The document is the last of a five-part series focusing in minute detail on the processes involved in the formulation of an instructional systems development (ISD) program for military interservice training that will adequately train individuals to do a particular job and which can also be applied to any interservice curriculum development…

The report presents an account of the activities and progress of the Indiana Career Resource Center in its sixth year as a source of ideas and programs for educators developing their own career education programs. It documents the services offered: (1) inservice and preservice training of classroom teachers, student teachers, counselors,…

The accounting of the origin, development, and use of private home study schools in Illinois analyzes their enrollment, courses, regulations, economics, subject matter areas, and strengths and weaknesses. The potential they offer for future coordination with public schools is stressed and recommendations are directed to the governer, the State…

This book contains three monographs based on research conducted in a number of African countries between 1965 and 1967 in an attempt to illuminate some of the problems confronting educational planners in developing countries. This book is one of three related volumes of case studies on educational planning in the English-speaking countries of…

Examined is the phenomenon of the recent faculty development movements in institutions of higher education. Of special importance are: (1) major ways we have approached faculty development; (2) forces that influence the faculty development movement. A construct of faculty development involves giving conscious attention to planning, studying, and…

The paper is one of a series dealing with different aspects of the fund-raising campaign, which began in mid-1971, for the establishment throughout Kenya of a large number of institutes of technology on a self-help basis. By March 1973, 17 such institutes had been proposed. In the absence of coordination each institute's planning committee is…

The role of evaluation in the development of evolutionary procedures is briefly described and highlighted. Four aspects of evaluation technique which distinguish efficient from inefficient CAI programs are identified. Evaluation of products is also characterized. Findings of a continuing survey of students via questionnaire as to the value of…

As part of a UNESCO program to assist the government of Greece in the preparation and implementation of a five-year plan for the development of adult education, an expert in the field and four Fellows were chosen to study adult education trends in Scotland, England, Denmark, France, Switzerland, and the Federal Republic of Germany. As a result of…

A background manual for tutors explains and defines their role in a system of individualized education in some detail. Differences between the role of teacher and the role of tutor are analyzed. Methods of forestalling cheating and other "black-market operations" are discussed. Tutoring procedures are outlined and individualized education manuals…

One of a series of reports evaluating the Durham Education Improvement Program, this study concentrates on assessing the influence of age-of-entry on subsequent changes in performance on intelligence tests. Changes in intelligence quotient scores for two age-at-entry groups (3-, 4-, 5-year-olds combined and 6-year-olds) were correlated after one…

A study was conducted to investigate empirically the nature of program development, testing Everett Rogers' model of collective adoption of an innovation against the data, and distinguishing between the developmental patterns of high and low quality programs. Subjects were 34 school districts representing a 10 percent sample of 340 districts…

Papers which explore the aspects of current work in instructional technology and promote research and development in the field are collected in this bulletin. An introductory paper provides some general perceptives on the current state of instructional technology in relation to the contemporary educational scene and the various problems and…

The third volume of the Georgia feasibility study on elementary teacher education provides information on the kinds of personnel required to develop and operate the model program. Detailed job descriptions are provided for 21 key positions and for 72 supporting positions. These should not be regarded as complete, but will require further…

This dissertation reports on a study of the planning and development activities of the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL). The study attempted to assess (1) whether MOREL has accepted a change agent role, and (2) whether it has taken action that indicates recognition of what is known through the literature and research about…

While the concept of decentralization does highlight parent participation in school affairs, the actual process of getting parents involved in educational decision making is one of progressively building up confidence, knowledge, and skills of strategies which the system has withheld from them in the past. A small group of risk-taking parents can…