Recognition of the lack of time spent in planning during the typical administrator's day led the superintendent of schools in McMinnville, Oregon, to develop the Management Plan for Improvement (MPI). The process involved establishing the functions of top and middle management, and requiring middle managers to design objective-oriented plans for…

Intended to meet the needs of school faculties in writing the school philosophy and behavioral objectives, this guide proceeds step-by-step, defining and explaining each facet of the process. According to the document, a school philosophy must consider the scope and nature of the educative process, the characteristics and needs of students served,…

The need for goals in postsecondary and higher education is discussed. It is suggested that the development of statewide goals can serve as a means of making postsecondary education accountable to the public without resort to increased control and regulation. The process being used in Georgia to develop statewide goals for postsecondary education,…

A sampling of the literature on reading objectives shows a weak sense of direction beyond elementary school. After assessing the problem, the Bureau of Language Arts of the Chicago Board of Education selected inference as the focus of high school reading. To develop a taxonomy of inferences, the Chicago committee began inductively, by writing or…

This paper provides an evaluative framework to clarify the similarities and differences in five purposes for which a computer may be used to aid instruction. Each purpose implies its own method of evaluation and each has a different set of effectiveness measures that highlight its unique value. The first four involve adding new skills or knowledge…

Intended to explore the relationship between career education and community education, this monograph is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the background of this relationship. Chapter 2 discusses career education and community education as approaches to educational reform. Philosophical and definitional…

This document is part of a revised series of five publications, planning for Inservice Education, which was originally published in 1976 in five units. This introductory monograph provides a discussion of the generic principles of effective planning for inservice education programs. The contents are divided into an overview of the planning model,…

THIS STUDY EXPLORED THE EFFECTS OF A DECLARED INSTITUTIONAL GOAL OF VALUE-ORIENTATION ON THE VALUES OF STUDENTS. THE OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE THEOLOGY REQUIRED IN A CATHOLIC COLLEGE HAVE AN APPRECIABLE IMPACT ON STUDENTS, (2) DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE PRODUCES…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE ROLE OF VALUES IN THE SELECTION OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM BY PUBLIC SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO A SAMPLE OF 25 PERCENT OF ALL SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS, 75 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS IN GRADES 9 AND 12, AND 75 PERCENT OF THOSE ENROLLED IN ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.…

TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO APPROACHES TO TEACHING PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS HOW TO SELECT APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES, 127 SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENTS WERE PLACED IN TWO SAMPLE GROUPS AND TAUGHT DIFFERENT CURRICULUM PRINCIPLES. GROUP I WAS TAUGHT THE FIVE POINT RATIONALE DEVELOPED BY TYLER WHILE GROUP II USED THE BLOOM CLASSIFICATION OF…

FOUR ESSAYS, EACH BY A DIFFERENT AUTHOR, PRESENT PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION. TOGETHER THESE ESSAYS PROVIDE AN INSIGHT INTO THE PURPOSES OF BOTH THOSE WHO SEEK INNOVATION AND THOSE WHO RESIST IT, A SUMMARY OF RECENT INNOVATIONS CURRENTLY IN OPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION, AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS OF…

THE AUTHORS HAVE COMPILED AN ANNOTATED LIST OF 61 REPORTS OF STUDIES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE USE OF THE TAXONOMY AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF EDUCATION. (WO)

Several questions regarding the frequency and motivation of adult learning are examined in light of findings from several research studies. Focus is on highly intentional learning which is not part of formal course work: a series of time-consuming episodes in which the person's primary intention is to gain certain definite knowledge and skill.…

Once planners at the local level have specified the educational objectives of their program, they should determine how those objectives can be reached. The possibility of selecting an adequate strategy is improved if several alternative strategies are generated and analyzed before a decision is made. Suggestions for generating alternative…

This document discusses policy as well as major goals and objectives for the District of Columbia Public Schools for 1980-82. This multiyear planning process focuses at the local school level where the local school and its community constituents have set forth their plans for accomplishing goals, specifically defining those goals based on…