FACET DESIGN, AS ORIGINATED BY LOUIS GUTTMAN, IS A METHOD OF SYSTEMATICALLY ORDERING A PROBLEM FOR RESEARCH. FACET ANALYSIS ENABLES THE VALIDITY OF AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ORDERING PROCESS TO BE TESTED. THE LOGIC OF FACET DESIGN AND ANALYSIS IS BASED UPON SYSTEMATIC DELINEATION OF THE IMPORTANT VARIABLES PRIOR TO DATA COLLECTION AND THE EVALUATION OF…

THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE ON "NEW DIRECTIONS IN RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION." TWO SCHEMES OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WERE DISCUSSED. THE FIRST IDEA WAS "FACET DESIGN AND ANALYSIS" ORIGINATED BY LOUIS GUTTMAN. FACET DESIGN WAS DEFINED AS A WAY OF LAYING OUT A DOMAIN FOR RESEARCH, WHILE FACET ANALYSIS…

A DISCUSSION WAS PRESENTED ON EXISTING AND POTENTIAL SOURCES OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION, THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH INNOVATION OCCURS, AND THE CHANGES WHICH MUST BE MADE TO TIE TOGETHER KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE. CERTAIN PROBLEMS OF DISTINCTION AND DEFINITION WERE NOTED. CURRENT SOURCES OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION DISCUSSED INCLUDED (1) CLASSROOM…

DISCUSSION WAS PRESENTED ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS. PHILOSOPHICAL TREATMENTS WERE PRESENTED ON THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL LIFE UPON EDUCATION. DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDED THE POLITICAL SYSTEM, THE EDUCATIONAL SUBSYSTEM, THE DISSEMINATION OF VALUES, SANCTIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEFENSE. DEVELOPMENT OF CURRENT…

THE PROBLEM OF IMPROVING EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION WAS DISCUSSED. THE SUGGESTION WAS MADE THAT IMPROVEMENT BY GETTING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE WAS A PROCESS OF RATIONALIZING ACTIVITY IN BOTH AREAS. THE FUNCTION OF RESEARCH FOR EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION WAS APPROACHED AT THREE LEVELS--TECHNICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND GOAL-ATTAINMENT…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED--(1) TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS TO WHICH RESEARCH SHOULD BE APPLIED BY STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (SDE) ADMINISTRATORS AND RESEARCH PERSONNEL, (2) TO INCREASE THE COMPETENCE OF SDE RESEARCH PERSONNEL IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH DESIGNS, (3) TO FORMULATE…

The technical report documents the methodology of a study reviewing the vocational research and exemplary projects in Oregon, so that successful projects or products may be accessible for transportability to other environments. The three stages of research were: (1) Data collection of information on practices, (2) selection of promising practices,…

Although some school districts conduct follow-up studies of their high school graduates, few have systematically used the information to improve their educational programs or to guide policymaking. Weaknesses of typical vocational education follow-up studies include the following: avoidance of comparisons with nonvocational students, failure to…