A study was conducted to investigate empirically the nature of program development, testing Everett Rogers' model of collective adoption of an innovation against the data, and distinguishing between the developmental patterns of high and low quality programs. Subjects were 34 school districts representing a 10 percent sample of 340 districts…

This paper discusses tradition and innovation in the training of clinical child psychologists. Since prevention is receiving increasing emphasis, psychologists need thorough training in the developmental psychology of both infancy and early childhood. Secondly, the training of paraprofessionals is of great current interest, and perhaps graduate…

The schools have not met the challenge of preparing todays youth, many of whom lack both purpose and plans. This challenge to education can best be met through psychological studies and the application of psychological knowledge in the development of new systems of education. Some of the primary needs are: (1) an understanding by the student of…

Because the author believes that one learns more through sight than through language and learns it more quickly and comprehensively, he feels that television is the most likely medium to revolutionize the process of education. He explores the possibilities of creating a visual culture via television, basing his proposals on an examination of the…

Investigated were the relationships among three characteristics of administrators (school superintendents' innovativeness, dogmatism, and perceptions of situational pressures). Superintendents with three or four of the new programs were ranked as higly innovative, and superintendents with less than three were ranked as low innovative. The…

The Union for Research and Experimentation in Higher Education, a consortium of 10 colleges, initiated an experimental study of a new model for off-campus education in selected problematic areas. The model places students and faculty members in Field Study Centers-- or Beachhead Colleges --to help solve local problems through interaction between…

This position paper presents guidelines for an approach to career planning which integrates educational experiences with the world of work and job requirements, based on models developed in 1968 for the purpose of planning the "Image of the World of Work" program. It provides the rationale and the application of the models for general…

This dissertation reports on a study of the planning and development activities of the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL). The study attempted to assess (1) whether MOREL has accepted a change agent role, and (2) whether it has taken action that indicates recognition of what is known through the literature and research about…

This paper describes systems analysis in general terms, suggests some applications for education, and discusses the limitations of its use. Such problems as the political conditions, the lack of clear-cut goals, and the failure to plan alternative methods for achieving goals are seen as major limitations. To overcome these conditions and to permit…

The objectives and activities of the planning project are stated, the general goal being to plan a school in which adaptive, exemplary, and innovative instructional programs could be introduced and evaluated. A site plan, complete floor plans, and a front elevation drawing are included. (FPO)

This publication contains a program outline and a workbook used in an experimental session whose objectives were to explain how ACT (Achievement Competence Training) was developed and designed from a synthesis of psychological research literature, familiarize the attendees with the methods used to develop the curriculum package; demonstrate…

Parental reaction to open education in North Dakota was studied. The hypotheses predicted that there would be less parental acceptance of and support for the open classroom according to: the greater the classroom openness; the less the parents' cosmopoliteness, the smaller the town population, the older the parents, the lower the informational…

The views and examples found in this paper are based on a case study of the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts. The principal objective of this case study was to understand how an organization in higher education employed available resources in order to promote both internal and external reform in the field of higher education.…

This book is the official final report of the Commission on Non-Traditional Study's 2-year study containing its findings and major recommendations. It deals with lifelong learning, external degrees, new institutions, faculty involvement, new evaluation modes, educational technology, and college and community cooperation. It presents almost 60…

The major purposes of the summer reading program of the Falconer School, funded through ESEA Title I, were (1) to provide remedial assistance in reading to students, and (2) to provide a setting for staff innovation. Individualized instruction was central to the program in which new materials, techniques, and learning conditions were tried. The…