This 1974 examination of Massachusetts state colleges developed a report centering on six areas of concern in teacher education. (1) "Reform and Renewal"--an examination of factors promoting or hindering renewal resulted in proposals to establish projects exploring alternative structures and processes and to evaluate the results for replication.…

In the Multi-Disciplinary Graduate Program in Educational Research, graduate students at the doctoral level were participants. This program required exposure to other disciplines, to various approaches to problem definition, to various methodologies, concepts, and research techniques. It was expected that the students had gained experiences and…

Presents some of the factors responsible for increased foreign language enrollments at one university. (AM)

An example of a project for teachers of English as a foreign language illustrates how relevant principles of innovation, common across a range of professions and including power-coercive, rational-empirical, and normative re-educative strategies, can be usefully applied to inservice teacher development programs. (CB)

The development of an innovative undergraduate education degree program using modules is examined as an illustration of innovative teaching, learning, and assessment methods, including distance learning, peer teaching, self assessment, group projects, first-hand research, analysis of group dynamics, and critical inquiry. (MSE)

Examines how private secondary boarding schools and their students have responded to microcomputers. Analyzes the nature of computer facilities, the frequency of use, and the social attributes of frequent users at such schools. Considers the implications of findings for social class reproduction. (RKM)

Discusses the impetus towards social relevance among educators in the 1960s and 1970s, then assesses the resulting interdisciplinary orientation of elementary and secondary school English curricula in the 1980s. Surveys ways that English classes address the social consequences of science and technology. (JG)

A national agenda for the education of gifted students should focus on three areas of unmet needs: the educational needs of the underserved gifted, including underachievers, young gifted, and culturally diverse gifted; a program quality support network, emphasizing research, development, demonstration, and leadership training; and collaborative…

Describes the results of a survey that examined what kinds of database vendors are improving their retrieval software and the decision processes involved. Respondents included large and small vendors from the public and private sectors. An appendix presents vendors' reasons for and against specific innovations. (12 references) (CLB)

Describes possibilities for including computer education in primary and secondary schools in a small Swedish town, and presents a model for cooperation between schools and industry. Topics discussed include software; teacher training; computer literacy; use of computers in school system administration; and future plans. (Author/LRW)

Discussion of integration of microcomputers into the elementary school curriculum emphasizes teacher training, and presents a multiple perspective model for designing computer education courses based on teacher concerns regarding innovations. Introductory courses for preservice teachers and graduate courses for inservice teachers are described.…

Many foreign engineering undergraduates already have adequate English skills for the technical part of their academic and professional purposes, but still have problems with communication and interactive skills. Conventional ESP courses may not meet their needs, so an alternate program is proposed. (Author/LMO)

Discusses the use of artificial intelligence to improve occupational instruction in complex subjects with high performance goals, such as those required for high-technology jobs. Highlights include intelligent computer assisted instruction, examples in space technology training, intelligent simulation environments, and the need for adult training…

Considers the instructional potential of computer adventure games to develop text-processing skills. Design improvements to increase metacognitive skills are discussed, a prototype adventure game utilizing intact prose is described, and a study using the game with sixth-grade readers of varying ability is reported. (LRW)

Describes the Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP), a plan developed to help British secondary school students learn about microcomputers and the role of technology in society, and its successor, the Microelectronics Support Unit (MESU). Highlights include curriculum development, teacher training, computer assisted instruction and the…