As one means of serving their clients, Ginn and Co. made a commitment in the early 1980's to provide inservice workshops for teachers that more closely related to customer needs. The vehicle for assessing these needs and ultimately designing appropriate inservice activities is Stages of Concern about the Innovation (SoC), one of the diagnostic…

In order to serve youths and adults who could benefit from technical education, Technical Education Research Centers were established. This article described the program development of four projects under TERC. (Author/RK)

Two stages in coordinating the development of a program and communication with that program's potential audience, called Program the Market and Market the Program, are illustrated with reference to the development of a new program for training attorney assistants by the UCLA School of Law and UCLA Extension. (SA)

This article concentrates on a methodological construct that includes concepts relating to the needs of society but which, in its totality as a process, impacts values and provides a means to describe behavior. (Author/RK)

This booklet discusses the definition and purpose of a comprehensive needs assessment, summarizes information on eight selected needs assessment models, and presents a step-by-step plan for school districts to follow in conducting a comprehensive needs assessment. The main part of the booklet consists of a detailed outline for conducting a school…

The TEEM Implementation of Parent Involvement (T.I.P.I.) is a checklist of various aspects of parent involvement found in TEEM's 19 Follow Through communities. The checklist is not to be used for evaluation but rather to describe the implementation of the parent involvement program and provide a way of determining needs for future parent training.…

Cultural immersion programs on a wider scale and in greater variety need to be developed in order for Americans to receive a better understanding of other societies. Institutions for continuing education should provide the right counsel and suitable programs to help Americans to choose the most educational experiences abroad rather than succumb to…

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting and Mental Health Assembly of the National Association for Mental Health (Boston, November 21,1968).

The participation of the United States in the programing and budgeting process of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) is reported. The document is presented in four chapters. Chapter I, the introduction, traces the growth of the United Nations system, UNESCO background, U.S. representation to UNESCO, and…

A need exists for the National Institute of Education (NIE) to extend the range of its concern with measurement into a number of new areas. While the measurement of basic cognitive abilities is well-advanced, accurate measures of affective and higher-order cognitive abilities are not generally available. Measurement could also be extended into…

This document presents an overview of the Illinois State University competency based program, "Administration By Competency." In an effort to generalize the approach, various questions are answered: How are competencies determined? How should they be stated? How is level of competency determined? How should competencies be organized?…

Dimensions and perspectives of the external degree as a potential thrust for the University System of Georgia, are explored in this report. Emphasis is placed on a definition of terms, significant developments in the external degree movement, the scope of educational decisionmaking required in planning external degree programs, forces and…

The purpose of the study was to consider the viability of expanding the medical school within existing resources such as personnel, hospitals and clinics, in North Dakota. Questionnaires were used to obtain information about existing health education programs, the facilities for training physicians, and the willingness of area physicians to teach…

The final report on Phase 1 of the Manpower Projection Model (MPM) Project provides a guide for implementation of the model system by area Vocational Education Practitioners within any Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA). A cooperative effort between Ventura County Superintendent of Schools Office and the Community College District, the…

The role of education in developing man-environment relationships is portrayed in this essay by the Office of Education (OE). Environmental/Ecological Education (EEE) is defined as the way to increase an individual's awareness, appreciation, understanding, motivation for action, and skills necessary to maintain his world and enjoy life. Further,…