This Texas higher education plan outlines the goals of closing the gaps in higher education participation and success, in educational excellence, and in funded research over the next 15 years. Major goals include the following: (1) closing the gaps in participation rates across Texas to add 500,000 more students; (2) increasing by 50 percent the…

This publication lists the steps to be taken in the Continuous Improvement Instructional Planning Process of the Texas Education Agency. The steps in this process are: (1) definition of the goals and standards for student performance; (2) identification of the learning needs of the students; (3) development of performance objectives based on…

How can change become institutionalized? With the advent of a new superintendent, principal, curriculum director and/or legislature, each of whom wants to make their mark with hopes of "improving" public education by introducing new programs, the message teachers receive from those who are not in the trenches is that they are incompetent…

Article is a discussion of the relationship between society's stratification system and its educational institutions. (GB)

Summarizes the early discussion results in the development of a physics project in higher education. Indicates that the first-year experience concentrates on the following aspects: laboratory work, tutorial programs, and individualized instruction. (CC)

Translating social studies objectives into learnable tasks for students in the classroom involves understanding what a learning activity is, and that different types of learning activities serve different functions. An example of a learning activity sequence which includes four catagories of activities--intake, organizational, demonstrative, and…

This article attempted to achieve some balanced appreciation of the interaction between local and central authorities and between African and European initiatives in the evolution of African education by examining the development of two mission sponsored educational institutions in Kenya from about 1875 to 1920. (Author/RK)

The experimental Rhode Island Career Education delivery system combines many innovations to foster student self-direction and decision-making skills. (MS)

Implementing the basic concepts of career education in the accounting program requires major changes in both content and methodology. (MS)

To what degree and in what ways are students exerting influence in the shaping of teacher education programs? This study reviews the history of the Student N. E. A. and the activities through which local chapters participate in program design. (Editor)

Post-World War II adult civic education sought to promote citizen participation, individual development, and the creation of an aware and informed citizenry. The objectives were the creation of a public opinion able to assess critically the accomplishment of government, and citizens able to identify and solve common social problems. (Author/AG)

The assumption of social and academic benefits accrued to students in comprehensive high schools are tested under conditions of non-streaming. (Author/KM)

Discussed the report on secondary education financed by IDEA and evaluated its merit. (RK)

This study examined outcomes of a supervision practicum in which graduate students supervised undergraduates in teacher education during microteaching activities and studied their supervisory behavior using videotape replays of conferences with teacher-trainees. (Editor)