In relating foundation program objectives established by the Department of Education to classroom instruction, this paper identifies performance expectations for 21 subjects in grades 3, 6, 8, 10, and 12. These grades were chosen because they represent critical points in major stages of human development. The performance expectations are clustered…

This anthology provides an organized way to examine the many types of aims which have been advanced as the proper ends for educating. Essays of educational philosophers from Plato to the present day are presented. The contents are organized into four divisions. Sections one and two are concerned with the public aims of education. The third section…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of behavioral objectives in teaching poetry to ninth graders results in understanding on all cognitive levels and response on all affective levels. Four heterogeneously grouped ninth grade classes were randomly selected and assigned so that all four classes were involved in testing, and…

Presented is a study to investigate the usefulness of autobiographies of scholars, artists and scientists as instructional resources for general education objectives. A theoretical discussion in which a rationale for the usefulness of autobiographical materials in general education was developed. This led to the formulation of a Schema of General…

This report describes a systems approach toward an accountability program for a high school guidance department, the primary objective of which was to reduce the size of the "guidance universe" to manageable size, and to be responsible i.e., accountable. A commitment was developed to move toward a model of accountability, based not only upon what…

This report is designed to share the experiences of Oregon's Department of Education, thus far, with both the conceptual and actual use of indicators in assessing progress toward State level goals and objectives. The first chapter outlines the history of the study and briefly discusses the concept of indicators as used in the report. The report…

The ultimate goal of the research described in this paper is to develop a set of instructional objectives for driver education courses based on a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the driver's task. There are two phases--first, an analysis of the driver's tasks; second, a set of instructional objectives developed from results of the task…

Some of the problems and arguments related to behavioral objectives are examined, and a modified approach to objectives and measurements that, it is hoped, will be acceptable to both behaviorists and humanists is suggested. The following reasons for opposition to behavioral objectives are explored: (1) meaningful objectives are often discarded…

The degree of agreement with certain selected objectives for teaching as viewed by the four groups was examined. The subjects rank-ordered 12 objectives and differences among the four means of the ranks were analyzed by the analysis of variance. Statistically significant differences among the four groups were found on 10 of the objectives.…

Considered conceptual learning in music education and its meaning for students. (RK)

Author believes that "every instructional sequence should have as its number one objective the intent to send the student away with approach tendencies toward the subject matter equal to or greater than those with which he arrived." (Author)

Discussed are the issues and activities involved in creating a curriculum aimed at helping children understand the nature of feelings, human growth and development, and the process of learning. (JB)

Discusses various alternatives appearing in instructional system, personal philosophy, educational theory, and learning process; indicates the importance of understanding students' perception as well as teachers' own beliefs in curriculum designing. (CC)

Discusses potentials of situated learning in response to criticism of a previous article. Topics addressed include educational technology; education and political issues, including educational goals and literacy; learning theories; visuality and other modes of knowledge acquisition; cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains of learning; and…