This paper comprises a revision of an earlier model of planned school change developed by the authors. The revision is based on data from several large school curriculum projects. A model explicates interactions between the roles of school-related personnel and stages of change. Eleven major stages have been subdivided into critical points, around…

Reported is an evaluation of the Child-Structured Learning in Science (CSLS) Curriculum using the intellectual models of Piaget and Guilford. A cognitive test instrument was designed to measure cognition of figural classes (CFC), convergent production of figural classes (NFC), evaluation of figural classes (EFC), cognition of figural relations…

Compiled for use with gifted children is a collection of activities and lesson plans in the areas of the media, inquiry teaching, lessons using F. Williams' model, encounter lessons, and simulation learning activities all developed by teachers of the gifted at a summer institute. The collection is introduced by a section on basic theories which…

Planning methodology should concentrate first on outcomes before emphasizing inputs and processes. In developing a plan for planning for a State community college system, such questions as these must be answered: why plan? who plans? what is to be included in the planning? what is the time frame for planning? Five general processes, each a…

Forty-two individuals, comprising teams of three people from 14 states, attended a conference planned to: (1) assist vocational leaders in developing the intent, nature, and possible structure(s) of vocational curriculums at different levels, (2) cause participants to understand implications and provisions current legislation has for professional…

Hypothetical educational models for American Indians that would utilize education as a social instrument to reinforce tribal value systems are proposed. Models of programs for preschool through higher education are discussed in terms of administration and faculty, curricula, and methodology. Tribal values are advocated throughout the paper, and to…

The author examines the field of guidance which he feels needs to become part of the school curriculum in order to achieve its objectives. This would be best accomplished by expanding the historical defintiion of curriculum to include: 1) knowledge in addition to, and other than, that provided by the disciplines; and 2) opportunities for the…

Curriculum development procedures in use as of 1966 for first enlistment technical training in the Army, Navy, and Air Force are analyzed. A model process for training curriculum development was defined from training research findings and practices: Analyze the system, develop task inventories, develop a job model, analyze its tasks, derive…

In addition to defining the concepts of community education and the community school, the author covers the basic tenets as well as many of the misconceptions regarding the subject. (Editor)

Based on a 2-year-old faculty development program at an urban university, a model is derived that describes faculty development as an evolving process, beginning with low mutual knowledge and trust and an "expert" consulting role, developing into greater mutual knowledge and trust and a more "collaborative" consulting role. (Editor/JT)

Presents an annotated bibliography of documents from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Junior Colleges which would be useful to educational planners and manpower specialists who need plans of action in order to achieve a balance between the outputs of education and the requirements of industry and business. (MB)

This article presents the organization of innovative and traditional programs in a multi-service approach to providing career development services. A two-dimensional 12-celled model is presented for the delivery of counseling services by the college counseling center. (Author)

Presents a reply to and an analysis of a study which examined the use of logograph research to determine children's cognitive integration ability. The study in question had been based on the present author's previous research. (BD)

A model comprised of five stages of faculty development is described. Individual faculty are located along a continuum, beginning at a stage where knowledge is seen as an unambiguous entity and teaching as a simple presentation of facts, and progressing to a level of more complex attitudes. Validation for and implications of the model are…

This approach is primarily concerned with social reasoning and judgment, with how children reason about social phenomena, not just what they reason. The how of social reasoning is called structure, what is reasoned about, content. Presented at the American Psychological Association, Chicago, 1975. (Author)