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Saint Paul Public Schools, Minn. – 1977
The main focus of the Minneapolis component third year's activities (1976-77) was to expand the inservice programs to teachers and counselors district-wide. (The district includes twenty-four secondary schools, fifty-five elementary schools, and a number of alternative locations.) A career education conference in August and a television program in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Support, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development
Collier, Valerie – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1980
In the 1970s, comprehensive secondary schools were mandated in England. This article reports a study of the effects of reorganization on seven East Midlands secondary schools. From interviews with administrators, information was collated concerning curricular changes occurring since reorganization, the formal organization adopted, and internal and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Bailey, A. J.; Braithwaite, R. J. – British Journal of Teacher Education, 1980
The relationship between inservice education and educational change in a large comprehensive secondary school is examined. Teachers contrasted inservice education with other professional activities and assessed the usefulness of each in the development of the school's curriculum. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development
Marvin, Michael D.; Ferderbar, Joseph – 1974
This report discusses the results of a five-year effort to develop a comprehensive planning process that would enable school districts to initiate and maintain a self-sustaining planning capability. In addition to examining the general principles and procedures of the comprehensive planning approach to school district planning, the author…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
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Holt, Maurice – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1990
Examines the tensions created between public demands for curriculum changes and the schools' internal needs. Reports a case study on the implementation of a core curriculum in an English comprehensive school. Focuses on the work of the curriculum committee and the role of the principal. Assesses successes and failures of the project. (RW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comprehensive Programs, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Kansanen, Pertti, Ed. – 1987
This international research report consists of five papers discussing five different topics in education. "Views on the Implementation of the Curriculum--Experiences of the Finnish Practice" (P. Kansanen) analyzes research results regarding the national curriculum for the Finnish comprehensive school system and compares them with a…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Course Descriptions, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development
Tobin, Robert I.; And Others – 1976
Information is provided in this report on existing career-related resources in Boston, and on what can be done to further the implementation of career exploration programs. Section 1 provides the historical and policy context for the information, analyses and recommendations. Section 2 describes national developments and strategies for…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development
Hull, William L.; And Others – 1974
The research study uses available data from the Comprehensive Career Education Model (CCEM) to examine relationships between diffusion factors and the acceptance of the developed curriculum units. A brief overview of the project is provided with recommendations for designing linkages among curriculum development agencies. The data came primarily…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Comprehensive Programs, Cooperative Planning
Crausaz, Roselyne – 1974
A working party of representatives from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, visited five capitals to hear accounts of noteworthy innovations or experiments at the tertiary (post secondary) level of education. Diversification as opposed to expansion is currently being tried in many countries because…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Counseling
Turpin, Jerry P. – 1976
Lists of project accomplishments and the complete third-party evaluation report constitute the major contents of this final report of a three-year project to assist Bedford County Public Schools (Virginia) in implementation of a model for K-14 career education. Major conclusions reported are these: (1) A comprehensive plan for career development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Rawson, Wilbur A. – 1976
A research project conducted from July 1974 through June 1976 to develop more comprehensive State-local planning for curriculum development, work-experience programs, and programs for the disadvantaged and handicapped was designed to coordinate total planning activities from the Kansas State Department of Education to the local classroom level. A…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comprehensive Programs, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Mojkowski, Charles – 1984
Designed to help school districts move from exploring the use of computers in the classroom to the comprehensive planning and development of computer education programs, this guide is organized around five steps essential to the process of developing a district program. Phase 1 includes the following preliminary activities involved in planning for…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comprehensive Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
State Univ. of New York, Utica. – 1979
The sixteen chapters in this publication represent summaries and combinations of weekly reports done by students in the graduate course, Curriculum Development in Vocational Education. These reports on selected topics pertaining to curriculum development in vocational education are presented in the following format: discussion of the topic with…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees, Career Education