The open school demands cooperation of media specialists with teachers if a successful program is to result. This article considers several successful ways that media specialists have found to work with teachers in open schools. (Related articles are LI 503 160-163 and 503 165-167.) (12 references) (Author/SJ)

The theory of open education and all its implications for school curricula, and school physical facilities cannot be separated. (Related articles are LI 503 160-164 and 503 166-167.) (4 references) (SJ)

The contrast between the view of a distinguished theologian and the new humanistic psychology may shed new light on our educational predicaments. (Editor/CB)

The lighting system is used for heating this school. (MF)

Open spaces, it has become apparent, do not necessarily guarantee freedom in the classroom. Freedom to learn, to grow, and to select your own learning activity does not seem to be a function of walls or lack of walls. (Author)

Visits to the Open Corridor Schools in New York City were made to search out the role of the library and the librarian in these informal education situations. (2 references) (NH)

Discusses findings of a survey of 69 public school superintendents on the prevalence of, and attitudes toward, open concept education. Reveals only 11 percent of the 436 schools employ open concept, and superintendents demonstrated negative attitudes toward the concept. (AH)

This instrument attempts to determine appropriate roles for teachers in a differentiated staffing pattern and to assess the effectiveness of these roles. Based on the experience of two open-space elementary schools utilizing differentiated staffing, the instrument was developed with ESEA Title III funds by the Mentor Exempted Village School…

Four school buildings encompassing a total of 11 open instructional areas were subjected to the clinical method or participant observation mode of inquiry. Two interrelated conclusions regarding the open space design resulted: (1) a distinguishable variation in administrative strategies existed when each group of teachers developed its own style,…

This study investigated the following questions: a) is the learning climate more open in open-space or traditional high schools; b) is the problem-attack behavior of principals more frequent'' in open-space or traditional high schools; c) is the learning climate related to the principal's problem attack behavior? (Author/JA)