The significant objective of education must spring from a comprehensive theory of education. Curriculum construction involves a large question of direction or purpose, which our zeal for activity analysis is disposed to overlook. (Author/MLF)

To determine whether the work activities of a school superintendent are different when the superintendent is a woman rather than a man, three women superintendents were observed for a week each during the fall of 1979. This study was then compared with a 1977 study of three male superintendents conducted by the author. While the characteristics of…

The description reported here is the result of an analysis of two major dimensions of the occupation of the senior high school principal: the orientations engendered by occupational structures and the meanings attached by principals to their work. A guide was developed for use in semi-structured "intensive,""elite" interviews with 15 principals in…

A study was conducted to identify and verify the professional competencies needed by extension agents in Florida. Closed form opinionnaires were used to survey 254 extension agents and fifteen state staff members concerning 158 competencies. Among the findings was that state staff members rated all competency categories higher than did incumbent…

This presentation outlines a perspective on job analysis and comments on research reported at a symposium with reference to that perspective. The perspective discusses two questions pertaining to job analysis that are referred to as the Stage I and Stage II evaluation operations: What should be done? and How well was it done? Stage I evaluation is…

This resource guide for the use of job aids ("how-to-do-it" guidance) for activities identified in the first phase of the Instructional Systems Development Model (ISD) contains an introduction to the use of job aids, as well as descriptive authoring flowcharts for Blocks I.2 through I.5. The introduction includes definitions;…

Questionnaires were sent to 306 public relations counselors in Texas to discover if professionalism is a contributory cause of social responsibility in public relations, if the presence or absence of professionalism increases the likelihood that social responsibility will occur, and the conditions, if any, under which professionalism contributes…

ON-THE-JOB AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR SUBPROFESSIONAL STAFF, LIBRARIANS, AND INFORMATION SPECIALISTS WAS DISCUSSED. THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT MORE EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED UPON TRAINING SUBPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES AND THAT, WITH PROPER TRAINING, LIBRARY TECHNICIANS COULD PERFORM DUTIES NOW PERFORMED BY LIBRARIANS. THERE WAS CONCERN THAT THE…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY CLUSTERS OF TASKS PERFORMED BY A COMPREHENSIVE SAMPLE OF OFFICE EMPLOYEES WORKING IN FIVE OFFICE-SIZE CATEGORIES IN 12 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATIONS IN WASHINGTON STATE. QUESTIONNAIRES LISTING 599 OFFICE TASKS AND VALIDATED BY INTERVIEWS WITH 286 OFFICE WORKERS AND SUPERVISORS AND BY A JURY OF…

THE MAJOR PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO--(1) IMPROVE THE CURRICULUM IN AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS FOR THE PREPARATION OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHERS AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, (2) SERVE AS A GUIDE IN CHANGING AND DEVELOPING FUTURE COURSES IN AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS FOR ALL-DAY STUDENTS, (3) DISCOVER THE NEEDS FOR INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND…

A RANDOM SAMPLE OF EMPLOYERS IN 17 PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES WAS INTERVIEWED TO IDENTIFY THE CLUSTERS OF COMPETENCIES AND JOB TITLES ASSOCIATED WITH ENTRY AND ADVANCEMENT IN OFF-FARM AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS AND TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE LEVELS OF SELECTED VOCATIONAL COMPETENCIES NEEDED. A SAMPLE OF 105 JOB INTERVIEWS WAS DRAWN FROM EACH OF…

An analysis of survey responses from a sample of dietetic technicians on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Dietetic technician is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected by the respondents from a…

An analysis of survey responses from a sample of registered nurses on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Registered nurse is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected by the respondents from a list of…

Success for the business administrator depends largely on ability to identify priorities and to direct time, energy, and know-how accordingly. This study attempted to find out the priorities of the tasks of accounting and financial planning for school business administrators and the precise nature of the school business administrator's…