An analysis of four definitions of distance education from which are chosen six main components for a comprehensive definition. The article delineates the field of distance education and recommends some unanimity regarding terminology. (EAO)

Describes how a "problem" student bucks the system and wins. (RL)

Summarizes the literature on alternative schools, outlines the kinds of alternative schooling available, and delineates some of the findings that have emerged from evaluations of alternative schools. (Author/GPM)

Describes transferable features of a graduate internship offered by the College of Education at the University of North Carolina to train students for the role of principal in nontraditional elementary schools. (Author/WD)

Suggests guidelines for establishing a secondary school experiential program in the areas of assessing school and student needs, setting goals and devising plans to meet the goals, planning for necessary resources (time, energy, finances, supplies), and selling the program to administrators and teachers. (NEC)

Questions James Coleman's pluralistic model of education and suggests that minority students, either by choice or by luck of the draw, might be excluded from participation in specialized school programs. Posits that federal aid to private schools may cause a "brain drain" from public schools. (Author/WD)

After discussing origins of and recent developments in alternative education, articles on alternative education for emotionally disturbed and delinquent adolescents are reviewed according to trend toward definition and assertion of civil rights of these particular children and trend toward right to free and appropriate education of exceptional…

At Houston's Dodson Elementary School, a magnet school with a Montesorri program, students work independently with an assortment of manipulable materials which help them teach themselves. (SK)

A study which compared the composition approach of typewriting instruction with the traditional approach found no significant difference in typewriting speed after one year of instruction. Students trained with the composition approach showed significantly fewer errors on straight-line timings. (LRA)

Discusses how a program based on learning and shopping was developed and implemented within training rooms of major department stores in five suburban shopping centers. Objectives of the course were to increase enrollments, attract new types of students, and provide innovative ideas for teaching and research. A simple exchange model serves as a…

Discusses Great Britain's largest degree-granting institution and describes it as the world's most successful distance learning operation and most important innovation in the history of higher education since the establishment of the land grant college. Explores the possibility of the program's application in the United States. (AEA)

Focuses on the indicators of effectiveness in a case study of an alternative school. The clarification of staff roles in conjunction with the development of innovative roles is stressed as an important success factor. Includes a discussion of role theory. (APM)

Discusses incorporating nontraditional concepts of learning in nursing education. Elements explored include the split brain theory, school design, teaching styles, teacher's role, teaching strategies, adding variety to the curriculum, and modular learning. (CT)

The need for a new approach to the education of nonacademic students is stressed, and a nonreading approach for learning disabled elementary children, the Parallel Alternate Curriculum, is discussed. (PHR)

A growing movement in alternative higher education is one that emphasizes the liberating or empowering potential of education. It is oriented toward individual and social change. Proponents contend that conventional programs, which maintain dominant societal systems, hinder achievement of greater social, political, and economic justices. (MSE)