This dissertation describes the development of an inservice teacher training model geared to teaching specific methods and techniques for working with the educationally handicapped. The document presents, in its review of the literature, an analysis of educational trends in the West Indies, and then pays specific attention to the development of…

The proposed model has three components--setting, student, and subject--which, appropriately utilized, bring organization and unity to the phenomena with which the curriculum deals. (Author)

This article deals with creating options for schools with staff problems. It suggests a practical methodology for helping schools fight the effects of bureaupathology. (Editor)

The role of empirical research in investigating normative ethics is examined. Normative ethics refers to a set of moral principles or values which describes not only what exists but also prescribes what should be. The theoretical work in the field of normative ethics upon which this approach is based is that of Bernard Rosen, particularly his work…

A discussion of models of intellectual development and their application to education identifies the two major groups of such models and examines recent attempts to combine them. The two types of theories are described as the psychometric models, which see intellectual growth as the incremental amassing and associating of discrete ideas, and the…

Written as a guide as administrators in Washington state considering a home based preschool for handicapped children, the manual provides information on program planning and development. An initial section reviews the prototype model that served handicapped children 3 to 8 years old in a rural area. Also addressed in separate chapters are the…

This study introduces the concept of Fault Tree Analysis as a systems tool and examines the implications of Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) as a technique for isolating failure modes in educational systems. A definition of FTA and discussion of its history, as it relates to education, are provided. The step by step process for implementation and use of…

The richness of the information available in cross-classification tables, compared to the information conveyed in the typical correlation coefficient, is emphasized in this paper. The kinds of information to be found in cross-classification tables are described, and several examples of the use of cross-classification patterns in research are…

Breaking with past conceptions of change as a pendulum swing based upon dichotomies, this paper offers a model which depicts change as sequential, emergent, and transformational. Patterns of change identified in the fields of technology and science are also identified in the field of education, and a three stage paradigm depicting transformational…

Continuing education can be looked at as a living system and, as such, assessment is viewed as an integral part of the control function. The use of control functions models of assessment provides a living systems point of view and allows for such new and different questions to be posed as: (1) What are the significant levels of perception and…

Models of five alternative ways to approach the evaluation of organizational development (OD) projects are sketched: (1) ask the expert; (2) what's the target; (3) did we hit the target; (4) mid-course correction; and (5) continuous monitoring. Each model provides a different perspective on the problem of evaluation and each contains certain…

A generalized evaluation model (GEM) has been developed to evaluate primary prevention program impact. The GEM model views primary prevention dynamically; delineating four structural components (program, organization, target population, system) and four developmental stages (initiation, establishment, integration, continuation). The interaction of…

The primary objectives of the Center for In-Service Education in implementing a model for in-service education were to a) implement and demonstrate the comprehensive in-service model developed during the planning phase, b) provide coordinated planning of in-service education for all participating school systems, c) directly assist regional…

This is an overview of the extensive in-service education inventory conducted as an integral portion of the planning contract for Models for In-Service Education supported by the Tennessee State Department of Education under Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The narrative descriptions are free of extensive statistical references…