This bibliography presents approximately 125 citations pertaining to business and office education, which were drawn from "Abstracts of Instructional Materials" (AIM), Fall 1967 to Fall 1969. AIM is the quarterly publication which announces the availability of instructional materials acquired and processed by the Educational Resources Information…

This bibliography presents approximately 530 citations of instructional materials pertaining to areas of agricultural education which were drawn from "Abstracts of Instructional Materials" (AIM), Fall 1967 to Fall 1969. AIM is the quarterly publication which announces the availability of instructional materials acquired and processed by the…

This bibliography presents approximately 80 citations of instructional materials pertaining to industrial arts. The entries were compiled from "Abstracts of Instructional Materials" (AIM) from Fall 1967 to Fall 1969. AIM is the quarterly publication which announces the availability of instructional materials acquired and processed by the…

This review of the literature covers various aspects of educational planning. Following definitions of educational planning, emphasis is placed on: pros, cons, and the present state of planning; the future of planning; change; goals and objectives; systems approaches; planning organization; planning personnel; sets of activities; the planning…

The literature review focuses on the nation's current readiness to incorporate the 15 USOE occupational clusters into the nation's evolving career education. This readiness first simplifies job complexity by grouping a multitude of jobs into occupational awareness, career orientation and exploration, and career selection and preparation. But…

This document is an annotated bibliography containing materials relevant to the planning, implementation, and assessment of competency based teacher preparation programs in English education. (DMT)

This bibliography presents approximately 170 citations of instructional materials pertaining to distributive education areas such as retailing, job analysis, and curriculum development. The entries were compiled from "Abstracts of Instuctional Materials" (AIM) Fall 1967, to Fall 1969. AIM is the quarterly publication which announces the…

This paper concerns itself with a diverse set of applications of the Operationalization of Fuzzy Concepts (OFC) procedure -- a systematic method for breaking a fuzzy statement of intent, a goal, or a fuzzy concept, into observable, measurable components. The paper assumes that the reader has some prior familiarity with the technique. The…

Planning-Programing-Budgeting systems (PPBS) provide the means for formulating more precise curricular objectives and coordinating curricular-fiscal planning within education. At the core of PPBS is the program budget that reports programs to be accomplished and allocates expenditures in terms of objectives relating to student achievement rather…

This report presents a compilation of bibliographic material gathered during an evaluation undertaken by the Human Resources Research Organization for the U.S. Department of Labor. The evaluation concerned a special USTES Counselor Training Program designed to provide the equivalent of one year of full-time education in vocational counseling with…

Included are 40 abstracts with descriptive terms (designed primarily for the practitioner) devoted to program descriptions, guides, and curriculum information on the mentally handicapped. Also provided are an author and subject index, user information, and information on purchasing the total document or specific documents. (JM)

The first year of a project to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a system for occupational program planning in community colleges is discussed. The focus of the first year was the development of the system. This report of the first phase is divided into three parts. In part 1, materials and concepts important to the development of the system are…

TWENTY-SEVEN TEACHERS FROM SIX STATES ENROLLED IN A 5-WEEK PROGRAM FOR THREE SEMESTER HOURS OF CREDIT TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PLANNING AND CONDUCTING OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAMS. AN INSTITUTE FOR THE PURPOSE OF TEACHING BASIC KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES, AND ATTITUDES CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL FOR TEACHERS OF OCCUPATIONAL PREPARATION CLASSES IN…

In this speech, the author suggests that the success of public schools depends heavily on commitment to and large-scale agreement on educational goals. He examines the difficulty in creating rational programs to carry out specific behavioral goals and the more remote ends usually stated for educational systems. The author then discusses the…

THE MOTIVATING CONCEPT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYLLABUS WAS THAT THE INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF THE EDUCATIONAL TASK DEMANDS THAT WE MAKE SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THOSE WHO LEARN MORE RAPIDLY AND WHO CAN PROGRESS THROUGH THE CURRICULAR PROGRAM AT A GREATER SPEED. THESE STUDENTS SHOULD BE CHALLENGED THROUGH THE USE OF A VARIETY OF MATERIALS AND…