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Middleton, M. A. – 1981
Difficulties associated with the DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process of the British Columbia Ministry of Education were identified in this study. Using a task analysis of a hunter's job, a set of procedures was developed that can improve the curriculum development process and, to some extent, overcome the difficulties associated with it. The…
Descriptors: Competence, Curriculum Development, Difficulty Level, Evaluation Methods
Middleton, M. A. – 1981
Using the DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process, the British Columbia Ministry of Education performed a task analysis of the work of recreation workers. A survey questionnaire was developed and mailed to 600 practitioners in the field; 262 were returned, with 232 of these usable. The majority of the respondents were from the Vancouver area, were…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Job Analysis, Learning Modules
Justice, Faith L. – 1975
Ten modules which present specific instructions for conducting a task survey are provided in this manual for vocational educators, supervisors, and directors. Each module contains a short descriptive paragraph of the contents of each module, a performance objective, readings, exercise activities, and feedback for those activities. The modules are…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Autoinstructional Aids, Curriculum Development, Data Collection
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1976
One of 15 core modules in a 22-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists (VECS), this guide is intended for use by both instructor and student in a variety of education environments, including independent study, team teaching, seminars, and workshops, as well as in more conventional classroom settings. The guide…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economic Research, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1983
This module is one of a series of learning modules designed to help vocational education administrators to improve their skills. The module addresses two types of information-gathering or inquiry skills that will help an administrator collect information for decision making: (1) developing and using questionnaires and structured interview…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies, Competence
D'Amico, Joseph J.; Kershner, Keith M. – 1984
Research for Better Schools (RBS) has operated INROADS, a career development program for minority youth, for 13 years and the High School Academies, a work-study program aimed at potential high school dropouts, for 14 years. RBS found that a new approach to educational research and development was needed when working in partnership with the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Educational Development
McFarlane, Carolyn; Claudy, Carolyn B. – 1981
One of five modules in the administrative series of the 16-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists, this module is intended for use in classes or individual study arrangements at the preservice or inservice level by students with varying amounts of experience in vocational education. (These modules are revised…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum Development
SRA Technologies, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1985
This training package is designed for use by staff of the U.S. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training who are participating in a course dealing with apprenticeship in the future. Addressed in the individual units of the course are the following topics: employment trends of the future (computers, robotics, communications, growth and declining…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Sawbridge, Stephen J. – 2001
This document is intended to help practitioners and researchers in the United Kingdom find and use Internet-based research resources dealing with raising achievement. The introduction discusses the state of research into school effectiveness in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Part A, which reviews available World Wide Web sites devoted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adoption (Ideas), Basic Skills