PERT--Program Evaluation and Review Technique--is introduced in this programed text to enable the reader to work at his own pace to gain a mastery of the basic rules of PERT and their application. Some of the operations the reader will be able to perform upon completion of the program include: applying PERT techniques to projects of any type or…

The United States Commissioner of Education enumerated several positive aspects of the unanticipated success of career education: Section 406, Title 4, P.L. 93-380 made career education a law of the land; career education has been appropriated its own funds; a National Advisory Council on Career Education is to be formed; and further emphasis to…

A model for the evaluation of educational products based on experience with development of three such products is described. The purpose of the evaluation model is to indicate the flow of evaluation activity as products undergo development. Evaluation is given Stufflebeam's definition as the process of delineating, obtaining, and providing useful…

Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) has not been cost-effective, despite its instructional effectiveness. This financial failure can be attributed to many factors, including: oversell of CAI capabilities, poorly authored content, expensive and unreliable hardware, an educational bureaucracy resistant to innovation, and the decentralized nature of…

This document includes a summary of the Laboratory's activities for the year ending November 30, 1970; the Laboratory's objectives and plans; and a proposed budget for the year ending November 30, 1971. There are seven major sections: 1) an introduction describing the Laboratory's role, specific target area of the educationally disadvantaged from…

All planning techniques and models concern themselves with four basic tasks: (1) the determination of the objectives or purpose of the activity, (2) the development of programs likely to attain the objectives, (3) the organization of experiences into a coherent, meaningful unit, and (4) the evaluation of the extent to which programs meet the…

Following an historical discussion of graduate study in adult education, four models designed for a graduate study program, since 1960, are discussed and illustrated. The models are: (1) the Essert Model, comprised of three concentric circles consisting of core, augmentation, and specialization courses; (2) the Knowles Model, comprised of two…

Prepared specifically for the Planning Committee, the Board of Trustees and the administration and staff of the James Jerome Hill Reference Library, this report reiterates statements and suggestions made in previous reports, but the restatement places emphasis on the sharpening of the Trustees' understanding of the program's objectives. Topics…

Discussing teacher training for teachers of American Indians as it exists today, this paper establishes the inadequacy of present training programs (with the exception of the program at Arizona State University, which offers courses specifically designed to train teachers of Indian students). Needs and methodological considerations for training…

Developed on the assumption that part-time nursing services will eventually become part of a comprehensive health program for each industry served, this 3-part guide contains guidelines for planning, promoting, and developing a part-time nursing service. Part I provides administrative considerations for planning the service and responsibilities of…

This report reflects the status of conceptualization, progress, and partial implementation of a system of program planning and budgeting (PPB) at the University of Georgia (UGA). Emphasis is placed on detailed information flow necessary for implementation of a PPB system, how the data files existing at UGA will support further development and…

The aim of this newsletter, issued six times a year, is to help social studies teachers and supervisors define issues or questions concerning social studies program planning and suggest directions for dealing with issues. Suppositions for the teacher concerning their instructional programs are offered, followed by suggestions to consider in each…

Procedures for establishing school goals and objectives, after having completed the needs assessment, are discussed. A distinction is drawn between goals and objectives in that goals are general future targets, whereas learner outcome objectives are behavioral statements of all or some aspect of goal statement. Five steps in setting goals and…

Procedures for program development, to take place after needs assessment and the establishment of learner goals and objectives, are described. Three phases are involved in program development: (1) program alternatives are explored; (2) the resources necessary to implement a program are compared to the existing school resources; and (3) process…

The primary purpose of this book is to serve as an overview for teacher aide training. It is an attempt to gather and relate introductory information necessary for the orientation and education of auxiliary personnel in education. Some of the areas given primary consideration are: (1) human growth and development, (2) history of education, (3)…