This publication is the new edition of EDC's popular 2011 guide by the same name, completely revised to include lessons learned over the last decade, including the massive move to online learning during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Drawing on data from 188 countries and nearly 700 publications, this comprehensive guide explores distance education…

The handbook, developed by the National Summer Leadership Training Institute (1972 and 1973) on the Education of the Gifted and Talented, provides background information for program development, worksheets for applying information, and models which illustrate successful program ideas. Topics considered in the section on initiating a program are…

The term "problem-solving" covers three steps of the comprehensive planning process: problem analysis, generation of alternative solutions, and selection of policies or programs from those solutions. After goals have been developed and needs assessed, the problem-solving process begins with identification and definition of the specific nature of…

The three paradigms developed in this collection of essays represent especially fertile areas for language arts curriculum development at all grade levels. Intended to assist those educators who wish to see the implications of each type of curriculum spelled out in practical detail at every grade level, the book also is meant to be a resource for…

The handbook is presented in four major parts. In part one Arthur Chickering sees college curricular change as a continuing process made necessary by conditions that are both internal and external to the college. In part two David Halliburton builds on Chickering's rationale, shifting the focus to the curriculum itself. Here he deals with the…

This model for curriculum development is dependent upon teacher involvement to be successful and is characterized by its placement of the learner and his needs at the center. The model described in this document, if it is to serve the educational needs and interests of the learner, must be carefully developed so that it is in harmony with the…

This instructional systems planning guide presents specific criteria for developing a complete instructional program, as well as a method for designing the program. Chapter 1 presents an overview of curriculum development. Chapter 2 provides a brief description of each major activity in the process of curriculum development, which includes…

The module is the first of a series of seven discrete modules designed to assist elementary school teachers in the development of a career education program or to enrich an already established program. Module 1 may be used separately or in conjunction with the other modules. Topics covered in units 1-5 Module 1 include an overview of career…

This guide begins with background information useful to understanding Illinois' framework for implementation and evaluation of Programs of Study. It starts with a visual depiction of the relationships between activity at the federal, state and local levels that evolved to the creation of Illinois' Career Cluster Model. This Model, which is based…

"Welcome to a movement which focuses on the development of human resources--career education." This theme sets the tone for the publication, whose main purpose is to "help teachers try out career education activities in their own classrooms." A brief discussion of key concepts, examples of activities, and sample forms for quick…

This guide describes the final stage in a project to develop an Air Force technical training development model and presents the model. Chapter 1 summarizes the total project and its objective to facilitate the effective use of training technology through the development of a model for matching training approaches or innovations with specific…

This guide for teacher inservice training is focused on the concept of Ekistics--the study of man in his environment. The strategies presented are based on generic inservice culminating in a management planning model, purposefully generic to all inservice and intended to add support to the personnel who would be designing inservice. The steps to…

The document is designed to provide the teacher of the gifted and talented child with an overview and operational procedure to facilitate the use of future-aimed learning activities for developing leadership capabilities in students. Initial sections cover elements of the future-aimed curriculum mode, definitions of terms, and descriptions of…

This unit studies enquiry as a type of educational goal and examines ways in which the teaching of enquiry is becoming a key emphasis in elementary and secondary schools. The unit's objectives focus on the definition and requirements for enquiry-focused instruction, a rationale for enquiry-focused instruction, the relations between ideas and…

Discusses the development of an Information Resources Management (IRM) curriculum by the IRM Curriculum Advisory Committee established by the Graduate School, United States Department of Agriculture. Initial activities, models proposed for the program (standards, skills, users, operational), course selection, and structural proposals considered…