and how it constituted a site for learning. Open ended questionnaires…

Many teachers have discovered the value of using newspapers in their classrooms. Suggests a number of specific, fun activities using this motivating and inexpensive resource. (Editor/RK)

Describes an educational program designed to help children build a healthy self concept. Provides guidelines to assist the teacher in meeting that responsibility. (Author/RK)

The article contains an overview of the IDC-a learning laboratory initiated in September, 1973, at King College, Bristol, Tennessee. The article is focused upon the idea of developing such a Center, its goals, its services and conclusions. (Author)

This document describes the design, operation, and field-testing of an innovative model for undergraduate teacher education at West Virginia University. Emphasizing the need for students to translate cognitive learning into performance at the time each concept is first acquired, the model incorporates such innovative modes of instruction as the…

College and university learning centers have evolved from narrowly defined remedial services to agencies serving the entire student community. The changing role of learning centers necessitates systematic program evaluation and assessment of student needs. During 1975, the Colorado State University Learning Laboratory staff collected data on…

Developmental education is based on a learning model as opposed to a teaching model. It requires strong communication between the student and teacher and depends upon a supportive learning environment. Some of the components of developmental education are: (1) diagnostic services which seek to answer why the student cannot learn; (2) independent…

This book provides the college student with tips and practical strategies for studying and time management. The text is organized into eight sections with the first, "Work Smarter, Not Harder," exploring how to organize and streamline a morning routine so as to get off to a smoother start each day. The second section, "Date, Time, Place",…

Brief one-page descriptions are provided of efforts being made at member colleges of the League for Innovation in the Community College to bring underprepared students into the higher education mainstream. The 75 descriptions are organized into six sections: (1) Pre-College Skills, including programs such as Cuyahoga Community College's (Ohio)…

A Multimedia Learning Laboratory Program was developed at a post-secondary vocational campus to: (1) provide help in reading, math, and study skills for students with inadequate educational backgrounds, (2) provide a means by which students may enter a program at times other than the start of the school year, (3) facilitate articulation of…

Describes a study conducted at the Curricular-Career Information Service, Florida State University, Tallahassee, to develop a leisure planning module using the LEAP (Leisure Education Advancement Project) of the National Recreation and Park Association and to determine the module's effect on students' changing leisure awareness. (MF)

Discusses structural reforms needed to improve the present public education system and presents a strategy for effecting the needed changes. Highlights include changing educational needs in an information-oriented society; the teacher's role; learning laboratories; developmental levels; students' roles; district organization and administration;…

The material-tool approach of the statewide program, Technology for Children, for grades kindergarten through six (K-6) is described in this teaching guide. This approach, which encourages a workshop-laboratory-classroom learning environment, is integrated among subject areas and is thematic in nature. The program operates under three goals: (1)…