Evidence suggests that educational organizations lack internal coordination. This is especially true of the content and methods of what is presumably their central activity--instruction. Instruction tends to be removed from the control of the organizational structure, both in its bureaucratic aspects and in its professional or collegial aspects.…

This publication describes the history, setting, governance, objectives, and programs of the Mercer County Teacher Education Center. It is stated that the center is a consortium of a local school system, two colleges, and the West Virginia Department of Education and is designed to enhance the implementation of effective teacher preparation…

The CHEAR conference was designed to promote a regular exchange of ideas and information among educational leaders in the Western Hemisphere. The agenda focused on three issues: interrelationships among education, development and modernization; interactions between government policy and higher education; and needs and institutional responses in…

This study discusses innovation in the inservice education and training of teachers (INSET) in Sweden. Section I presents some information regarding background and the present situation of INSET in Sweden. Section II examines five case studies. These are: coordination of INSET and policy-oriented educational research and development; study days…

The role and powers of the statewide boards of education have come under scrutiny and attack. This document examines the problems in the area of planning and program review, institutional closure and evaluation of the whole public policy-making process. Issues discussed are how: (1) a "self-denying ordinance" had governed higher…

The importance of curriculum development must be emphasized and integrated at all educational levels. The vocational principal, as the educational leader of his building, is in a prime position to influence meaningful curriculum development and to actively participate in its formulation. It should be delegated as a duty of the role of the…

This book provides an historical assessment of educational cooperation within the British Commonwealth, during both the imperial and postimperial periods. However, the author makes no attempt to examine the educational policies or institutions of the individual territories or countries, except as they have affected the development of international…

In recent years there has been an unprecedented development of educational systems in developing countries. However, analysis of educational and training systems in developing countries shows serious inadequacies, imbalances, and inadaptations. Thus, the remarkable quantitative expansion of educational systems has not been a satisfactory solution…

When programs or projects involve a complexity of personnel and activities, it often becomes an administrator's headache to keep the program on course. Some type of program operational guide (often referred to as work plans or management manuals) should be developed to assist program staff with management of the implementation process. An analysis…

Cooperative education programs, a nontraditional blending of practice and theory, have become an important feature of current higher education. Some educators estimate that by 1984 half of the higher education institutions in the United States will have developed some form of cooperative education. The Federal government's recent involvement in…

This paper describes the DARCEE curriculum designed to prepare young disadvantaged children for school. The emphasis of the curriculum is on the development of information processing skills, rather than on the learning of specific information. The curriculum is implemented in the form of a sequentially programmed, structured instructional program.…

The purpose of this study was to examine the conditions, financial and otherwise, of New York State's private institutions of higher education, and to recommend measures the state can take to preserve the strength and vitality of these institutions without infringing on their freedom. After a brief review of the history of New York private…

The Quincy School Complex is a unique community facility. A high level of cooperation has led to the planning of this facility whose operation and ownership is divided among several agencies and groups. The introduction to the report on the school complex provides background material for the program itself, and attempts to define the "why" of the…

Established in June 1966, the Hawaii Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) terminated under the original Federal grant August 31, 1969. Located in the community college system of The University of Hawaii, the RCU serves all levels of vocational and technical education throughout the state. Among the purposes identified as guidelines for the RCU were:…

This 3-year longitudinal study is exploring readiness skills of children between 5 and 8 years of age and proposes a design for curriculum development. In this study, generalized concepts, visual-motor triordination, visual and auditory discrimination, visual and auditory memory (imagery), and oral language usage, are identified in order to…