Constructivism holds that learners construct knowledge when they make sense of the world. It provides the basis for the movement from teacher-centered towards student-centered learning in entrepreneurship, which is accelerating. Yet, research into using constructivism in the entrepreneurship classroom of community colleges in the USA is seriously…

This booklet describes the characteristics and role of curriculum frameworks and describes how they can be used in developing educational programs. It is designed as a guide for writers of frameworks, for educators who are responsible for implementing frameworks, or for evaluators of educational programs. It provides a concise description of the…

Evaluation practice within state education agencies (SEAs) is reviewed from a management consultant's perspective. The study is based upon a review of literature, discussions with the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Research on Evaluation Program, and visits to SEAs in California, Montana and Washington. The main findings of the study…

Fifteen California community colleges participated in a program designed to develop and demonstrate a training and internship model that would provide skilled, experienced project managers, especially at the levels of dean and assistant dean, for occupational education in the state's community colleges. Research was conducted to produce a…

COPES (Community College Occupational Programs Evaluation System), established in 1971 as a cooperative undertaking of community colleges, is today the recognized system for evaluation of occupational education in California community colleges. In its fifth year of operation (1975-76) an assessment study focused on the basic system. Key objectives…

Using the District Review of Vocational Education (DROVE) process, information from 60 California district vocational education systems was collected and analyzed to determine important implications for State level management of vocational education. Some 257 visiting team members participated in writing recommendations and commendations from…

In response to legislative mandates calling on educational institutions to become more accountable for monies spent, a number of community colleges in California have implemented research and data collection models to help them answer state and local questions about institutional effectiveness. However, there is a significant difference between…

This handbook provides information that administrators of maintenance and operations in California schools can use in systematically planning and scheduling school facility support services. The first unit, chapter 1, is designed to help members of school district governing boards establish board policies, regulations, and procedures. Topics…

The Sacramento City (California) Unified School District found its own way to combine local school effectiveness assessment with state required local district quality reports. The evaluation matrix developed by the district identified information needed in six district goal areas for local long-range planning, the state-required reports, and an…

This report presents results of the management reviews of 20 California high school vocational systems which utilized the District Review of Vocational Education (DROVE) process, a consultant-directed self-study that also involves a vertification study conducted by a visiting team made up of nonvocational educators. (Results of the topical…

This report contains findings of a followup study of the impact of the District Review of Vocational Education (DROVE) on 19 secondary school districts and four regional occupational programs and centers (ROP/Cs) in California reviewed during 1974-75. (The followup study of the impact of DROVE is the third phase of DROVE, a three-phased,…