This thesis documents how a wildland site became the cornerstone of an environmental education system concerned with the development of site, educational program, community action, and enrichment projects. The process described should help others interested in developing a similar community based environmental education facility. Four major…

This dissertation, which is divided into five chapters, is concerned with presenting a curriculum model for the teaching of business management on the doctoral level. Its purpose is to design a study program leading to a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree based on the expressed needs of the members of the American Assembly of…

The thesis is a theoretical approach to curriculum development for occupational preparation. Following a brief introduction (which reviews the problems currently associated with allied health services job preparation), the first of the essay's two main sections considers theoretical questions dealing with the nature and scope of curriculum…

Program development in the Massachusetts community college is heavily influenced by the processes established to control and monitor program approval. Such procedures, usually supported by forms and time-tables of various sorts, can work to the detriment of responsible local program development, especially systematic need assessment and meaningful…

Described are the efforts of generating and implementing a generic model for program development at a kindergarten through sixth-grade elementary school in order to satisfy identified needs for program improvements in science. The implementation of the program involved a steering committee, the teaching staff, community members and external…

This thesis reviews infant learning literature, describes infant education programs, and discusses Piaget's theory of development. Also presented is a curriculum model which is Piagetian in perspective and includes: (1) information on some psychological foundations of infant education; (2) a planning component explaining appropriate settings,…

This project was conducted to develop a strategic plan to improve the quality of the Master of Business Administration program at Dowling College (Oakdale, New York), focusing on the issue of specialization in the program, the importance of the curriculum in future careers, the quality of instruction, and the quality of college facilities and…

An internationalized dietetic technician (DT) program was developed at the Milwaukee Area Technical College through a process that included the design and development of international modules to be used through infusion or an individual unit approach in selected courses. The following procedures were used: a review of the literature on benefits of…

A study confirmed the need for an ambulatory nursing experience as part of the vocational nursing (VN) program at the Long Beach City College (LBCC). Information on which to base the revision of the ambulatory care (AC) experience was obtained from a literature review and interviews with the following: AC administrators, California Board of…

A discussion of foreign languages in elementary schools (FLES) includes both historical and current overviews of FLES in the United States and makes recommendations for development of FLES programs. The historical review looks at program design and methods during the 1950s and 1960s and the successes and failures of program types and approaches.…