This document describes a "Cognitive Style Mapping of Students" curriculum in use in the Del Paso Heights School District. In this curriculum, the "cognitive style of the individual" is thought to represent a conglomerate of three "educational sciences": "Symbols and their Meanings,""Cultural…

Accountability and economy may be accomplished by linking educational goals, activities, and programs to periods of development and by individualizing instruction on the basis of more specific information about a child's development. Large populations of children generally are available for study in school districts, and human development studies…

This report presents an overview of the results of an initial research effort in the development of a comprehensive national planning model for higher education. The design of the prototype model discussed in this report is based on existing or derivable institutional and student data and is designed to permit prototype planning studies to examine…

This report is a continuation of the planning effort undertaken in 1973 regarding the planning and coordination of postsecondary education in Michigan. The present study updates the enrollment reports, projections, and manpower data, reviews progress toward the objective of developing comprehensive and continuous planning for postsecondary…

The seventh in a series begun in 1970, the report summarizes information received from State Research Coordinating Units (RCU's) regarding research activities conducted under Section 131 (b) of Part C of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. Covering the second six months of fiscal year 1973, the purpose of the report is to provide…

The comprehensive planning approach allows individuals in a school district to take part in evaluating and recommending changes in school programs. This book is designed to explicate planning concepts and processes and to assist in the implementation of the planning process. The manual contains three sections: (1) Basic Skills and Concepts, which…

Presented is the report of a travel seminar to the Soviet Union in late 1972 by 12 American special educators as part of a reciprocal agreement for an exchange of educators. The eight chapters were written by seminar participants with expertise in the area being considered. The text opens with a general discussion of the administration of…

This paper investigates the claim that better curriculum planning will be achieved if educators specify educational objectives before selecting learning activities. After consideration of what is meant by "better planning," the author concludes that this claim for planning by objectives is not valid since an objective can neither be a…

To help develop a conceptual design and determine resources necessary to establish a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) in Texas, a task force investigated factors influencing the balance between individuals in training and demand for trained people. State data forms and federal forms used to collect data in Texas are reviewed. HRIS systems…

The document presents professional adult basic education staff development plans of States in Region Four (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). The plans are an attempt to systematically record the educational resources that have been built and the relationships and roles that each…

The revised Oregon high school graduation requirements, adopted in 1972, are an attempt to respond to attacks on the schools and to clarify the purposes of schooling. The uniqueness of the Oregon approach lies in the mechanism for bringing about change in the schools--a radically revised set of requirements for high school graduation. The focus of…

This guide demonstrates a new way of utilizing the planning process within a social movement context in view of developing a state master plan for environmental education. In addition the book serves as a guide to realistic planning, including models, definitions, and examples. The guide contains five parts: Part One - The background, Part Two -…

Many of the nation's youth believe that the country's colleges and universities are insensitive and even hostile to their demands for an end to racism, militarism violence and poverty, and to their insistence on relevant curricula. If educational paralysis and alienation of this nation's most talented youth is to be avoided, many of our…

Where research activities operate under "fixed" budgetary and resource conditions, allocations of funds must be carefully planned for effective program implementation. Although relatively little information is available on how small research units could use the principles of programed budgeting, a technique for ascertaining program…

More than 100 state directors and other leaders from 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico attended a 3-day inservice leadership development seminar to exchange information and examine coordinated state planning as it relates to programing in vocational-technical education. Seminar activities included group work sessions, a…