Since the human performer is usually essential to the operation of a new system, the authors propose a model human performance system which, they claim, makes it possible to deal with people as rationally as with machines. The implications of this system for training in response to change are discussed. (SA)

Described is a method by which a classroom teacher may apply the systems approach to the development of the instructional segments which he uses in his daily teaching activities. The author proposes a three-dimensional curriculum design model and discusses its main features. The basic points which characterize the application of the systems…

Stresses the need to plan instructional programs for library users, especially in light of the tendency of working librarians to get caught up in the demands of the day-to-day workload and to forsake careful and systematic design in user education. An instructional design model for user education is discussed. (Author/JL)

Revision of paper presented at California Teacher's Association Staff Conference on Problem Solving (Asilomar, California, January 30, 1968).

This paper presents a systems model for an elementary social studies program that will provide a base of understanding, human values, and skills to help children now, and later on as adult citizens, to take a humanistic global view as they make decisions. It is proposed that the social studies curriculum deal with interrelated systems--the social,…

A needs assessment is a procedure or process that identifies the perceived or expressed needs of a school district. The process involves the use of various measurements and activities to obtain the data needed to define the gap between "what is" and "what should be." This handbook reviews four such processes or models for…

A system approach is a process for effectively and efficiently achieving a required outcome based on documented needs. Three major types of system approaches have emerged from a variety of problem-solving techniques. The design-process mode builds a system to meet determined and substantiated needs. The solution-implementation mode uses various…

All educational and formal schooling systems are culturally based insofar as they are products of the cultures that initiate them. The question that this paper addresses itself to is the relationship of the formal schooling of disadvantaged children to their sub-cultural education. What is unique about the cultural model as it is discussed here is…

This book, which is designed for use by adult educators, details a comprehensive, systematic approach to designing instruction for adult learners that is based on a process of identifying learning goals and objectives, developing learning activities to meet those goals and objectives, and designing evaluation procedures to ensure that the goals…

In August of 1978 the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) published an annotated bibliography on Education Needs Projection and Rural Development; this synthesis paper follows that bibliography and is intended to relate some of the useful applications derived from the survey of the literature. Five papers are included in the synthesis. The…

The document provides a model for planning and evaluating adult basic education (ABE) programs in correctional settings and is also a workbook for its implementation. It requires the use and understanding of systems techniques and concepts. The introduction discusses the rationale for and development of the conceptual model; basic systems,…

The focus of this paper is on the development of a model for assessing community educational needs, referred to as the Needs Assessment Project (NAP). The model's primary purpose is to classify, organize, and assign priority to community needs, so that the educational system can assign these needs to the proper administrative unit for changes to…

Assignment of ESEA Title III monies to State agencies mandates a research model for needs assessment to facilitate interstate comparisons and generalizations. Theoretical postulates for and empirical evidence from the Virginia Needs Assessment Project suggest a prototype design, moving in three phases from ideas into program outcomes. Phase I…

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the capabilities and limitations of systems analysis as applied to the development of a program evaluation plan. A brief review of selected concepts in evaluation theory (Lee J. Cronbach; Michael Scriven; Robert Stake; Daniel Stufflebeam), a description of general systems theory, the development of a…