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Leithwood, K. A.; Russell, H. H. – 1973
In this paper, the authors report on a project designed to enhance an educational system's capability for introducing and regenerating change and to develop and evaluate one specific strategy for implementing "second generation" planned change. The operation model views teachers as the key variable in the introduction of planned change.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Decision Making
Knox County Schools, Knoxville, TN. – 1972
This report summarizes the activities accomplished during fiscal year 1972 by an exemplary career development project serving 2,424 elementary and secondary students, 108 teachers, and 180 parents. The activities are listed and described according to whether they were primarily project, elementary, middle, or secondary school activities. Some of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning, Community Involvement
Raths, James; Fanning, John – 1971
Two hypotheses were tested in this research: 1) Groups of parents, teachers, students, and administrators share similar attitudes concerning the worthwhileness of selected school activities; and, 2) The factors of process objectives, active student roles, informal evaluations, and timeliness contribute significantly to predictions of judgments…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Community Attitudes, Curriculum Design
Durstine, Richard M. – 1968
The Information System for Vocational Decision (ISVD) approach to computer-managed information is explained. Drawing mainly from the experience of preparing datafiles of occupational and military information for the ISVD, the author supports and elaborates on a number of general statements: (1) data should be collected and presented specifically…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Computer Oriented Programs
Womble, Melodie L. – 1972
This paper examines the difficulties facing educational researchers in communicating with other professionals and with the public. Public knowledge of the schools and attitudes toward them, community relations problems, and general communications problems are discussed. A program for school researchers is recommended. (DG)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Citizen Participation, Communication Problems, Community Attitudes
Peterfreund, Stanley; And Others – 1970
This document contains highlights of three years of research begun in 1967 that probed the decisionmaking structure of the education field, its politics, people, and forces. Twenty-five public school districts were studied and visited in the course of this research; nine districts were studied and analyzed in depth. A study of occupational…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Communication Problems, Decision Making
Norris, Jack A. – 1971
An analysis of how and why people behave toward each other as they do is the focus of this quinmester, elective course for grades 10 through 12. It includes group dynamics, ways of communicating with people effectively, problems of interpersonal relationships, conflict and adjustment, value systems, prejudice, and decision making on a group and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Decision Making
MAHLSTEDE, JOHN P.; AND OTHERS – 1966
REPORTS WERE SUBMITTED OF EIGHT RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY DIFFERENT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS WHO INVESTIGATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS. THE REPORTS TREATED SUCH SUBJECT AREAS AS THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OCCUPATIONAL PROBLEMS AND VOCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Career Choice, Decision Making, Dropouts
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1976
Hearings on the bill to establish the Peace Academy are presented. The bill proposes to create an educational institution in the United States to further the understanding of peace among nations. Major objectives of this institution are to consider the dimensions of peaceful resolution of differences among nations, to train students in the process…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Providence Public Schools, RI. – 1975
The purpose of this handbook is to orient staff to the many facets of the Alternative Learning Project, a community based public high school that provides an opportunity for its students to forge a new relationship between their education and the city in which they live. The project was established as an educational setting for the many students…
Descriptors: Counseling, Curriculum, Decision Making, Educational Objectives
1973
The Higher Education Colloquium is composed of individuals who have made significant contributions to American higher education as researchers, college or university administrators, foundation executives, or in other roles. These proceedings include the following: recognition of the efforts and excellence of Ruth E. Eckert; "New Tasks for New…
Descriptors: Coeducation, College Faculty, College Role, Decision Making
Wieting, Stephen G. – 1976
The ambiguities surrounding computer simulations in sociology teaching and research on the university level are described and the implications of computers as a teaching technique are explored. Intended as an explanation to sociology teachers and researchers of how students' learning experiences are shaped by their orientations to computer…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Decision Making Skills, Educational Environment
Roberts, Nancy – 1976
The review of the empirical literature on simulation gaming categorizes positive, negative, and contradictory aspects of gaming as an educational tool as revealed by the research. The review, which concentrates on simulation games for elementary and secondary school students, is presented in seven sections. Section I presents a brief history of…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Data Analysis
Post, John O., Jr.; And Others – 1976
The Massachusetts Occupational Competence Access Project (OCAP) was designed to provide secondary school students with marketable skills and to increase their ability to make decisions about careers. The first year's efforts were primarily concerned with setting up the project and with inservice training for teachers, counselors, and…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Exploration
Stone, James C. – Camping Magazine, 1986
Describes study of 837 campers aged 8-13 at 1 day and 5 residential camps, 546 parents, and 274 counselors to document effect of camp experiences on group-living/interpersonal skills, prosocial outlook, outdoor living skills, personal enjoyment, and environmental appreciation/understanding. Three figures show survey results, four photographs of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Camping, Counselor Attitudes
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