A futures perspective on learning calls for a redefinition of education. Competencies will go beyond basic skills and the emphasis will be on learning how to learn. (Author)

The concepts of long-range planning and strategic planning are explained, and a planning model is proposed. Attention is directed to an environmental scanning model that is congruent with the concept of strategic planning and that emerges from one portion of the futures research community, issues management. A third planning model, the strategic…

Identifies social/demographic trends affecting adult education. Discusses the blurring of functions performed by private- and public-sector educational providers. Examines obstacles to the establishment of a "learning society": the growing gap between the well and poorly educated; increasing state and regional educational inequities; and…

Future models for teacher education may take many forms. This article suggests that extended clinical experience will improve teacher education programs. An internship program implemented at the University of Pittsburgh is presented as an example program. (DF)

South Carolina has enacted a comprehensive act that contains more than 40 new programs and a comparable number of improvements in existing programs. Cites 26 elementary school reforms that will be phased in by 1989. (MLF)

Hungary's effort since the 1970s to establish short-term objectives for higher education to meet immediate needs and to undertake a complex, comprehensive development plan to the year 2000 is similar to many countries' attempts to meet wide-ranging educational and economic needs in a changing social and economic climate. (MSE)

This booklet offers strategies for leading small groups as they investigate the status of school reform. The tools described were used in the collection of information from focus groups in New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Some of the groups were comprised of school practitioners, while others were made up of providers of support to schools,…

Teachers at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, schools are developing a new approach to Title I, the federal program for disadvantaged students. Included are high academic standards, ongoing professional development, and developing a long-range plan. A sidebar lists web sites that offer information on Title I programs, especially effective schoolwide…

Concerning the nature, longevity, and quality of vocational agriculture programs during the next 10 years, teachers should consider these four questions: (1) Whom will we serve?, (2) how will we serve?, (3) how well will we serve?, and (4) how will we be led? (LRA)

The author describes educational planning in France from about 1950 to present because he believes that a good many of the general theoretical problems of planning in France can scarcely be distinguished from the questions that are specific to Germany, which has reached an impasse in educational planning. (KC)

Lessons learned from school reform are the foundation for Goals 2000: Educate America Act. It offers the framework and support for states and communities to reach goals designed to help schools create and achieve their own vision of what they want for their children. The U. S. Department of Education wants to be a partner in the efforts to bring…

Explores one innovative technique, Open Space, for involving faculty and staff in higher education planning through one- to three-day meetings with a planning theme but minimum structure and no preset agenda. Offers examples of the method's use in planning curriculum reform, information technology, campus planning, and classroom teaching at Keene…

A revitalized role of educational planning is called for in order to make education systems effective instruments for social change. This trend is persuasively articulated in the movement for educational reform currently engaging governments in several Asian countries. This booklet is an attempt to give an observer's personal assessment of the…

The author reports findings of his study, "The Strategic Context of Education in America--1985 to 1995," which forcasts trends and developments that will effect American education. He recommends innovations in public education to support the transition to knowledge-based production. (Author/CH)

Reviews concepts of effectiveness appearing in the literature as a context for discussion of changes necessary as community colleges move from concern with enrollments to outcomes. Defines alternatives open to colleges in terms of organizational culture. Identifies five strategies used by colleges in pursuit of increased effectiveness. (DMM)