These sets of behavioral objectives for junior college economics courses were written to serve as a guide to instruction, a student guide to learning, and a basis for evaluation. The objectives are offered as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes other instructors want their students to acquire.…

Instructional objectives for a junior college course in technical report writing for police science students are presented. The objectives are offered as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes instructors want their students to acquire. They may also serve as models for assisting instructors to…

The author of this article believes that the current disillusionment with environmental education and loss of funding are due to the failure of educators to define proper program goals. He sees the goal of environmental education as fostering understanding and awareness of the earth and the intricate interrelationships associated with it. (MA)

The article presents a system of accountability for monitoring the progress of severely and profoundly handicapped people in behavioral programs. (DLS)

Goal-setting is taught in four steps: awareness and assessment, observation and analysis, evaluation, and demonstration. Illustrations of course projects and internship experiences are given, along with descriptions of specific behaviors being developed, and useful resource materials. (Author)

The article, an abridged version of the keynote address to the CORE Conference, May, 1977, discusses the ultimate ends, motives, and goals of special education, which the author believes to be an ignored but crucial topic. (DLS)

Professionals must recognize that skill domains that go well beyond the usual intellective and cognitive professional-technical skill domain are vital to effective practice but are believed less possible and less appropriate to teach and evaluate. (Author)

Focusing on the medieval university during its formative years (late 1100s and early 1200s), the author addresses questions such as "How did the ambitions of students and masters influence the organization and curriculum of these new institutions?" Concludes that society was served by these universities despite the indication that the…

Academic nursing administrators and faculty must remember the special character and purpose of the parent university or college when determining nursing curricula, extrainstitutional service roles, and faculty qualifications and expectations. The program must reflect its role as an accepted professional discipline of the institution. (MSE)

This paper described three shortcomings entailed in the use of behavioral objectives in evaluation. (Author)

The author presents several guidelines for writing behavioral objectives for counseling. These include: (1) maintaining perspective; (2) establishing the criteria of performance; and (3) keeping fluid. (RP)

The author proposes a redefinition of schooling, making it possible for the guidance function to become part of the curriculum. (RP)

Discusses the characteristics and appropriate uses of objectives in teaching and argues that non-behavioral objectives (like behavioral objectives) are a valuable educational tool. (JR)

Author attempted to call attention to some serious problems with respect to the general goals of education, and to suggest that these problems are left untouched by most of the newer developments in the specification of educational objectives. (Author/RK)

A brief look at an historical document in order to explain that effective work has always contained the elements of objectives: performance, conditions and standards.