Continuing use of outdated design is the main source of the crisis in education. The existing system should be "trans-formed" rather than "re-formed." Transformation requires the development of organizational capacity and collective capability to engage in systems design with a broad vision of what should be. (Author/JOW)

The interior ecosystems model illustrates effects on the human organism of the interaction of the natural, behavioral, and built environment. Examples of interior lighting and household energy consumption show the model's flexibility for organizing study variables in interior design research. (SK)

Suggests that human performance technologists need to have an analysis approach to support the development of an appropriate set of improvement recommendations for clients and then move to an action plan to help them see results. Presents a performance improvement model and a systematic approach that considers organizational context, ownership,…

An important objective of science and technology education is the development of pupils' capacity for systems thinking. While in science education the term system relates mainly to structures and phenomena in the natural world, technology education focuses on systems designed to fulfill people's needs and desires: examples include systems to…

Developmentalists are generally interested in systems perspectives and this is reflected in the theoretical models of the past decade. However, the methodological tools to test these models are either nonexistent or difficult for many researchers to use. This article reviews the state space grid (SSG) method for analyzing synchronized event…

Universities today are increasingly being viewed in terms of serving the purpose of economic development. This paper postulates that their chief purpose is to advance knowledge and that in doing so they effectuate regional economic growth and development through processes specified in the endogenous economic growth model. To achieve this purpose…

Digital electronic technology systems are composed of hardware, software, thoughtware, and their context. The four elements of the model are in a context sensitive relationship where to alter one element is to change them all. Digital Cinema is a theoretical construct for understanding moving images produced and viewed in a digital context.…

Most institutional approaches to the understanding of government and politics describe all the variables of a particular case. The systems model, however, attempts greater generality in its consideration of four variables: the system, the environment, response, and feedback. Examples of the model's applicability to recent political events are…

Conventional approaches to educational planning (in particular to the forecasting of enrolments) fail to yield satisfactory results during periods of rapid social or educational change. This paper briefly outlines a flexible, alternative approach, that of the student flow model. (Editor/RK)

An analytical model for a cost-effectiveness approach to the journal disposition problem is presented. An example based on data from a real university special library situation is presented. (Author/PF)

Any man-environment system is made up of subsets of the sets man, nature, artifacts, and symbols, and the set of interactions among these elements. (Author)

The concept of synergistics is presented as a model for organizational behavior. The writer contends that, within a systems approach to education, utilizing the idea of synergistics, which capitalizes on human resources as an input to the system, dramatic changes in education can take place. (Author/DN)

Author categorizes most changes in educational practice as "educational bandwagon phenomenon" and proposes a model describing the factors necessary for effective change. (HB)

Ecological modeling is a holistic systems level approach to situational analysis which can be used in planning activities for lifelong learning in an urban setting. It is the purpose of this essay to present a discussion of ecological modeling in its pure or conceptual sense and concomitantly to translate this analysis into an effective and…

Outlines the facts being presented in the literature about mathematical models, their related components, and their practical and theoretical uses. (Author)