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COURSE NUMBER: Education 461
COURSE NAME:
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Trends and Developments in
Educational Practice
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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
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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