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| DEAN, STUART E. | 1 |
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Williams, Rosemary – Independ Sch Bull, 1969
Talk delivered at National Association of Independent Schools, March 1, 1969.
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Philosophy, Integrated Curriculum
Peer reviewedParent, Joseph; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Results showed that students high on internal locus of control performed better under low discipline classroom conditions, while high external control students performed better under high discipline classroom conditions. Data indicated that students assigned to a preferred discipline condition showed greater satisfaction than those who were not.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, College Students, Higher Education
DEAN, STUART E. – 1964
THE TWO INFLUENCES THAT INITIATED EXPERIMENTATION WITH THE NONGRADED SCHOOL WERE THE QUINCY GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF BOSTON IN 1848 AND CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT WAS THE NONGRADED TYPE OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATION THAT ALLOWED A FLEXIBLE SITUATION AND A PERMISSIVE CLIMATE IN WHICH TEACHERS COULD ADJUST THEIR PROGRAMS IN…
Descriptors: Flexible Progression, Individualized Programs, Learning Processes, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
Peer reviewedPearl, Arthur – Social Policy, 1971
The new informalists in education are frequently as blind as the most conservative educators, failing to recognize the real responsibilities of teachers in a democratic society. (DM)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Educational Responsibility
Download full textAlameda County School Dept., Hayward, CA. – 1969
To develop communication skills among non-participating students, teachers must recognize, diagnose, and treat individual problems of the reticent child. Teachers need to convey the concept of an "open" classroom where all ideas are welcome, to develop questioning and "active listening," to encourage eye contact, to make use of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Creative Dramatics, Emotional Adjustment
Mills, Nicolaus – 1971
If schools are to reorganize to meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children, should they become freer or more directed? This paper analyzes twelve schools, all of which in varying degrees have proved successful, and chosen because they indicate the broad range of free and directed school programs now being developed for disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Baumrind, Diana – 1971
Without well-defined criteria for success, all radical innovations are doomed to failure. To facilitate successful experimentation the following are necessary: an outside agency to conduct evaluation; criteria of success acceptable to innovators and critics; and, in control and comparison groups, assessment and accounting of the initial versus…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Conventional Instruction, Criteria, Curriculum Development
Herndon, James – 1971
A teacher in a junior high school outside San Francisco recounts his attempts to introduce unconventional subject matter, methods of teaching, and classroom procedure over several years. Starting out with the belief that children can learn better if they have freedom to explore areas that interest them and if they are free from petty school…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Film Production
Willis, Lela – 1969
An experimental program of teaching modules or packets--Orientation, Reading, and Language--was designed to improve the communicative skills of 10th graders in vocational-technical schools. The modules consisted of "Student Exercises" requiring student involvement and thinking and a "Teacher's Manual" with ideas for presenting the materials in a…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Audiovisual Aids, Career Choice, Classroom Environment
