In primary and secondary education in the Netherlands, 30% of the schools are public, and 70% are private. Both private and public schools are state funded and must follow the national curriculum. Within this context, schools can develop their own identities and teaching methods. With regard to the identity of public education in the Netherlands,…

Three parallel studies of teaching skills in clinical medical education, undertaken as the basis for faculty development program planning, are reported. The study's design and methodology allow replication at individual institutions for development of programs focusing on specific teaching skills desired. (MSE)

A structured Delphi procedure was used to secure the informed judgments of three types of adult participants (n=170) on appropriate standards for the North Carolina High School Competency Tests in Reading and Mathematics. The feasibility of the method and the amount of agreement between groups are discussed. (Author/PN)

Based on a literature review and content analysis of written collection development policies for school libraries in Indiana, a Delphi survey of district-level school media directors in 28 states identified important issues to be addressed in future school library collection development policies. Respondents found copyright guidelines to be an…

Describes a study that used the Delphi technique to investigate the impact and likely potential of CD-ROM technology in Australian academic and special libraries. The areas of library applications examined include cataloging, reference work, archival storage, general development of CD-ROM hardware and software, and funding for CD-ROM products and…

The Strategic Planning Committee at the Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, identified what issues, trends, and possible events might affect the school in the future. The implementation of the ED QUEST planning model is described. (MLW)

This article examines the theory and practice of developing futures study for high ability students. It provides a brief history of the development of futures study, examines why futuristic thinking is particularly applicable to high ability students, and discusses specific strategies for developing futuristic thinking. (Contains references.)…

A follow-up to a 1980 study investigated field instruction needs and research priorities in social work education, as perceived by 12 national experts. Participants saw the Delphi technique as useful in reaching consensus. Research priorities include empirical analysis of field experience outcomes, quality assurance, and processes to help field…

The Delphi technique was used with 408 undergraduate international students and 121 faculty at an Australian university to identify problems. Difficulty understanding colloquial language, tuition cost, and feelings of isolation ranked highest among the problems cited by the students. Staff were critical of their own lecturing speed and of…

Public education stakeholders are becoming aware of the new and challenging problems encountered by principals and other school administrators. Despite a growing awareness of the importance and challenges of school principals, there is limited research on the in-service training needs of school principals in developing countries. Specifically,…

Building on the results of a prior study, the purpose of this qualitative study was to further explore where there is agreement on the effects of e-­learning technologies in higher education learning experiences. The results confirm that (1) there are many varied and polarized perspectives about e­learning, and each position should be carefully…

This research presents the results of a study of alternative response methods for in class formative questioning. Students' anonymity from their peers and instructor was studied through a research design that maintained a constant interactive teaching strategy in a large lecture hall, in all respects except for the method used by students to…

The Agenda Setting Model is a program component that can be used in courses to contribute to students' development as responsible, effective, and informed citizens. This model involves students in finding a unified voice to assert an agenda of issues that they find especially pressing. This is often the only time students experience such a…

This paper presents findings of a study that attempted to predict the future concerns of a sample of Canadian school board members. The three-round Delphi study was conducted by mail with a random sample of 350 school board members in a western Canadian province. The response rate was 39 percent. Participants predicted that their future top…

This South Dakota project assisted the Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities in setting long range preservice and inservice professional development priorities and identifying future planning needs of the Council. The project provided a prioritization of training needs in the area of developmental disabilities as perceived by…