This guide was developed to fill a need identified by high school educators and Alberta Advanced Education and Technology staff. The Guide introduces students to the principles of career and education planning and various authorized Alberta resources by helping students work through the planning process. The student guide is a series of modules or…

A product of joint effort between the Colorado Department of Institutions and the Division of Developmental Disabilities, the guide presents hierarchically arranged instructional objectives to determine goals for developmentally disabled persons. The most advanced skills are listed first with basic skills following for four major categories:…

Comprised of four chapters and nine appendices, this report concerns social studies instruction in Minnesota's public school. In chapter 1 the Minnesota State Board of Education lists education values, learner values, and its philosophy, mission, and goals. Chapter 2 contains a discussion of the roles and purpose of social studies education.…

Author directed his thoughts to the problem of preparing students to write, read, speak, and listen so that they can obtain a useful education. (RK)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of two death education seminars to create in the participants a better capacity to prepare for their own death and to cope with the death of others. An affective death education seminar was presented to 28 health education students, and a cognitive death education seminar was presented…

Alternative views of technological education in the year 2000 are presented in this paper. First, a discussion of futuristic thinking highlights arguments that the world's progress is non-linear, that major changes are made in quantum leaps and at unpredictable times, and that the "official future" (i.e., a vision shared by members of an industry,…

Goal setting is a necessary component to any change-oriented counseling. Support groups are logical additions to and often replacements for direct professional interventions. Typically clients who see counselors are dissatisfied with aspects of their personal lives. Along with their perceptions of their present states are their desires to alter or…

Report of the first year of a three-year study attempting to understand the processes of Teen Evaluation and Maturation (TEAM) in operational Navy contexts, seeking to document changes occurring when team members learn about their tasks, each other, and the environmental demands of the scenarios of the Naval Gunfire Support (NGFS) Department,…

The basic evaluation model for faculty is one in which quantitative information about the means of teaching, research, and service are tied to salary increases. However, faculty evaluation in this context is usually trapped conceptually between questions of fairness and questions of evaluation. Means and ends are distorted. On the other hand, if…

Article evaluated mastery learning, a teaching strategy originating from behavior-oriented educational technology with objectives specified in behavioral terms. (Editor/RK)

One year's experience in the use of management by objectives in the Technological Institute Library of Northwestern University is reported. (Author)

The concepts and components of Management by Objectives (MBO) are examined in terms of their application to educational administration. The paper begins by defining MBO, differentiating its components (e.g., individual and institutional goals and mission statements), and emphasizing the need for management styles conducive to objective management.…