Notes that Sweden has been making continuing progress in its conquest of poverty. Examines the Swedish strategy and discusses its successes in the areas of poverty, slums and housing, health conditions, and unemployment and the labor force. (NB)

Describes types of change typically encountered in school boards (administrative, curriculum/program, human resource, teaching/learning). Outlines five cyclical phases to guide/implement change: diagnosis, planning, implementation, stabilization, and evaluation. Provides specific strategies and techniques which will improve probability of…

Examines four key elements of successful advocacy present in states' efforts to improve levels of funding and standards for child care. Strategies used in these legislative campaigns include (1) selection and focus of the issue, (2) development of a core constituency, (3) work with the media, and (4) build-up of legislative support (lobbying). (BB)

Offers an overview of changes and trends in instructional technology, pointing to the unique characteristics of each technology. Suggests ways to ease the transition from one form of technology to another by ensuring an appropriate mix of technological and human elements. (AYC)

Innovation can be as much a matter of process and content as of structure. Innovation in Australian higher education will be necessary in the next few years, but without the growth or structural change that usually accompanies it. (MSE)

Resource allocation is a key factor in promoting or retarding innovation. In a restrictive economic climate, it is easy to use resource allocation for decremental rationing and to stifle innovative thinking. The technique can also be used to ensure that the institution's human resources are encouraged to identify opportunities for innovation. (MSE)

Analyzes problems encountered by the leaders of a feminist curriculum integration project conducted at the University of Arizona. The interdisciplinary project was successful in encouraging teachers to revise their course content. However, controversies arose over the questions on issues such as biological determinism, the usefulness of gender as…

By using the curriculum, teaching methods, student evaluation processes, human relations skills, and classroom management techniques in addition to verbal praise and token rewards as sources of reinforcement for student behavior and learning in the individual classroom, principals and teachers can enhance the school's educational environment. (PGD)

Like many other people, teachers resist change out of habit, fear, and a sense that change is futile. Principals can enhance change by timing innovations appropriately, involving all those affected by the change, convincing those involved that the change is "theirs," and demonstrating serious commitment through adequate support. (PGD)

Reports on a study to determine whether the strategies and tactics employed in the establishment and continuation of well-established honors programs at selected community colleges followed five stages of academic innovation (i.e., exploration, formulation, trial, refinement, and institutionalization). Summarizes the significant activities…

Examines propositions for professional development of teaching in higher education. These propositions are analyzed through two models of innovation processes, and recommendations are provided for practices that need to be implemented in higher education if priority is to be given to development of teaching. (MBR)

A hybrid of professional continuing education and Carl Rogers's humanistic philosophy supporting freedom in learning is proposed, and the five principles of the philosophy are examined for their potential for transfer to professional education. (MSE)

Laboratory schools offer an ideal setting for innovation and systematic educational inquiry. Despite the decline in their numbers after World War II, these schools serve needs still strongly present in American public school education. It is time for renewed support of existing schools and development of new ones. (Author/MSE)

Interviewed 27 battered women about violence and abuse to their children by themselves and the men involved. Reinterviewed 21 women six months later. Longitudinal comparisons indicated that the total group of children was abused less after the women's stay at a shelter. Most reductions resulted from women no longer living with abusive men.…

This article explores the National Institute of Education's project on the use of research information to improve teacher education programs. The processes used to assist in producing change in 10 teacher education programs are discussed. (DF)