Change in Liberal Education is a project designed to plan, develop and implement a variety of programs in undergraduate liberal education as alternatives to prevailing disciplinary-based curricula. A secondary objective is to increase understanding of the process of change. Analysis of these problems points to three central issues: (a) the nature…

This document is the third in a series on instructional goals ED 074 032 and ED 056 994). The paper contains checklists for writers, teachers, and systems researchers on how to take apart and rebuild a goal to fit an instructional system. The first section contains: a) transparency masters to help explain this process to large groups; b)…

This report describes two sets of training materials used in needs assessment and goal development programs. One set of materials trains local school/community groups to set goals for their schools. The second set trains evaluation specialists to assist the school community in the goal-setting process and emphasizes the technical skills related to…

The 1969 Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems dealt with developments and assessments in educational centers and laboratories. The following speeches were presented: (1) "Behavioral Objective Specifications in Evaluation: Relevant or Irrelevant" by Marvin C. Alkin; (2) "Approaches to the Validation of Learning Hierarchies" by Margaret…

This bibliography includes entries for works published up to and including 1972. Australian education has been given a wide interpretation to encompass works published by Australians, in Australia, or about Australian education. Mimeographed as well as printed material have been included. Journals and journal articles, calendars, courses of study,…

This study utilized the Delphi Technique to collect and synthesize the perceptions and experiential insight of persons involved in the early career education effort. Its specific objectives were to identify possible future efforts in career education and assign priorities to them according to their significance and to identify the level of…

This document presents proposals for future change at Wellesley. Two categories of change include the faculty and administration agencies and programs of instruction. Two agencies are proposed in the faculty and administration: the committee on educational research and development and the director of educational research. Changes in the program of…

This document is based on the results of a workshop held at the Reinhardswaldschule, Kassel, Germany in 1970; the workshop was attended by 52 participants from 14 countries who discussed "The Curriculum from the Eighties and Onwards." A framing principle for this report is that in place of the American emphasis on method in teacher education,…

This information package contains five of seven reports on efforts to introduce instructional innovations into the school systems. The first report deals with the role of the association in implementing innovations. The points stressed are negotiating contracts with school boards, keeping abreast of school district and state education department…

Some of the premises and problems basic to an assessment of the role that education played in the creation of social order in eighteenth century America are outlined. The author describes the educational process by which a labor force was created and shaped in Colonial America. The transition from the conceptions of order geared to seventeenth…

A compilation of resolutions and recommendations from conferences held by African Governments and African regional and national Adult Education Associations, this booklet shows the progress made in adult education and literacy in the African States. The Conference of African States held in Addis Ababa May 15-25, 1961 laid the foundation for adult…

This guide is designed primarily for the use of U.S. Training and Employment Service personnel and affiliated State agencies engaged in such activities as interviewing, counseling, and planning educational programs for applicants. It should also prove useful to persons involved in related activities in schools, vocational guidance or…

Educational research and development projects funded by the English Schools Council are listed under the following headings: English; Humanities; Languages; Creative Studies; Mathematics; Science; Inter-related Studies; Welsh; School, Home and Community; School Organization and Resources; and Examinations. For each project the title, the location…

The early 70's will see educational programs in transition as the Nixon administration attempts to redesign Health, Education, and Welfare. The program thrust is beginning to become apparent in 1970. Local educators need to take into strict account the fact that education can no longer do the job alone. Educators must use other social agencies and…

In most countries in the world, the democratization of education is a major concern of educational and social planners. This report reviews and briefly describes research and development programs in countries other than the United States. The review suggests that the concerns and the patterns being followed generally parallel activities in the…