The article, part 2 of a two-part series, focuses on the extension educator applying his skills to the analysis of the problem and establishing extension programs that will meet the needs of the people facing the problem. The authors provide a framework for the practicing extension educator to use. (Author)

This report outlines planning activities of the Pahlavi National Library in Iran. Steps taken in the planning process include: proposal, recruitment of consultants and advisors, preparation of background papers, seminar on present conditions and beginning planning, preparation of position papers by consultants, and review. Descriptions are…

A resume is presented of findings of ongoing research on the designing of strategies for conducting individual training. Studies being done, both in laboratory and operational training settings, are assessing the impact of individual differences, task variables, and training methods on strategy design. The findings are seen as directly relevant to…

The rationale for pupil personnel services includes the following: (1) universal education as an ideal is an American phenomenon, (2) trends relevant today are toward personal worth and development, (3) basic factors such as advanced technology and automation, recent gains in knowledge, holding power of schools, and the widening range of pupil…

Outlines the following information regarding the new National Endowment for the Arts Arts-in-Education Program: (1) background, (2) themes, (3) structures, (4) immediate next steps for members of the arts education community, (5) important principles for a particular group of arts educators, and (6) initial comprehensive planning questions. (JD)

A design method for information retrieval systems, based on a modelling technique, and derived from the general objectives and tasks set for the system is described. (12 references) (SJ)

A look at the major concern of the Lincoln Leadership Conference which was to report the results of attempting to use a procedural manual in the design of instruction for television.'' (Author/AK)

A review of Strategies for Success in Compensatory Education: An Appraisal of Evaluation Research by Edward L. McDill and others. (DS)

The author discusses a technique for analyzing affective goals and specifying them in terms of suitable measuring procedures." The article also outlines three approaches available for the design, development and validation of programmed instruction in the affective domain." (Author/AK)

Discusses the design and development of training programs that take advantage of the capabilities of computers and/or computer-driven video systems and the capabilities of interactive training. (JOW)

Task analysis can be applied to the design of computer assisted instruction programs for handicapped students through determining the task specification, identifying decisions and steps, classifying the task according to learning skill, identifying the enabling objectives, identifying entry behaviors, and evaluating achievement of the objectives.…