Two major objectives of the seminar on current issues in vocational teacher education in Virginia were (1) to identify priority concerns, problems, and needs in vocational teacher education in Virginia, and (2) to explore alternatives and solutions to the problems identified. Teacher educators, deans of education, vocational education…

Manpower education policy, planning, curriculum content, the needs of special populations, and delivery systems are the major topics of these 21 papers presented by various vocational leaders at the National Bicentennial Conference on Vocational Education. The titles of these presentations include "On Thinking about Vocational Education…

Divided into five parts, this document presents the projections of the Job Opportunities Forecast for the Washington State Labor Market through 1985. (A separate document, CE 018 690, discusses the methodology behind the forecasts.) Part 1, which serves as an introduction, describes the occupational information presented in the forecast and lists…

The Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Model for Competency Based Education (CBE) Assessment Programs is designed to assist state and institutional decision-makers in the cost analysis of alternative assessment strategies in CBE programs. The general model indicates stages of decision-making related to the use of various assessment strategies within the…

Proceedings and recommendations of the Rhode Island Arts Education Planning Institute are reported. The conference involved 127 participants including educators, artists, and personnel from arts organizations. A brief summary of the presentations of model programs includes exploration in sound, photography, and publication in the high school, a…

Background is given for the state-level adult education planning process, developed in response to the need for program direction; definition of the relationship of adult education to other vocational and adult general education institutions; and delineation, articulation, and elimination of unnecessary duplication. Focus is on the Adult Education…

The purpose of this report is to describe the present education system in Spain as it relates to lifelong education. The report identifies criteria and methodological problems in educational planning aimed at transforming school systems along the lines of lifelong education. It then describes how these principles have been incorporated in the…

The relationship between teacher training procedures that emphasize matching teacher behaviors with students' cognitive styles is investigated. Also explored is the association between the teacher's initial stage of role acquisition and the selection of decision-making patterns for planning and implementing matching models instruction. The study…

Summarizing three different perspectives on lifelong learning in America, these three conference papers each reflect the orientation of a particular group of individuals involved in a particular project or study. Charles I. Bunting reflects the concerns of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as presented in its first report on…

Perspectives on postsecondary education planning at the state level are presented. Statewide planning in higher education emerged as a result of the large number of college students occurring after World War II. The important contribution of planning in the 1960's was to expand the physical plant; in the 1970's planning became a little more…

THE BASIC OBJECTIVE OF THE SURVEY WAS TO GATHER INFORMATION HELPFUL IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPING VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PRIMARILY WITHIN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. OCCUPATIONAL NEEDS WERE IDENTIFIED FROM FORECASTS OF CHANGES IN CURRENT OCCUPATIONS, AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND…

THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE OBJECTIVES AND NECESSARY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM OF OPERATION PEP. THERE ARE NINE ELEMENTS WHICH THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM OF OPERATION PEP MUST CONSIDER--(1) PRIMACY OF IMPROVED PARTICIPANT PERFORMANCE, (2) CRITICALNESS OF TIME, (3) DETERMINATION OF PRIORITIES AMONG RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL…

The role of the Hudson Institute in the policy research center program was to build on and adapt current studies of the future for the purpose of assisting the Office of Education and its five pilot centers. Part 1 of this report comments briefly on some methodological and substantive issues that arose during the pilot phase and suggests how…

In this speech it is pointed out that New Jersey assumes only 21 percent of the cost of education and, thus, has relatively little control over educational quality at the local level. To compensate for the wide discrepancies which, as a result, occur in schools, the state must set minimum standards of educational quality and must tax sufficiently…

Intended for principals of regular schools, the bulletin gives information for planning an appropriate educational experience for the visually handicapped child. Definition and identification of the visually handicapped child and the impact of a visual impairment on the child are discussed. Two types of educational programs, both residential and…