Offers practical suggestions for teacher involvement in the planning of staff development programs. Teachers, as members of the staff development committee, should participate in identifying and ranking needs and designing a plan of action. (Author/WD)

Compares principles and practices of educational planning in socialist and capitalist countries, based on criticism and extensions of the discussion of educational planning by B.K. Kluchnikov in a recent issue of "Prospects," (v10 n1 p27ff, 1980). Information is also presented on socialist versus capitalist objectives for educational planning in…

Presents guidelines for planning, structuring, and executing a productive program to target school sites for closure. Two ideals are emphasized: accomplishing the task correctly and convincing potential critics of the integrity of the decision. (Author/IRT)

Teachers' speech is discussed abstractly in terms of teaching moves reflecting decisions about verbal actions germane to immediate context, and sample exchanges between students and teachers are given. (Author/LH)

(For availability, see EA 507 405.)

A report on a conference titled "Communication Policy and Planning for Education and Development." A systems approach to communications planning is outlined. (BD)

Decremental planning is synonymous with the management of decline. (Author/IRT)

Reviews procedures used to compute participation rates, analyze some problems arising during these computations, and discuss their application to two educational planning products--recruitment and enrollment projections, particularly as they are used in the planning of higher education. (Author)

A needs assessment of 161 Extension educators in family and consumer science and 4-H/youth development received 28 responses indicating preferences regarding intergenerational program content and delivery format. Results were used to develop curriculum and program delivery strategies and begin planning for a statewide intergenerational program.…

Describes manifestations and diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome (AS). Outlines areas to be addressed in planning educational programs for children with AS: learning style, behavioral patterns, learning strategies, environmental predictability, and behavior-emotion regulation. (Contains 25 references.) (SK)

Two competing theoretical planning models and alternative views of the values shaping globalization form the background for a discussion of some of the curricular issues facing educational planners. (Contains 37 references.) (PKP)

Explores the perceived complexity and urgency defined by school principals for planning processes and plans for policy issues that form the Israeli educational agenda. Advances proposition that the higher the urgency attributed to a specific issue, the lower the probability that educators will adequately address its complexity and create plans…

Describes the efforts of a Denver (Colorado) comprehensive high school to develop a "Direction 2000" plan to restructure its purposes, goals, and program. In the awareness and planning stages, participants listed the school's strengths, compiled a "why change?" list, and outlined 10 attributes of a restructured school. (MLH)

Strategic planning, a necessary alternative to logical incrementalism in turbulent environments, will let educators move from a reactive to a proactive posture. This article briefly reviews strategic planning literature, focuses on environmental scanning, and describes an evolving model developed for the chief state school officers of a four-state…

For any strategic planning effort to succeed, administrators must choose carefully the size or scope of the proposed plan and who will benefit from it. This article outlines the major elements and assumptions of three planning dimensions--micro-, macro-, and mega-planning. Once scope is determined, the group is ready for 12 other steps that will…