Videos are an engaging medium for learning as they provide affordances beyond text or audio-only, thereby allowing the creator more flexibility for content generation. Easy access to videos on the Web and their popularity within everyday discourse has made them an accepted medium for teaching and learning. However, this increase in the…

Purpose: The issue of quality assurance in vocational and technical education (VTE) programs identifies a perilous need to develop a conceptual framework for teaching and learning standards. This study aims to identify standard components for teaching and learning to ensure quality delivery for the achievement of VTE objectives. The quality…

Current accountability trends suggest an increasing role in state mandates regarding teacher evaluation. With various evaluation models and components serving as the basis for quality teaching, teacher education programs need to recognize the role teacher evaluation plays and incorporate aspects where appropriate. This article makes that case and…

In this study, an attempt was made to develop a method of measurement and evaluation aimed at overcoming the difficulties encountered in the determination of the effectiveness of chemistry education based on the goals of chemistry education. An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is a multi-criteria decision technique, is used in the present…

This paper builds upon prior work that described the relevance of the IS 2002 model curriculum for ABET accreditation. The authors previously grouped the IS 2002 learning units by the ABET core curriculum areas for information systems. The most recent ABET guidelines emphasize assessment of program learning outcomes and alignment of these outcomes…

Contemporary management thinking embraces the organizational training theory that sustainable success rests, to a great extent, upon a systematic evaluation of training interventions. However, the evidence indicates that few organizations take adequate steps to assess and analyse the quality and outcomes of their training. The authors seek to…

Describes the development of a 6-step accountability model created to identify Statewide educational goals and to provide some means of measuring performance in relation to those goals. (Author/DN)

Discusses various systems models and examines the conditions under which one educational system can be said to be better than another. (WM)

Reporting on a rural planning and development program that proposes to develop, install, and evaluate alternative models for more effective collaboration and integration of the complex bureaucracies with responsibility for rural regions, this paper describes "Partnership for Rural Improvement" (PRI). Focusing on 11 counties in…

After commenting on the increasing interest being shown in educational accountability, the speaker focuses on two questions--with the varied opinions about accountability, is it possible to establish an acceptable meaning of the term, and what are the steps in the process for implementing a model for accountability? Accountability is defined as a…

This report describes the significant progress made toward improvement of the administrative internship program at the University of Pittsburgh during the 1968-69 school term. The report includes guidelines and policy statements, a model internship program, and narratives of school districts affiliated with the program. Appended are descriptions…

The author presents a possible generic model for educational management and attempts to relate this model to several tools currently being used for the quantifiable improvement of education." Appended are 33 references. (Author/AA)

There is conflicting empirical evidence regarding the learning potential of the workplace. Some studies conclude that workplaces should be seen as strong learning environments, whereas others show evidence of the ineffectiveness of the workplace as a learning environment. In this article, we argue that this disagreement might be caused by…

Presents a model for curriculum selection which will assist the teacher in making well-grounded curricular decisions. The model incorporates Desired Outcome Validity, Student Related Validity, Intellectual Support Validity, and syllogistic reasoning. (KC)

A study was made of three disadvantaged youth training projects to determine the degree to which guidelines from behavioral technology and educational studies were being used in the programs. From a review of behavioral science and learning research evolved a model which explicated the functions which should be implemented in an operational…