A brief history of how manpower policy has evolved and how it has interacted with education. (Editor)

Reports on the state of strategic planning for education and training in service industries, manufacturing, retailing, and entertainment organizations. A questionnaire surveyed 200 training managers in organizations of over 5,000 employees headquartered primarily in the Pacific Northwest and revealed that strategic planning is becoming a priority.…

This paper describes procedures, exercises, methods, sequences, and data used by the authors in organizational training with schools and school districts. The technology described is aimed at improving working relationships within a school building or district. The focus of intervention is on the organizational interactions of role occupants, not…

In this paper the affective domain entails provision for the growth of attitudes and behaviors that deal with feelings, emotions, values, and in general the personal concerns of students. Its place in curriculum can emerge from an exploration of the following questions: To what extent can we identify and describe a distinct affective curriculum?…

This book contains a collection of instructional objectives and accompanying sample items for use with children in nursery schools, preschools, Head Start Programs and kindergartens. It encompasses selected topics from the arts, language arts, math and arithmetic skills, promoting physical development, science, and satisfying social and personal…

The two techniques for improving the quality of programed instruction, empirical revision, and the presentation of objectives before instruction were tested by this experiment in order to obtain a systematic replication of former experimental results. This study was designed to investigate: whether the presentation of the specific objectives…

Debates the notion that a nation's system of higher education should be managed according to manpower needs in the economy. Suggests that the traditional free-choice principle in which education responds to student choice should be retained. Also touches on who should bear the financial burden of higher education. (Author/DN)

Presents a step-by-step systems approach model consisting of seven major components including: informing and involving key groups, defining problem/goals, needs assessment, formulating objectives, designing program, implementing program, and evaluation. Includes procedures, flow chart presentations, and guidelines for program planning. (RC)

The Music Educators National Conference sponsored a 3-day intensive research training program in 1969 to prepare participants for research in curriculum development and evaluation. Major objectives of the program, in which 222 music educators participated, were to train each participant to be able to (1) write an educationally useful statement of…

Fifty-two college students, enrolled in an introductory psychology course, served as subjects for this study, the purposes of which were: (1) to determine whether supplying subjects with a list of behavioral objectives causes them to focus their learning efforts on the specified behaviors to the extent that attention to non-specified behaviors is…

Examines the practices and principles of the training of biochemists. Discusses the objectives of graduate education from the points of view of society, universities, faculty, typical students, and the profession. Identifies the attributes of a good investigator, formal courses, the effects of formal courses on student behavior, and the elements…

Allegations that a racially hostile environment existed at one high school led to a district-wide training session on cultural sensitivity. A model was developed to address the commitment to cultural sensitivity training. Objectives were identified to meet the goals established for the training sessions and activities were selected to address each…

Describes the undergraduate program in library and information science in the Netherlands, including recent program revisions. Topics covered include legislation that affects the program, educational objectives, the new structure and curriculum based on those objectives, and practical training and tutoring activities. (3 references) (CLB)

This report summarizes the findings of a study which determined the state of the art of graduate and post-graduate environmental education (EE) and training programs for professionals in and for Third World countries (focusing on the activities and policies of United Nations development organizations, bilateral activities and policies of western…