A checklist is provided of practical steps to be considered and acted upon in planning and implementing an open-space school. The document divides the process into three phases: initial planning, just prior to moving, and post-move. Considerations in the planning stage involve: staff and community input in deciding upon open space; clarification…

Describes the concept of co-learner in studio design education at the University of California, Berkeley. This is learning through involvement rather than through projection or fabrication. (Author/PG)

This article discusses foreign language teaching in terms of communicative competence as a goal. Learning materials and media are discussed, as well as student participation in the learning process. (Text is in German.) (Author/AM)

This study found that, prior to beginning school, the typical adult female student at Montclair State College reports moderately positive support from her spouse. However, during the first semester, she encounters mild role conflict and lack of self-confidence in her ability to meet family and academic responsibilities. During her second and third…

This is a report on a conference on "Students and Politics" held at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan from March 27-31, 1967. The purpose of the conference was to bring together scholars from various counstries who have been doing research on the nature and causal background of university student participation in politics. Some 36 papers…

By examining 12 proposals for Chicano Studies written between 1968 and 1974, this paper attempts to answer the following questions: (1) "What are the ends of Chicano Studies?", and (2) "What is meant by the term 'Chicano Studies'?" Material for reflection regarding what the proposals have collectively described as the essence…

Forty-three female college students responded to a l5-statement questionnaire dealing with five areas of role conflict: (1) time management; (2) relations with spouse or boyfriend; (3) expectations for self; (4) expectations of others; and (5) guilt. The problem statements used in the questionnaire were derived from previous research that found…

This handbook is designed to be a guide for students, college supervisors, and school-based teacher educators at the Multi-Institutional Teacher Education Center (MITEC). After an introduction briefly describing MITEC, chapters on the following topics are included: (a) organization, (b) roles and responsibilities, (c) learning laboratory centers,…

The studies described in this report were concerned with the effect of active student behaviors, such as note-taking, listening, verbal responding, and test-taking, and the effect of individual differences on the transformation, storage, and retrieval of information. The roles of such individual characteristics as personality, background, and…

This study reports the views of deans of students with regard to organized student protest in 1967-68, considering (1) specific issues, (2) number of institutions involved, and (3) proportion of students involved. Questionnaires were returned by 86% of the 1,000 accredited four-year colleges contacted. The single issue (of the 27 issues in the…

Seven models of elementary, secondary, and college level programs which use students as aides to counselors and teachers are presented. The programs selected emphasize the effectiveness of student-to-student programs which focus upon academic, social, or personal adjustment problems under the supervision of a trained adult. Action possibilities…

The purpose of this study is to show the reactions occurring within public school districts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relative to the objectives sought by the youth of the state. These objectives include the eradication of the alienation which presently exists between adults and young people in order that they may work jointly toward…

This investigation used social psychological concepts in analysis of social processes among pupils engaged in a cooperative task. It explored several ways of increasing interdependence among participants and determined the effects of such conditions on pupil performance. The subjects were 228 randomly selected fourth and fifth grade students. The…

An attempt to chart the process of educational innovation in a rural school system in sociological terms is presented in this paper. As the system dynamics are described, the writers also attempt to extrapolate those aspects of the process which are common to other attempts at innovation, whether in education, health care, technological…