ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a few examples of some of the opportunities there will be, under the headings of curriculum reform, programmed learning, examinations and teachers, with some cautionary words at the end. The mood in the United States is especially interesting. The reformers are opposed both to English-style scholasticism and to the utilitarian approach which has been an integral part of American progressivism. The P.S.S.C. course, tried out in thousands of American high schools, seems a model of enlightened innovation. Education needs innovation more than it needs research. All the same, it is a pity that research has not been incorporated from very early on in the design of the curriculum reforms. Multiple-choice questions could be made more searching than they are at present; and methods for scoring the ‘open-ended’, essay type of material could be developed.
