Patricia Carini (1932-2021) was a progressive educator and thinker who was among the key figures of open education. This article reflects on her work, illuminating its quality as an art of listening. The idea of listening has been of primary importance within the tradition of progressive education in the United States and internationally.…

In this article, the author addresses the challenge to teacher education programs to resist swings in the pendulum and help new teachers sustain progressive, responsive, school-based reform efforts that seek to address the unique needs of every student even as external demands for standardized measurements of learning remain firmly in place in the…

There is considerable naivete regarding the similarities between progressive education and open education. Discusses these similarities and differences. (Editor/JF)

Contends that if open education is to succeed, it is essential to move beyond the traditional curriculum. (Author)

The main objective of this research was to look at open classroom practices in an analytical way. Network analysis was used to collect and organize data about individual classrooms. The open classrooms observed were located in public schools in the New York area and ranged from grades K to 6. The open classrooms observed by the investigator were…

Ridicules the curriculum advocated for open education by Arthur E. Salz in a prior article. (See EA 504 733.) (Author/JF)

This article contains excerpts from a teacher's diary telling her experiences in team teaching. It relates how two teachers established a creative, warm classroom environment. The story ends tragically with the death of one of the teachers. (MR)

Celebrating its 35th year, the Fayerweather Street School of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the few extant schools associated with the "open education" movement of the late Sixties. Not only has the school flourished, but it has managed to stick to its original progressive principles. Fayerweather recently hosted a panel discussion on…

This article presents three key aspects of school management that are essential to the establishment of human aims. (RC)

This study attempted to provide an analytic basis for an operational definition of open education. The basic aims were 1) to define some of the essential pedagogical features of open education; 2) to develop explicit, concrete indicators for each feature; 3) to check the validity of the indicators with the major writings on the subject and with…

The author contends that the openness of a program can be determined by the opportunities which are provided for certain behaviors, activities, and events to occur. Even though the specific content of the open education programs may vary, the degrees of freedom for behaving or the relative presence of opportunity for diverse involvement do not.…

Following initial unsuccessful attempts, the first "Colloquy" program, a student-initiated attempt to reform higher education, was established at the University Park Campus of the Pennsylvania State University. The program was based on (a) nationally known figures addressing a large gathering; (b) nineteen panels involving a total of…