At the conference reported in this document, participants from eight Asian Pacific countries met to exchange experiences in regard to: (1) the use of artistic and cultural heritage for educational purposes; and (2) the contribution of the educational system to appreciating, preserving, and enhancing the artistic and cultural heritage, especially…

Guidelines for the development of courses in finance for master of business administration (MBA) programs are established in order to strengthen and diversify their offerings. A survey of business faculty members shows there is often a lack of concentration on finance and marketing in MBA programs. The following procedures should be implemented in…

A meeting report on education within the context of futures studies is divided into four chapters. Chapter One discusses the background of the meeting. Chapter Two outlines the studies presented by each of the eight Asian and Pacific nations represented at the meeting: Australia, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Korea, and…

The purpose of this book is to assist teachers, instructional developers, curriculum planners, textbook authors, etc., to design and develop instructional materials to teach concepts. Five empriically validated procedures are used: (1) definition, (2) expository presentation of example/nonexample pairs, (3) attribute isolation help for each…

The issue contains two special reports on education in Iran and Nepal, six reviews of recent publications and studies, and brief descriptions of 12 Asian educational documents. The first special report explores the reasons for establishing regional educational councils in Iran, their relationship to the Ministry of Education, and how their budget…

This article traces the historical development of Ivory Coast's educational television system. Included are: (1) background information and initial planning, (2) structural organization including evaluation and maintenance, (3) provisions for inservice teacher training and adult education, (4) written materials production, and (5) program…

There are several widespread assumptions about ethnic studies which have adversely affected the development of ethnic studies programs in the schools. Five of these assumptions are that ethnic studies are (1) the study of ethnic minority groups, (2) designed for ethnic minorities, (3) supplementary to the curriculum, (4) the study of strange…

The Elementary-Secondary Education Act of 1965 created opportunities for improvement of school programs: Title III provides one such avenue to develop strategies for demonstrating experimental programs which make a substantial contribution to the solution of critical educational problems. The E.S.E.A. Title III program is intended both to support…

The application of conventional psychometric procedures to instructional product development is outlined. Selected non-psychometric requirements of developing and delivering effective instruction are described and the consequent implications for psychometric procedures set forth. Present instructional development technology is circumscribed in…

The manual presents a technology of instructional design and a model for developing and conducting efficient and cost effective Air Force instructional systems. Chapter 1 provides an overview of Instructional System Development (ISD). Chapters 2-6 each focus on a step of the process: analysis of system requirements; definition of…

Teachers' centers have been established in England and Wales for the purpose of curriculum development and inservice teacher education. The philosophical basis for the centers are the principles that the motive power in curriculum development should come primarily from local groups of teachers accessible to each other and that there should be…

The first in the Asian series on experiments and innovations in education, this study describes the historical background generating the present Singapore education system and provides a detailed report on reform and changes introduced in the past ten years. Innovations have occurred in curriculum development where secondary education received…

Increased environmental problems indicate a need for educational programs to meet the goals of environmental quality. Such programs would stress ecological concepts, appreciation for the outdoors, knowledge of appropriate outdoor recreation activities, an understanding of the interrelationships between nature and humanity, the development of…

This paper reports on a survey of methods courses at colleges and universities in Wisconsin associated with the training of prospective secondary teachers in communication. A questionnaire was administered to the 15 colleges and universities which offer a major and/or minor in what is called "speech" as certified by the Wisconsin…

Symposium participants met to develop guidelines for developing curriculum for the area of business and office education, K through adult. The session reports are presented in outline form according to topic definition, problem areas, and recommendations. Topics discussed include: organizational patterns in the business and office education…