This report on the design of a new pattern for the training of research, development, demonstration/dissemination, and evaluation personnel in education contains a short introductory section, "Activities of the Design Phase," and four extensive appendixes: minutes of the interim governing council meetings; the August 1, 1970 progress…

The report describes the development of a package of training materials to enable instructional product developers to prepare first-draft materials. Five instructional techniques, derived from laboratory research and selected through a survey of eminent instructional psychologists, comprised the substance of the materials. The techniques were…

This document presents a review of the activities of the Council of Ontario Universities during academic year 1970-71. Topics discussed in the booklets include information systems, funding formula for the universities, university relations with government, university expansion, graduate education development, engineering education development,…

This report describes current efforts in American colleges and universities to incorporate an international perspective in the preparation of teachers and other educational personnel. Chapter I presents an overview of international teacher education and a synopsis of several related studies. The second chapter presents the data. It is organized…

The City University of New York's College of Old Westbury was an experimental college that based its philosophy around a community living-learning concept. The College, unfortunately, was unable to survive because of several gross inconsistencies in the education/community process. In this document, the author points out the necessary elements for…

Following the general conference theme of "Education for Solidarity," this report describes the educational principle and framework within the Kibbutz. The "Mossad" or Community School shelters the Kibbutz child and supervises his development from 12 to 18. The great formative factors, as seen by the Kibbutz, are communal…

The Research and Development Center Program of the U. S. Office of Education is described in this document. The program objectives and criteria used in evaluating proposals for the establishment of research and development centers are indicated. Four research and development centers are discussed in relation to their common characteristics and…

This document comprises a 334 item bibliography concerning the Polytechnics in Great Britain. The topics range from general articles to those concerned with faculty, staff, and students, and the financing and facility planning of such institutions. (HS)

The present document presents a review of the proceedings of a workshop held in May 1971 on "Teaching University Biological Sciences." The major papers dealt with in the report are: (1) "Application of the Systems Approach to Teaching and Learning"; (2) "Biology and Social Change"; (3) "Biology for Biology Majors"; (4) "Design of a Short…

The main purposes of the College Research Development (CORD) project were to: (1) develop educational research competencies of individual faculty members at 5 institutions in the Oregon State System of Higher Education; (2) develop research support and management capabilities within these institutions; and (3) foster interinstitutional…

New York State has achieved a remarkable record of extending higher educational opportunities to an increasing proportion of its young people. Now, however, the State faces a point of collision between the demands for more higher educational opportunities and the resources to provide them. The regents of the State University of New York present in…

This condensed version of the Basic Program Plan for the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching (SCDRT) outlines the proposed plans of substantive programs over the next several years (beginning December 1, 1972). Information on projected costs and the Center's institutional capabilities for administering, reviewing, and…

This study sets forth the results of an inquiry made at the request of UNESCO in the 30 countries in all parts of the world by four world teachers' organizations. Three organizations represent teachers in state systems and the fourth represents Catholic education. These teacher organizations chose 35 national organizations in countries spread over…

This document presents the report of a study designed to (1) gather information and develop ideas useful to the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education in making recommendations on public policy; and (2) investigate and illuminate aspects of American higher education of interest to a wide audience of social scientists, faculty, and administrators.…

This adaptation and elaboration of an original 1955 Chinese publication is a basic reference work for those who study the educational policies and structures of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics and China. English language equivalents and explanations of Russian and Chinese pedagogical educational terms illuminate the cultural contacts…