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Lee, Helen C. – 1984
This description of a process used in a social studies methods course presents an experiential approach to helping students learn power sharing and decision-making skills. By leaving students alone with instructions to decide cooperatively on desired class changes, type of evaluation, and leadership, students gain experience in negotiation and…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Download full textCampbell, Margaret M., Ed.; And Others – 1982
Information on the process of decision-making, hints on how to function in team decision-making, and materials on how to prepare clients for decision-making in team meetings for the beginning level child welfare worker are provided in this self-instructional manual. Techniques are discussed for improving the quality of decisions made by the…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Cognitive Style, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Strong, Brack – 1978
This packet is a career development teaching guide on decision-making developed for high school teachers. A brief introduction to skillful decision-making is followed by five lessons on decision-making. Each lesson includes one or more of the following: goal, behavioral objectives, teaching activities, and teaching procedures (includes content and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice, Career Development, Class Activities
Hertzog, James F. – 1977
This publication defines an approach and lists some possible materials to help students develop problem-solving and coping skills. It is a preliminary guide serving as a background for those wishing to learn more about this area. It stresses definitions and sources, not specific strategies. Different sections focus on kindergarten teachers,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitude Change, Counseling Services, Decision Making Skills
Zelonka, J. Richard – 1977
Processes that integrate the logical and participative dimensions of group decision making and problem solving are increasingly important to those responsible for the organizational development of educational systems. This paper describes a model (The Optimal Combination of Processes for Creative Problem Solving) that was designed to deal with a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cognitive Processes
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum Services. – 1978
The Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (PSIP) was initiated to develop and demonstrate curriculum improvement strategies in basic skills areas at the local school level in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Education and several research and development agencies. The PSIP process is a problem-solving method with five major steps:…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Consultation Programs, Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills
Norman, Diane E. – 1978
This training module stresses the participatory management approach to effective supervisory behavior. Emphasis is placed upon the need-dispositions of subordinates in order to stage highly motivating work environments. Taken into account are interrelationships between the nature of the organization, characteristics of subordinates, leadership…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Communication Skills, Decision Making Skills, Educational Administration
Hatch, Elizabeth; Foley, Robert – 1979
This document, based on the experiences of the authors in five Iowa school districts, describes a program for encouraging women and other minorities to become school administrators. Chapter 1 discusses promoting the awareness that discrimination is a significant problem. Methods described are use of a sponsorship program for informal contact…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making Skills, Educational Administration, Internship Programs
Agnew, Ann T.
The liberal education of teachers is based on two types of knowledge: a professional training in education and methodology, and the academic knowledge upon which specific teaching skills are built. This second type develops perception, interpretation, application, and verbal and nonverbal skills. Liberally educated teachers can understand and…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum
FARQUHAR, ROBIN H. – 1967
THIS PAPER ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE AN AWARENESS BASE CONCERNING THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS WHICH UTILIZE HUMANITIES CONTENT IN PREPARING ADMINISTRATORS. A SUMMARY REVIEW OF THE KINDS OF RATIONALES COMMONLY USED TO SUPPORT THE USE OF HUMANITIES CONTENT IN TRAINING ADMINISTRATORS FOCUSES UPON (1) GENERAL LIBERALIZATION, (2) VALUES AND PURPOSE-DEFINING…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Creativity, Curriculum Enrichment
LANGE, CARL J. – 1967
THE EFFECT OF A LEADER'S ACTIONS ON HIS FOLLOWERS IN SMALL MILITARY UNITS WAS THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED TO EXPLORE THE NATURE OF THE LEADERSHIP PROCESS, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF DEVELOPING TRAINING THAT WOULD USE IMPROVED PRESENTATIONAL MATERIALS AND WOULD BE BASED ON LEADERSHIP DOCTRINE WITH DEMONSTRATED VALIDITY. THE…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Evaluation, Group Behavior, Human Relations
WARD, TED W. – 1966
THE RATIONALE OF A CLINICAL APPROACH TO RESEARCH ON TEACHER BEHAVIOR IS SET FORTH TOGETHER WITH INDICATION OF DIFFICULTIES. IN ONE CLINICAL STUDY, RECORDS OF FOCUSED OBSERVATIONS OF TEACHER BEHAVIOR WERE REVIEWED BY A SPECIALIST IN LEARNING AND A SPECIALIST IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN RELATION TO RESEARCH FROM THESE FIELDS. TEACHER DECISIONS PROVED…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Bibliographies, Classroom Environment
ENGEN, RICHARD B. – 1965
CONDUCTED BY THE OREGON STATE LIBRARY WITH DR. PRESTON P. LE BRETON FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SERVING AS THE CONSULTANT, THIS WEEK LONG INSTITUTE WAS HELD TO PREPARE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATORS FOR STATE-WIDE PLANNING FOR LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT IN OREGON. SPECIFIC GOALS OF INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS WERE TO EXAMINE ACCEPTED MANAGEMENT AND…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making Skills, Evaluation Methods
Kass, Richard A.; And Others – 1978
Several things influencing a college student's choice of major were investigated: gender, sex-role attitudes, cognitive styles, and decision-making processes. Students (N=578) were administered six different measures of sex-role attitudes and five different measures of cognitive style. Use of a path analysis technique suggested that gender…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Bias, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Finley, Cathaleen – 1978
Because a wise decision maker is better able to bring about the results that she wants and to avoid those that she does not want, the unit on decision making skills is designed to help American Indian girls develop skills that enable them to identify decisions, to set goals, to find and use information, to look at alternatives or choices, and to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indian Education, American Indians, Decision Making Skills
