Literature Searches of Major Issues on Educational Reform.

Overview & Synopsis

Compiled in this publication are the extensive abstracts of 20 papers on educational reform. The original papers, which have been announced singly in "Research in Education," were written by well-known persons in the field of education. They cover the following aspects of change (several are treated by more than one author): institutional and educational change, the relationship between training and change, preservice and in-service teacher education, incentive systems, simulation and protocol materials in teacher education, competency-based education, needs assessment, instructional models, British primary education, Brunerian curriculum, the influence of student recruitment on program success, and the role of state education agencies in teacher education. (LP)