Author discusses various arguments for and against behavioral objectives inasmuch as music teachers will soon have to decide whether a behavioral approach to music education has merit and should be adopted as a guiding principle for the profession. (Author/MB)

Argues that governmental pressures on universities force change that can have positive effects on the institution's teaching function when guidelines based on sociological systems theory are followed. Offers as a successful example the Enterprise in Higher Education Initiative in the United Kingdom which focused on curricular change, and as an…

Given the rhetoric and practice of systemic change in the last decade, we studied (a) the level to which the systemic change is able to penetrate, (b) the areas which the systemic change is able to impact, and (c) the coherence among various curricular and instructional components in the context of systemic change. Using hierarchical linear…

This paper highlights relevant curriculum issues that were identified in a Management Information Systems (MIS) program review undertaken by a group of business faculty in a small regional university. The program review was initiated to improve job marketability of graduates and student enrollment. The review process is described as a collective…

This report provides a systematic consideration of the use of computers in the schools, including definitions of curriculum, selecting hardware and software, developing materials, and implementing the materials chosen. It is designed for use by school teachers, administrators, and/or school board members who are making decisions about future…

Project SIRA (System for Instructional Response Analysis) used a systems approach to develop a complete range of programs and techniques both for evaluation of student performance and for evaluation and revision of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) lesson material. By use of the PLATO computer-based instructional hardware system at the…

The practicum for the ComField Model Teacher Education Program is based on Joint Inquiry, a process for systematically improving instruction in which the instructional manager (individual in charge of instruction, in this case a student teacher), or I.M., and the trainer (teacher educator) together attempt to solve a professional problem. Joint…

The ultimate objective of the New Office and Business Education Learnings System (NOBELS) is an office occupations curriculum congruent with the concepts in the organic curriculum theory. The final report of this phase of research has developed an inventory of 375 educational specifications in behavior terms that represent basic tasks performed by…

In this revised paper, analyses are made concerning the rationale for initiating the training of educational technologists. Self- and social-optimization is described as a tendency in the development of man's individual and social life. Education is referred to as an agency, not only in the development of life, but also in the continuity of…