Open Education: An Operational Definition and Validation in Great Britain and United States'

摘要: "Open Education," "the British Infant School," Developmental Classroom," Leicestershire Plan," Integrated Day"these phrases refer to an educational movement that began in Great Britain and is growing rapidly generating a great deal of interest among administrators, teachers, parents the United States (Silberman, 1970). However, there has been very little research evaluation on Open Education, aside from testimonials by exponents reporters. Recently Educational Development Center, Office Education-sponsored laboratory, commissioned TDR (Training-Development-Research) Associates, Inc. review available Education literature, analyze concept into its component parts, verify analysis with prominent Educators, develop instruments for classroom measurement properties (Walberg Thomas, 1971). The present paper presents validation Traditional classes classes.