In recent years, the literature on community college education has included little material on instructional quality in these institutions. This absence of a discussion of quality teaching indicates a serious weakness in community college education that could be remedied by taking some lessons from the corporate sector. Three characteristics have…

Discussed the process of planning a program of instruction that concerned itself with student attitudes toward and responses to music and the development of their music skills. (Author/RK)

This article presents a psychological definition of values and defines ways of measuring them. It also reports results of a study dealing with the evolution of educational values of different groups of students, and high school and college levels (N=400), and a comparison between the students' values and those of a group of teachers. (Author)

These forms implement the management by objectives (MBO) program that is the subject of the cited ERIC documents. The forms can be used to implement a workable MBO system in office, bureau, department, division, agency, institution, school, or community. The forms are intended to provoke critical analysis rather than lengthy replies. As a general…

Discusses the principles of behavioral objectives and strategies for achieving them. (Text is in French.) (RM)

Subjects were psychiatric patients assigned to a newly formed experimental ward. These results suggest that the overt behavior altered in such programs is accompanied by shifts in cognitive or "internal" aspects of psychological functioning as well. (Author)

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 prospective major fields of study and career plans of National Merit Finalists are recorded on the scholarship application forms submitted during the students' senior year in high school. (Finalists are selected from the top 1% in measured scholastic ability.) A study of the answers given from 1957-67 indicates that interest among boys in the…

From October 1 through December 31, 1965, activity was concentrated on the selection of a curriculum and the development of topic objectives within each course of study. The proposed curriculum outlined for grades 9 through 14 is based on meeting the four identified domains of specific vocational, general vocational, citizenship, and…

Although not all instructional goals can be expressed as behavioral objectives, most of them should be. Behavioral objectives are advantageous because they (a) aid in communicating instructional goals, (b) provide direction for teachers, (c) provide motivation and direction for students, (d) facilitate identification of prerequisite knowledge or…

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…

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 booklet, designed as a practical guide, deals with the preparation of instructional objectives for teaching and testing. Emphasized are the statement of instructional objectives as learning outcomes and the definition of the objectives in terms of specific types of behavior (knowledge or skills) expected of students at the end of the learning…

The ultimate development of an integrated curriculum will necessitate the development and refinement of a scheme, testing the scheme on both subject matter and real life experiences, and greater utilization of existing resources in vocational education. The analysis, integration, and classification of objectives leading to an integrated curriculum…