THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPRESSING INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES IN TERMS OF OBSERVABLE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IS EMPHASIZED THROUGHOUT THIS REPORT. ONE SECTION, WHICH ILLUSTRATES PERFORMANCE CRITERIA IN THE TEACHING OF HAIKU, ARRANGES INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES UNDER THE HEADINGS OF CONTENT CLASSIFICATION, PURPOSE, CRITERION PERFORMANCE, SAMPLE TEST SOLUTION,…

THE 10- TO 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD EXPERIENCES EXTENSIVE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND COGNITIVE CHANGES. THIS TRANSITION CONSTITUTES A UNIQUE STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS OF THE CHILD. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT THE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS INADEQUATE FOR THESE YOUNGSTERS AND THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO ADOPT THE MIDDLE…

Preliminary research into the effect of women's and black's caucuses on professional associations in the social sciences is discussed. Primary focus is on the American Economics Association, the American Political Science Association, and the American Sociological Association. The authors note that only in the social sciences has the discipline…

The federal government is approaching a new round of consideration of administrative reorganization, including the areas of education and of support for scholarly endeavors. The concern of the Carnegie Council is that the government, in view of its recent experience with rapid program expansion and of the vast problems ahead in health care and…

This study reflects the feelings and impressions of women physical education teachers in 1975 at a time when many departments were in the process of merging. At that time few of the women held major administrative positions. Most women taught, published, and foresaw future graduate work in the areas of teacher preparation and curriculum. Only…

This paper discusses a three-dimensional research procedure that is used to assess the perceptions of individuals concerning an organization's existing, ideal, and possible operational conditions. It describes procedures used to develop instruments responsive to the varied interests, concerns, and positions of organizational members or publics. In…

This general guide to the establishment of student involvement in teacher education decisionmaking includes a section on rationale, a general statement regarding the development of a philosophical base for establishing policy within the context of the goals of the institution, and suggestions for (1) ascertaining the need for a student-faculty…

A series of single day visits to selected elementary and secondary schools in Illinois, Nevada, California, Florida, and Massachusetts was made by a visitation team of teachers, administrators and architects from the Monroe (Michigan) School District. This document reports the visitation team's impressions of developing educational systems,…

Objectives of this study were to establish that the climate and behavior in work groups can be changed, assess the relationship between productivity and perceptions in such groups, and evaluate the use of team training in bringing about change relating to organizational goals. The two-year study used experimental and control groups of insurance…

This case study explores the use of survey feedback--an organizational development technique--in an educational field setting. A version of survey feedback was used with an alternative high school to assist the staff in defining problems and in developing and implementing change strategies. Based on a perspective that focuses attention on the…

A 10-month study by a select committee of students, faculty, and staff in 1973 resulted in a new form of student government at El Camino College (California). The new governmental format features five to seven member student councils in each of the 12 academic divisions of the College. Each of these 12 councils sends two representatives to an…

In July 1972, Mexican American educators attended a meeting in San Francisco, California, called by the National Institute of Education (NIE) Planning Unit. Purpose of the meeting was to inform these Chicano educators about plans for the new Federal agency, which was created in parallel with the U.S. Office of Education (USOE) and took over the…

In 1964 the National Association of Secondary School Principals published a book entitled The Effective Student Council by Oneta Cummings, which spoke about the student council situation as it existed at that time. During the past nine years, the concept and effectiveness of student council have changed dramatically. The National Association of…

This booklet is intended to encourage and aid local school boards in undertaking training programs that will enable them to function more effectively. Relying heavily on case studies of school boards in Chicago and Minneapolis, the author focuses on two major problems facing school board members today--the phenomenon of increasing…

This publication reports the results of an extensive study of the characteristics and needs of secondary education in Western Australia. In its investigation, the committee was instructed to examine educational developments outside Western Australia, to assess the educational needs of Western Australia, and to recommend changes in the future…