Different European nations have taken different paths toward the common goal--a purposeful action program in lifelong education. The contrasts, similarities and progress to date are examined and vocational education and training needs discussed. (MW)

This report provides an overview of the competency-based education movement, discusses school administrators' concerns and attitudes concerning the competency movement, describes the experience of various school districts and states with minimum competency requirements, and presents practical guidelines for implementing minimum competency…

This manual is basically designed as a self-instructional guide by which postsecondary vocational administrators and educators can conduct cost-effectiveness/benefit studies. (Cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis is an evaluation technique which can be used for assessing outcomes of existing and/or new programs in relation to their specified…

Designed to be utilized in a national workshop conducted to aid teacher educators in preparing vocational education teachers to install and manage competency-based instruction, this training module follows the format and structure employed in the performance-based teacher education (PBTE) curricula materials developed by the Center for Vocational…

The purpose of this guide is to furnish school districts with process guidelines for community participation in the planning of educational programs and school facilities. The information to be developed includes: (1) a prioritized set of the community's educational goals--individualized for each community; (2) the resources, both physical and…

This guide attempts to help local planners develop and implement curricula which will provide each student in Connecticut with equal opportunity for a suitable program in foreign language instruction. With a focus on K-12 programs, the guide provides an overview of current philosophies, objectives, methods, and materials in the foreign language…

A project at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to develop more useful planning and evaluation procedures, to develop a theoretical framework for viewing alternative approaches to university planning, and to conduct case studies of planning and evaluation in several other large universities, is described. The University of Michigan Evaluation…

Continuous progress education (CP) provides for the individualization of all significant aspects of learning, including materials, content, objectives, methods, pacing, and student-teacher relationships. It is based on the proposition that no general prescriptions are equally appropriate for all students. A brief description of Hood River Valley…

This document provides standards of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification relating to the development, content, and periodic review of teacher education programs. It is also a guide for institutions planning revisions of existing programs or seeking to develop new teacher education programs. Chapter one…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on developing programs for preschool children is the third in a set of four modules on establishing occupational programs in human development. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education…

This book summarizes activities and results of a middle childhood education workshop held for the improvement of staff skills, knowledge, attitudes, and experience. The components of a plan for training middle childhood educators are presented in the logical order of program development: (1) development of educational policy; (2) needs assessment…

Program goals, designs, and accomplishments in the area of second-step nursing education is the topic of this report of a conference attended by over 125 nursing educators, administrators, and graduate students. (Second-step nursing education encompasses postlicensure upper-division baccalaureate programs expressly designed for registered nurses.)…

This guide presents an outline for establishing a service-learning program for college level students preparing for a career in working with older adults. The following procedures are described for developing practicums and fieldwork programs: 1) establishing program goals, 2) program staffing, 3) selection of service-learning sites, 4) developing…

The School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS) is an overall design for districtwide program assessment and development. It is both a way of interrelating planning and evaluation of individual programs and a way of comparing the outcomes of all district programs with the district's community-defined educational goals. Component…

ART EDUCATION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS MULTIPLE-AUTHOR DOCUMENT WHICH BEGINS WITH A CHAPTER ON THE ROLE OF ART IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. THE BASIC PRINCIPLES WHICH SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM OF ART INSTRUCTION AND THE FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN PLANNING FOR THE TEACHING OF ART ARE…