The use of Nominal Group Technique in structuring a curriculum development team's preliminary course planning is described. The technique supported the process by modifying group dynamics, rapidly identifying central curriculum design issues, and facilitating experience exchange. Its strengths and limitations in the context of a bachelor's program…

Measurement of change is essential for documenting the effects of social programs, for refining social-educational programs, and for guiding policy decisions about resource allocation. (CJ)

This article describes both a short- and long-term strategic marketing planning approach for the parks and recreation manager. Both plans involve a needs assessment, objective development, marketing plans, and evaluations. Also discussed is a continuum of stragetic program options ranging from developing new programs to terminating existing…

Describes the origins and developmental requirements of the Informant Panel, an inexpensive, time-efficient, retrospective method for obtaining consequently meaningful information needed to guide organizational change projects. The panel combines features of the Nominal Group and Delphi Techniques. (WAS)

Outlines major strategies principals can use to reach their goals and improve their schools. Among these are: identify general goals, make only necessary changes, understand who might be affected by plans for change, find and use school power brokers, act autonomously when necessary, and, finally, stay loose. (MLF)

Provides a definition of policy and a general overview of the steps to be considered in shaping policy. Discusses change strategies and gives an example of policy formation: the work of Manitoba's Community Maternal and Child Health Task Force. (Canadian Home Economics Association, 151 Slater Street, Suite 805, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5H3.) (SK)

Identifies, using the Monitor Model, the problem of teaching English as a second language (TESL) as managerial and presumes that it does not indicate a lack in the underpinnings of the TESL fields. Proposes that the solution is to integrate TESL programs with larger resettlement programs. (Author/MK)

Suggests that organizational development consultants should use more explicit representations of the problems they work on with client teams. Offers an approach to overcome difficulties and provides a strategy for intervening in the processes of problem definition in teams. (Author)

Examines the characteristics of the Hispanic movement and the changes in its orientation as a result of economic, social, and political influences since 1960. Emphasizes self-renewal rather than survival and retrenchment as a strategy for solving current social problems. (JCD)

A framework for analyzing the difficulties inherent in educational change is provided with examples drawn from medical education. The analysis is based on the discrepancy-opportunity model reported by Rotem and Glasman. The propositions stemming from this model suggest interventions and strategies for the development of medical education.…

Offers seven ways of circumventing or defusing issues of censorship in the English classroom. (RL)

Complexities of a client's existing environment make its analysis an awesome task. One effective way to assist clients is through the Systems Analysis and Organizational Change model. Describes the principal environmental factors to be considered and alternative actions that might be taken. (Author)

A three-stage model of marital enrichment designed to maximize valid effects and integrate participants' attitudinal and behavioral changes is presented. Goals of the three stages are differentiated; their advantages and limitations are discussed. Suggestions for well-designed research on the sequential model are presented. (Author)

Parents, professors, and teachers collaborated on a Teacher Corps project that focused on school change. A participant observer recounts how group members' views, perceptions, and attitudes were modified over time. (Author/MLF)

Summarizes the literature on educational change as it is characterized by trends toward increased clarification of strategies relating to planned change, more sophisticated understanding of change-related phenomena, more reports of planned change, greater awareness of the complexities of change, and increased concern for the ethical dimension of…