Learning package 1, the first in a series of four, incorporates a simulation exercise designed to help students in higher education understand factors that affect the stability of the international relations system. Focus is on a "system" perspective in order to show the historical development and to point up the operation of various…

The purposes, organization, and services of the curriculum resources center are discussed in detail. (See TM 001 363 for a description of the total project; for other related documents, see TM 001 160, 364-372, 374.) (MS)

A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE VARIOUS FACTORS WHICH CAUSE THE FAILURE OF SCHOOL REORGANIZATION PROPOSALS TO WIN POPULAR SUPPORT. SIX CITIES WERE SELECTED. A RANDOM SAMPLE OF 3,000 RESIDENTS AND A MATCHED SAMPLE OF 630 PUBLIC OFFICIALS WERE INTERVIEWED. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS ON THEIR (1) LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF SCHOOLS, (2) LEVEL…

THE CHIEF TECHNICAL PROBLEM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO MEASURE THE NUMEROUS SOCIAL CONDITIONS WHICH MIGHT CONCEIVABLY IMPINGE ON THE PRODUCTION OF RESEARCH AND OF RESEARCHERS BY GRADUATE SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION. THE TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED INCLUDED (1) QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS OF EDUCATION DEANS, RESEARCH COORDINATORS, DIRECTORS OF RESEARCH UNITS, PROJECT…

THIS COURSE OUTLINE IN CONSTRUCTION IS PART OF THE FINAL REPORT ON "CLUSTER CONCEPT" COURSES IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION (ED 010 301). EACH JOB ENTRY TASK WAS ANALYZED FOR HUMAN REQUIREMENTS (COMMUNICATION, MEASUREMENT, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, SKILLS, AND INFORMATION) NECESSARY TO PERFORMANCE OF THE TASK. THE TASK…

During October and November 1975, American Indian organization leaders, school superintendents, Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) administrators, education administrators, workshop and seminar participants, parents, tribal leaders, and school teachers were surveyed on what they considered the primary concerns of education at the field level and the…

The Middle College High School, an experimental school at La Guardia Community College (New York) which incorporates the last three years of high school and the first two years of college, was designed for adolescents of average ability but deficient computational and communication skills. Remediation was viewed as a social as well as…

The way in which integrated effort encompassing several epistemologies has developed in one organization is analyzed. The concern is to investigate under what conditions multidisciplinarity flourishes. The data base is a long-term, intensive case study of the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) of the University of Pittsburgh since its…

Concurrent with a needs assessment and community input study, a research team undertook two behavioral science research efforts. The first was an identification and examination of the influence network through which local leadership was organized. The second was an examination of how those who constituted the network of policy-making influentials…

All Top Administrators, Other Administrators, and Faculty at Central Florida Community College (n=101) were surveyed in order to ascertain their perceptions of the college's existing governance characteristics. Response rates from each of the three groups differed but were at least 70%. Results of the survey showed that the traditional…

This is the final report of the project on Teacher-Designed Reform in Teacher Education. The focus of the project was primarily on inservice education to improve instruction. The rationale was that teachers should determine the content and design of inservice education at the school building level on the basis of the kind of staff they want and…

Past and current practices as well as anticipated changes in administrative patterns in the health sciences are reviewed in the general context of the changing patterns of administration in higher education. The changes discussed include those in financial support, priorities, controls, and expectations. Several specific questions are addressed:…

The article describes eight vocational student organizations and some of their activities in developing leadership and personal relations skills of their members in vocational agriculture, home economics, industrial, distributive, business, office, industrial arts, and health occupations education. Discusses organizations' needs; emphasizes the…

Hierarchies have been identified as determinants of constituent order. The set of such hierarchies is reviewed and ranked as determinants of NP sequencing in English. The effect of a hierarchy in other languages is compared to and contrasted with what is found in English. (Author/LMO)

Describes three methods intended to assist in assessing the attitudes of environmental health organization employees with regard to change. Focuses on ways to bring about orderly organizational change, how to evaluate whether the changes are effective, and how to diminish resistance to new ideas. (Author/TW)