In this position paper, the authors respond to the frequent criticisms and charges that values clarification is value free, relativistic, superficial, and without a cogent theoretical or research base. The authors first examine values clarification as theory. As originally developed by Raths, values education is a theory based on the thinking of…

In today's rapidly changing world faculty members and administrators in higher education must give conscious, deliberate attention to the concept of faculty development. Because there was no reliable data base about faculty development, a research project was undertaken to provide information about how faculty members perceive their own growth and…

Ecuador's educational system is described in six sections of this report. Section one describes the history, structure, legal basis and requirements, administration, financing, enrollments, academic calandar, language of instruction, and grading system of the Ecuadorian educational system. Section two describes the objectives, programs, and…

The problem of public school education in today's environment is presented, and a case is made for restructuring public school organizations and/or management processes along the pattern of an open systems approach. The closed system of operating allows externalities to impact on it, and there is a continuing emphasis on reacting. With the benefit…

The role and powers of the statewide boards of education have come under scrutiny and attack. This document examines the problems in the area of planning and program review, institutional closure and evaluation of the whole public policy-making process. Issues discussed are how: (1) a "self-denying ordinance" had governed higher…

Planning and management is now and will continue to be a way of life for the academy. The shape of education in the years to come will be determined by the ability to accommodate management systems and mold them to a desired form. As the academic profession embraces planning systems and learns to live with a dismal financial future, leadership…

In recent years there has been an unprecedented development of educational systems in developing countries. However, analysis of educational and training systems in developing countries shows serious inadequacies, imbalances, and inadaptations. Thus, the remarkable quantitative expansion of educational systems has not been a satisfactory solution…

This book contains four monographs based on research conducted in a number of African countries between 1965 and 1967 in an attempt to illuminate some of the problems confronting educational planners in developing countries. The book is one of three related volumes of case studies on educational planning in the English-speaking countries of…

Educational research and development (R&D) has often been characterized as a neat, linear sequence of discrete steps, moving from research through development to evaluation and dissemination. Although the inadequacies of such linear models of educational research and development have been pointed out previously, these models have been so much…

The author reviews her experiences and discoveries during an 11-year period of living and working in 22 different African countries. Several statements are presented by the former Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie, concerning his attitudes toward education. This is followed by a discussion of the author's work with Ethiopia's educational system,…

Coproduction of educational multimedia programs for all Europe is proposed in a Council of Europe-supported monograph. Current and previous experiments in coproduction are analyzed for reference, and a new approach is outlined. New subjects for coproduction are suggested, and the possibilities of codevelopment without coproduction are discussed.…

The mission of the Far West Consortium for DD&E training is to design, develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive and transportable training program to meet the demand for trained personnel in educational development, dissemination, and evaluation (DD&E). The program provides both preservice training and continuing education to upgrade those…

The purpose of this report is to discuss and examine the implications of a May 1974 resolution by the Finnish cabinet calling for the reform of secondary education. Basically, the cabinet resolution outlined groundrules for educational planning and development to ensure proper integration of the vocational and secondary school program with the…

The report condenses the yearly activities of the Tennessee Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) for Vocational Education and its efforts toward fulfilling the organization's goals: (1) To stimulate, coordinate and conduct research; (2) To collect and disseminate research and information; and (3) To improve vocational-technical education. The first…

This document provides information about the development of a quality control procedure that adds a new capability to program management. The procedure, the Standardized Educational Program Audit (SEPA), is being developed by the Florida Department of Education for use with Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III development projects. This…