Although prepared for the occasion of a national seminar in Thailand, the substance of this paper applied in a wide context of countries now making plans to develop school programs in population education. After an introduction to the need for introducing population education in the school curriculum and the way this need is perceived by family…

This publication identifies and describes the rationale behind new educational innovations in laboratory schools including those belonging to the National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS). The educational innovations listed are categorized according to 1) type of innovation (name and description of program); 2) subject areas involved,…

After distinguishing between elucidatory inquiry (directed toward theory and model construction for understanding and explaining phenomena) and evaluative inquiry (determining the worth of a thing), and providing nine differentiating characteristics, the author discusses the progress of educational elucidatory inquiry. He concludes that it has not…

This publication presents the proceedings of a meeting at which the discussions centered around higher education as a field of study. Five presentations are made in the document. The first is a review and interpretation of the literature surrounding the topic with a 53-item bibliography as a conclusion. The second offers insights into educational…

As American higher education enters the 70s, both its students and the society it serves have raised questions regarding its purposes, structures, and effectiveness. These papers on the assessment of colleges and universities were presented at the 1970 invitational conference of the American College Testing Program. The papers, in the main,…

To prevent the move to make schools more humane from developing into another educational fad, the author proposes an approach to curriculum design and evaluation that explicity relates the human condition to the necessary goals of teaching. To do this, he has prepared a grid in which the six elements of the human condition from developmental…

Report of research accomplished to aid U.S. Army Infantry School in its systems engineering of Infantry Officers Advanced Course curriculum is given. Focus is on identification of knowledge and skills and study of thought processing of battalion commander and his four principal staff officers. Survey of these officer activities was conducted in…

This publication is a report of the findings of four task forces that addressed a number of the currently unanswered questions in undergraduate social work education. The project was conceived out of the conviction that if in the future students are to enter practice immediately following receipt of the baccalaureate degree, the curriculum for…

This is a report of the proceedings of the 12th annual meeting of the Western Association of Graduate Schools. The theme of the conference was changing patterns in graduate education. The first general session of the meeting presented 2 speeches and a discussion about perspectives on the problem of graduate education today. The second session…

A series of writings, by approximately 35 leaders in the field of adult education, is printed. Contents are divided into five sections: Curriculum Development; The Instructional Process; New Aids To Learning; Staff Development; Adult Education: Resourceful Program Development. Questions and Exercises and Bibliography are given. (NF)

This report deals with studies on utilization of the baccalaureate-level practitioner in social work. It makes available information on the needs of social work practitioners and social work educators in order that better communication and understanding of each group's needs may be developed. The studies reported on include: "The Midway Project on…

This report reviews basic teacher education programs as presently understood and practiced and extends these formats through transitional forms toward a model teacher preparation program for the future. Basic preparation programs are divided into three categories: traditional, transitional, and modern. Traditional programs are compartmentalized…

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PRODUCTIVE CONFERENCE INTERACTION BETWEEN STATE SUPERVISORS OF MUSIC AND DELEGATES FROM STATES WITHOUT A STATE SUPERVISOR WERE REPORTED. FOR THE STATE SUPERVISORS, THERE WERE CONFERENCE SESSIONS DEVOTED TO "IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OFFICE OF STATE MUSIC SUPERVISOR." SUGGESTIONS WERE ALSO OFFERED TO…

Establishing a basis by (1) defining "system" and "systems analysis" and (2) showing how they can apply to curriculum design and evaluation, the author presents a five-step process, utilizing those concepts, for designing an industrial arts subsystem. (AG)

Outlines nine steps to curriculum planning: specify learning outcomes; identify constraints; assess physical environment needs; identify classroom practices required to do the job; orient the pupils; select teaching materials; organize the learning experience; get daily feedback from classroom observations; and evaluate the outcomes. (ED)