Describes the pitfalls of block scheduling and outlines questions to consider before implementing a block plan. (LMI)

In a study conducted in two large school districts, 279 educational administrators expressed a strong desire for training in the major areas of educational leadership that were assessed: (1) the principalship; (2) problem solving; (3) planning for school growth; (4) personal awareness; (5) staff development; (6) long-range planning; and (7) the…

Development of information and communication technologies has greatly expanded the number of institutions offering programs on a regional or global basis. Looks at problems that distance education institutions have faced, and continue to face, in terms of delivery of materials, student access to technology, structures, and maintenance of…

A case study of a college nursing program reveals the politics of planning in higher education and the need to be aware of power relations, negotiated interests, and ethical issues in order to effect meaningful change for students. (SK)

Program planners must be aware of the purposes of professional continuing education and the organization's expectations of it. For example, continuing medical education may be expected to expand clinical practice by generating patient referrals from participating physicians. (SK)

The key to successful junior high to middle school transitions is participatory planning that involves all school-community members. This article discusses essential questions, describes the Howard County (Maryland) Public Schools' model approach, and stresses the importance of securing teacher commitment and know-how and evaluating the planning…

Defines a basic framework for educational strategic planning that serves both learners and society. Discusses Mega Planning's critical success factors, common planning errors, and basic elements of scoping, planning, implementation, and continuous improvement/evaluation phases. Strategic objectives should drive curriculum objectives, and these in…

Calling computers tools or "add-ons" overlooks their expanding capabilities and interactive possibilities. School computer systems should be viewed as structured learning environments with complex, comprehensive capabilities to access and manipulate information. Computer environments can support changes in educational structures,…

An Alberta high school principal describes the process of transforming a small vocational training school into an innovative school of science and technology. While preparing school plans, this principal learned the importance of open discussion. Community participants identified seven topics for further study that were later incorporated into a…

Findings from a study of changes in the organization of 23 preservice teachers' knowledge about teaching indicate that student teachers reconstructed their knowledge during the middle of student teaching, and attributed the changes primarily to the student teaching experience. Flexibility and planning were the two key concepts that changed…

Examines modularization and outcomes-based planning of higher education in South Africa as part of transforming higher education in a post-apartheid society. Discusses principles and assumptions of modularization and outcomes-based planning, identifies intended and unintended outcomes, and notes such issues as the origins of outcome-based…

Presents techniques for developing a communication plan, or awareness plan, for education and corporate change programs. Discusses three basic components: message definition, audience definition, and the event plan. Addresses communicating for cultural change; communicating for management support; and communication influence on system design.…

Uses data on the oral communication of elementary school learning groups (459 Canadian students in 63 learning groups) to show how experience transcends subject-matter planning, and the paradoxical nature of planning for authentic experiences in education. Presents a framework for semiotic research into disciplinary didactics as a prototype…

Explores varied special-education policy frameworks currently implemented in England and Scotland and their relationship with procedural fairness and substantive justice. Drawing on post-1993 policy documents, identifies dominant special-education policy needs. Unfortunately, legal and bureaucratic policy frameworks are supplanting traditional…

Discusses college course planning and describes the results of an empirical study that explored faculty members' underlying assumptions about planning and their decision-making process when teaching introductory classes. Highlights include purposes faculty express for their courses; contextual influences that modify their intentions; and the way…