Attempts to design an experimental program for the training of a new generation of educational administrators, with the rationale being based on selected concepts and propositions of occupational sociology, organizational theory, and systems theory. (Author)

Author projects increases in Florida's career employees and assesses their training needs. (Editor/RK)

Summarizes the course content, teaching methods, and student background in a one-semester, lecture-type survey course carried out between 1969-72. Indicates that the interdisciplinary approach to science and society is equally important for both science and non-science majors in science courses. (CC)

Social and political contexts of learning determine and define the content and structure of knowledge, the way we use it, and the way we evaluate its significance. (Author)

National education programs should incorporate evaluation as an integral part of program development. (CK)

Particular features of this experimental program were to provide access and encouragement to young northern students, especially those of Indian, Eskimo, or Metis origin. (Author/MB)

A research strategy for educational engineering is outlined which includes the transformation of scientific knowledge into tables of useful measures. The applications of such a process are fully discussed. (PR)

An approach used in reflecting industry in the industrial arts shop through preprinted instructions called resource units. (GR)

The authors present a step-by-step approach to a phased-in career development model to help develop, restructure, evaluate, and implement a program. Steps include: examine existing practices; sell top management; communicate corporate philosophy; integrate the program; design workshops; and evaluate. (CT)

Prior learning assessment programs are characterized as having a highly individualized service or a more standardized pattern. Three model programs are described: Webster College in St. Louis, Adelphi University in Garden City, Long Island, and Sinclair Community College in Dayton. (Author/MLW)

Most assessment efforts suffer from being externally imposed on reluctant institutions. Factors that appear to influence the effectiveness of the various kinds of assessment attempts, their purpose and design, and their relationship to the ongoing health and prospects for institutions are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Contains suggestions to help vocational teachers develop and implement a placement plan that helps ensure and document their program's success. Suggestions concern the content and use of student files, development of employer files, cross references, various methods of public relations, matching students to jobs, and files on interviews. (CT)

Staff development programs and evaluation designs can be improved by applying four principles: (1) Range of evaluation criteria should match range of outcomes; (2) Program outcomes should be concrete and specific to assist in formulation of evaluation criteria; (3) Evaluation design rigor should reflect the program's power; and (4) Evaluation…