This document builds on the groundwork established in the 1981 State Plan by the Kansas Statewide Inservice Task Force. This task force was appointed by the Kansas State Board of Education for the planning and implementation of a statewide teacher inservice process and for the coordination of preservice and inservice activities. Based on the…

The purpose of this study was to construct a model for the design, development, and direction of continuing education programs for registered nurses at John C. Calhoun Community College. The model was based on data from various professional conferences; a review of the literature on continuing education in general and concepts of learning theory;…

Project P.A.V.E., serving senior high schools in Texas, focused on four areas crucial to the education of handicapped students: parental involvement, academic achievement, vocational programing, and extracurricular opportunities. This report describes the administrative arrangements of the program, and evaluates the results of the program for…

A BRIEF HISTORIC SURVEY WHICH PLACES PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE RELATIVE TO BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGY AS A WHOLE IS PRESENTED. BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGY IS THE APPLICATION OF LEARNING THEORY TO PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION. THE APPLICATION OF BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGY TO THE TEACHING OF CERTAIN VERBAL AND INTELLECTUAL…

BASIC ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN ANALYSIS BY RATIONAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION ARE APPLIED TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF USE OF ALLOCATED RESOURCES, THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN APPLICATION OF RESOURCES TO A PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND ATTAINMENT OF OBJECTIVES CAN BE DETERMINED BY BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS, THE RATIO OF THE PRESENT VALUE OF…

THE HOMEMAKING EDUCATION PROGRAM OF THE 1940'S IS COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE 1960'S. TODAY ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM ARE COORDINATED, IN CONTRAST TO THE FORMER SEPARATE, DISTINCT PROGRAMS. THE CURRENT EMPHASIS IS UPON DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF PRINCIPLES AND GENERALIZATIONS THAT WILL APPLY TO NEW SITUATIONS IN CONTRAST TO EMPHASIS UPON…

The manual is designed to be used in training socially disadvantaged persons who have had no previous job experience in the health fields and who may have only a fifth grade reading ability to function as (1) community health aides who present information received from a qualified source in laymen's language and in general assume the…

Outdoor education is discussed as a means of enriching and enhancing the interdisciplinary curriculum. Topics covered include urbanization effects, patterns of outdoor education, planning for outdoor education, Federal programs, teacher and leadership preparation, and consultant resources. The document concludes by pointing to planning as the…

Suggestions are made for helping project managers aid educational linking agents in acquiring new skills or sharpening existing skills. These tentative suggestions are grouped into five categories: (l) skill/knowledge domains; (2) setting priorities; (3) choosing among options; (4) selecting trainers; (5) resources. Skill/knowledge priorities…

The purpose of this project was to re-educate veteran teachers to understand and conceptualize child-centered, informal education as preparation for a new, open-architecture setting. The first phase of the project consisted of a needs assessment; the second, of three training days for teachers. Training covered interpersonal relations skills,…

A summary presentation of the Oklahoma State plan for vocational education is offered in the document. The following areas related to administrative provisions and the annual and long-range program plans are briefly described with supporting data: (1) definitions for people, programs, and vocational technical education facilities; (2) goals and…

This program planning guide for physical education in New York State Schools, grades K-6, is based on making the student fully aware of cultural, vocational, and aesthetic opportunities so the student can make constructive life decisions. The stated program goals are (a) mastery of communication and reasoning skills; (b) ability to sustain…

This text is the first in a series of handbook providing methodology information for drug program planners and administrators. This handbook is designed to address the private sector need for assistance in their consideration of methods, techniques and approaches necessary for effective local program implementation and evaluation. The first…

A task force comprised of members from the North Carolina State Education Agency has developed a statewide plan for career education, which is outlined. Seven sections present: (1) objectives, task force background, and personnel; (2) a summary of information on North Carolina school programs; (3) a definition of career education encompassing the…

This document defines a wide range of measures of the outcomes (results or impacts) of postsecondary education institutions and their programs and suggests procedures for acquiring the data needed for each measure. The outcome measures described are ones identified by a survey of institutional and state-level decision makers as providing the…