International education encompasses: (1) the international content of curricula; (2) the international movement of scholars and students concerned with training and research; and (3) the arrangements engaging United States education abroad in technical assistance and educational cooperation programs. Its purposes are to liberate the mind and to…

This document, a presentation made at the Second Career Education National Forum, discusses concepts related to increasing the awareness and importance of lifelong education. Three kinds of education--formal, informal, and non-formal--are defined and described in relation to the need for non-restrictive educational settings and attitudes which…

The Core Program replaces a 54-credit, distributive approach to general education with a 45-credit, integrative and interdisciplinary set of semester programs very evenly spread out over the four years of college education. In place of a required number of courses from several separate departments, Core involves a 6-credit interdisciplinary course…

The speaker comments on a goal development process that has been used in the Milwaukee Public Schools for planning and implementing policy. Improvement of attendance was the goal selected for use in illustrating the model. (Author/IRT)

Educators have historically tried to limit the openness of the educational system by determining what factors from the society as a whole are allowed to influence decision-making. Other system components have been held to be more properly designed by professionals apart from societal impact. Change through time in the educational system occurs so…

This document presents a discussion aimed at relating organizational aims and operational objectives to the total educational picture in Michigan. The document views the educational needs of children and youth as a continuum beginning at about age 3 and ending (for elementary and secondary purposes) at about age 18. The premise of the continuum is…

Addressed primarily to teachers of speech communication, this paper suggests further emphasis on three important aims of education. The first objective is the development of an educational focus which stresses the unitary nature of knowledge, making speech courses more interdisciplinary. The second objective is the appropriate use of new knowledge…

This paper argues that, contrary to the views of several contemporary observers, American higher education is not becoming more homogeneous but more diverse. Higher educational institutions vary widely in their organizational structures, purposes and goals, and governance patterns. In order to compare these diverse institutions systematically, the…

In preparing this second edition, a fresh look was taken at literature describing practices and concepts relating to theory development in behavioral disciplines related to education for cues leading to a discussion of curriculum theory. In the belief that curriculum theory must be a subtheory of educational theory, the broad field of education…

In a national study of individualized instructional programs for the U.S. Office of Education, Jack V. Edling of the Oregon State System of Higher Education, Corvallis, conducted an in-depth survey of 46 programs in 24 States. PREP kit, No. 16, reports on that study in 13 documents, covering such subjects as objectives of individualized…

Black studies, hence relevant education for black people in this country, have been omitted from educational curricula at all levels. Some reasons are: questions of moral responsibility involved in complying with public pressure for curriculum reforms; doubt that the experiences of black people justify study; general ignorance of Afro-American…

The potential application of objectives and objective-based measures to evaluation problems of different types is discussed. A framework for categorizing educational evaluation problems and decision areas is used to support the discussion. Decision areas are: 1) selection of the appropriate problem or objective to be served; 2) selection and…

The purpose of this symposium was to identify and to discuss factors which should influence the design and implementation of elementary school science programs. Five papers were presented at the symposium. The paper presented by D. G. Phillips stressed the implications of Piaget's work for developing science programs: (1) placing certain…

Discussions at this 1968 annual conference focused on the proposed official draft of standards of fair conduct and voluntary cooperation in continuing legal education (CLE); CLE goals and the means for attaining them; and a proposed program of general courses, possibly compulsory, designed to bridge the gap between study and practice among newly…

Education in various ways and at various levels is one of the chief mechanisms for the transmission of culture and civilization and is a principal means for guiding the process. The attainment of this culture and civilization is a demanding and painful process. We live in a time of curious anti-intellectualism in which knowledge is being distorted…