Needs assessment is the most commonly used procedure for assessing the worth of educational objectives. The authors believe this method is a survey of wants, rather than needs, of various groups. It does not establish that such wants ought to be fulfilled. It lacks a principled basis for carrying out its strategy. Four basic assumptions are made…

This bulletin states the physical education objectives of the Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools and lists specific goals for children from kindergarten through the eighth grade in physical education. (JD)

This bulletin states the educational objectives of the Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools and outlines specific goals in the health education program for students from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. (JD)

This study discusses and evaluates the Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) planning model for goal setting in educational systems by examining the results of its use in five Vermont schools. The findings show a gap between educational realities and the tradition of organizational maintenance and change on which the model is based. Also discussed are studies of…

Contained in this document are extracts from an address by the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization at the International Conference on Human Rights organized at Teheran by the United Nations; a paper presented at the World Assembly for Human Rights (Montreal, 22-27 March 1968); and the text of…

The rapidity and complexity of current change create a paradoxical need for educational decision-making that is at the same time rapid and well thought out. A fundamental obstruction to genuinely effective educational planning is a misconceived notion of "practicality." The essence of the misconception is the belief that change in education should…

During the 1969-70 academic year the author engaged in an extensive program of research training at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. He studied multidimensional scaling techniques and used many of these techniques in the analysis of data resulting from experiments and studies of the visual and cognitive perception of letters and words. The…

A knowledge of literary forms, periods, and biographical background is of secondary importance in the study of literature, the primary function of which is to help students experience through feeling, intellect, and imagination what it is to be alive. This may be accomplished by the "inductive" or "discovery" method in which students are…

This report provides concerned citizens and educators with information about the attainment of educational objectives in the United States. In light of science objectives, exercises assessing knowledge, skills, and other educational achievements were administered to randomly selected 9, 13, and 17-year-olds, and young adults (26 to 35). This…

Two papers selected from those presented at the Special Conference on Instructional Technology (San Antonio, Texas, December 1-4, 1970) consider the improvement of special education through instructional technology. The papers examine educational technology as a program objective of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (Edwin Martin), and…

To examine the relationship between a teacher's critical thinking ability and his classroom verbal behavior and perception of teaching purposes, 39 teachers first completed the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. The 10 highest and 10 lowest scorers were then observed and videotaped in their classrooms during three one-half hour periods,…

This report contains the findings, conclusions and recommendations that emerged from a study of "Functions and Goals of Oklahoma Higher Education." Many individuals and groups were involved in the process which culminated in this report, including a 600-member citizens' group, a special 140-member citizens' advisory committee, several…

This paper is divided into two parts: (1) the drug abuse education activities being carried out by the various agencies that take responsibility in this area, and (2) an analysis of various kinds of efforts made in drug abuse education today and the resulting product. The definition of drug abuse education used by the author contains the following…

This work describes how, over three centuries, colleges have been expected to assume responsibility for the care and socialization of the young while "...the task had grown all the more difficult because a prosperous society, immersed in sensation, easily swept by currents of irrationality, deeply puzzled by questions of national purpose, and…

American education reflects American society, and when society has difficulty in establishing clear objectives for itself, as it does now, education also has difficulty. Behavioral objectives and educational accountability are a result of public pressure and reflect a broad social movement originating in business, where the emphasis has…