Primary Telesoftware

The Telesoftware and Education Project, which was set up in 1980 by the BBC, the IBA and Brighton Polytechnic, demonstrated the feasibility of using broadcast transmissions to distribute computer programs as teletext pages, to be downloaded (i.e. recorded) onto a microcomputer in school. The success of the project led to the setting up of a Telesoftware and Primary Education Project, to distribute software to the area of education in which programming expertise is least often available. Telesoftware is not only a means of distributing stand‐alone software but can also be coupled with schools’ broadcasts and can read relevant information from any page of teletext, providing an educational television ‘package’. The project provides a link between schools and programmers and functions as a pre‐ and post‐broadcast evaluation team. The initial feedback from schools has been very positive and it is hoped that the broadcasting of high quality, relevant telesoftware will be a useful TV service in the future.     

Telesoftware: Application in Scholastic and Vocational Training

Abstract

This paper looks at the way RAI (Italian Radio) was used to transmit computer programs, and how it helped when the school leaving age was raised in Italy in the 1950s. It also looks at RAI's position vís‐à‐vís the teacher, in which they are joint leaders with complementary functions.     

Schools for tomorrow

If we are to have a much better educational system, we need to have a vision of what such a system should be, and we need to have a strategy for attaining such a system. The present chapter considers a vision of a future educational system. This system is heavily based on the use of highly interactive learning technologies. This includes the computer and associated instruments such as the interactive videodisc and the CD-ROM, creating a true multimedia learning environment that is individualized to the needs of each student, and that provides a unique interactive learning environment for each student.We do not currently have experience to move directly towards such a system, so this chapter proposes a large scale experiment which will develop the necessary information, and provide the basis for securing the substantial funding needed for the new educational system.     

Schools for Muslims

Muslim schools are a relatively new phenomenon in British education. This article surveys the situation of such schools in Britain today with particular reference to the city of Birmingham. In the second part, it examines some of the issues thrown up by such school for the State, Schools and Religion debate.     

Effective Schools for All

The study investigated the relation between district culture, student achievement, and student attitudes about their schools. Perceptions of students as expressed in more than 2,000 essays written about their schools were explored. Seven cultural categories were examined for differences across grade levels and districts. Statistical differences were found for 3 categories (Social/People, Education/Curriculum, and Extra-curricular Activities) for writing achievement, for whether the district culture were rated as positive or negative, and for whether student's comments revealed a positive or negative view of their schools. This study suggests that district culture has a noticeable effect on school culture and on student achievement.     

The Search for Effective Schools

In the light of external reform pressures, many schools have found it difficult to implement medium‐to‐long‐term plans. Development planning was supposed to be a means of refining both the planning and the implementation of strategic priorities. Some recent writers are now casting doubts on planning and development planning and they are using chaos theory to justify this sceptical stance. This article is, in turn, sceptical about the application of chaos theory to school planning and instead suggests that control theory clarifies important differences between short‐term and long‐term planning and provides positive and practical insights into how development planning can be used by self‐managing schools as part of school improvement.     

Leadership for Urban Public Schools

Not far from my office is a unique and important landmark: America's first public school. From this small beginning in 1635, a vast movement grew and resulted in public education for all the nation's children. The education of the young, at public expense, was important in the formation of the United States as a republic. The early leaders of this fledgling nation wanted to ensure that citizens would be prepared to make informed decisions about its governance.     

学校呼唤危机管理--由几个案例谈开去

目前,学校食物中毒和校园暴力是全国教育系统的高发事件,涉及人数多、影响范围广、危害程度重是该类事件的主要特征.学校领导和教师应对此类危机事件高度重视,深刻认识危机管理在学校建设和发展中的重大意义,树立"以人为本"和事先预防重于事后应付的理念,建立社会各方共同参与的综合防治体系,坚决反对和杜绝"无所为"思想和行为的产生.     

关于为小学培养英语本科生教师的设想

小学英语教师本科化是经济社会发展带来的必然变化 ,是我国教育改革深化的必然要求。为小学培养一批英语本科生教师意义深远。培养复合型的外语教师是我们的教学目标。