This paper focuses on role relationships and role conflicts between professionals and paraprofessionals and their potential effect on the efficiency of future social services. Role conflicts can develop when roles are undefined and when there are competitive versus complementary role relationships. The most productive way to approach role…

The least understood of complex systems is that which produces educated people. Superficially, many key elements of a manufacturing organization are part of the system: a product, product tolerance limits, methods for assessing product deviation, and a feed-back system for making compensatory adjustments. In layman's terms these elements are:…

A review and analysis of Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) publications and non-ERIC publications was made to assess availability and identify major findings, promising developments, strategies, and methodological strengths and weaknesses which exist in curricula designed for preparing food industry workers. Project national figures…

The report describes the proposed development and evaluation of a learner-centered (LCI) systems approach to electronics maintenance training. An electronics course, appropriate for airmen of various aptitudes, will be prepared to develop proficiency in the specific duties required of a Weapon Control Systems Mechanic/Technician in the F-111A…

The closed-circuit television and videotape recording facilities and equipment of the University of California at Santa Barbara are described, with attention given to their applications. The educational philosophy which guides the school's Learning Resources program is also touched upon. (LS)

A mailed questionnaire survey of public high schools in California and Oregon was conducted to determine if differences exist in the length of tenure and the recruitment of personnel in schools stratified on the basis of adoption of four innovations: Teacher aides, team teaching, variation in class size, and variation in length of class period.…

This final volume in the Governors' Conference on Education for the Future series contains 13 papers prepared for the conference on preparing educators to meet emerging needs. The papers are presented in six chapters: papers in the first chapter focus on the educational implications of a changing society, including needed revision of educational…

The concern of geographers regarding use of natural resources and outdoor recreation is reflected in the vast amount of research done on this topic. Cited in this document are numerous research projects, project methodology, and conclusions related to the use of natural resources. The author concludes by stating that additional empirical research…

Basic information and guidelines on the use of URBS components are provided for use by architects and engineers. The URBS system was developed in response to the competitive bidding on performance specifications, incorporating user requirements, economic constraints, industry capability and trade practices. The essence of the URBS Project--the…

This document details a PPB system developed in an ESEA Title III project, Intermediate Unit Planning Study, for use in Pennsylvania (see EA 002 750). This manual version can be manually calculated with a desk calculator. Reported in this document, for use by school districts, are background information, major elements of this PPB system, and the…

A pattern for developing and maintaining continuing mental health consultation with public agencies is presented. Usual models of consultation are predicted on an invitation to consult; they are time limited and problem specific. Described here is an entry pattern for consultation that is not predicted on an invitation to consult, is continuous in…

The basic similarities between educational technology and organizational development provide a powerful rationale for collaboration. The two disciplines are essentially in the same business, that of systematically changing human behavior. System theory and the system model appear to supply the language and the technology through which such efforts…

Organizing for the future is the goal of the Year 2000 projects described in this prospectus prepared for the Rhose Island Bicentennial Commission. The prospectus includes a reationale for futures planning and an overview of efforts already underway at all political levels. Descriptions of state level efforts include California's Tomorrow Plan,…

The role of the State educational agency has shifted from inspections giving and statistics gathering to a new one which finds the agency at the hub of local, State, and Federal information transmittal. This emerging role holds great promise for effective Statewide improvement in education, because relatively new leader-manager expectations of the…

In this paper, the author develops a funding decision model that is appropriate to the evaluation of specific educational projects in an urban school system. He has attempted to develop a model that the central administration of a school district could use to compare projects and estimate which projects would be more likely to provide the most…