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    COURSE NUMBER: Education 461
    COURSE NAME:
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    Trends and Developments in
    Educational Practice
    SEMESTER: ?
    Vernon, Spring 1975
    CALENDAR DESCRIPTION: An examination of recent developments in
    public education with emphasis on a study of current theory
    and criticism with their implications for school design and
    instructional program development.
    COURSE INFORMATION
    Instructor ?
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    Day (s)
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    Time(s)
    Dr. Roland F. Gray Jan.6Apri1 4
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    Sat.
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    1:00 - 5:00 pm
    Range of Topics:
    1.
    Recent Criticisms of the Schools
    2.
    Purposes of Schools
    3.
    Schools without Failure - Mastery Learning
    4.
    Psychological Bases of Recent Educational Thought
    5.
    Open Education and Progressive Education
    6.
    School Design - Staff Differentiation
    7.
    Individualizing Instruction
    8.
    Media, Libraries, Resource Centers
    9.
    Effectiveness of Schooling
    Recommended Reading:
    1. Averch, et. al., How Effective is Schooling?
    2. Glasser, Win., Schools Without Failure
    3.
    Jackson, P., Life in Classrooms
    4.
    Jencks, C., Inequality
    5.
    Lewis, Y. ?
    Administering the Individualized Instructional
    Program
    6.
    Silberman, C.E., Crisis in the Classroom
    7.
    Silberman, C.E., The Open Classroom Reader
    8.
    Smith, L., Teaching in a Non-Graded School
    Reouirements:
    1.
    2 book reviews
    2.
    1 Group Report
    3.
    1 Individual Project
    4.
    No Assigned Text

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