Disaffection with the schools stems largely from a crisis of purpose. The schools' client population can be sorted into 3 main groups: the makers and the non-makers (both of whom see the schools as vehicles for attaining adequate success) and the post-makers. The post-makers take material well-being for granted and reject the traditional image of…

The meaning of objectives in geographic education and the need to structure objectives in some hierarchical manner are presented in this paper. Discussion in past years centered on the teaching of general objectives in geography classes. During the last twenty years, however, geography instructors realized that objectives may be at various levels…

Overall goals for a model K-8 mathematics program are stated. A hierarchy of over 400 mathematics content objectives for grades K-8 are listed in a prerequisite and sequential order and also organized in a grid form. Suggestions as to how the objectives can be used and a checklist of objectives upon which Wisconsin's statewide mathematics…

This is the first volume of a series produced by the State Education Department of the University of the State of New York. Mathematics objectives and sample items included were originally developed by four local school districts and are not intended to be official or comprehensive, but an aid to teachers in constructing curricula and making…

These instructional objectives, written by Harvey Reynolds, have been selected from materials used at Golden West College (California). These objectives are offered simply as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes instructors want their students to acquire. These objectives may also serve as models…

These instructional objectives, written by Charles Mitchell, have been selected from materials used at Golden West College (California). These objectives are offered simply as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes instructors want their students to acquire. These objectives may also serve as models…

A means to organize and evaluate purposes and performance of a school system. (Available from Educational Communication Center, P.O. Box 657, Camp Hill, PA 17011; $12.00 annually.) (Author)

The authors of this paper suggest that the increasing use of behavioral objectives in adult education is a symptom of a threatening economic and political climate; that behavioral objectives are incompatible with any new paradigm, any "new way of seeing," as represented by theories of andragogy and the concept of recurrent education.…

The author presents a scale for counselor use designed to aid in establishing a basis for defining counseling objectives and to provide means for examining discrepancies between the counselor's perception of his role and that held by his constituents. (RP)

The classification of objectives which, while non-behavioral, could serve a variety of functions including the development of behavioral objectives. (Author)

Three examples of performance goals written in the affective domain and two rating scales designed to help teachers use them. (Editor)

Author deals with the question of whether or not we should specify behavioral objectives for students, and judge achievement and competence in terms of some specified scheme. He stresses the point that educators should know what they are doing in the educational system even if they don't know why. (Author/RK)