Discusses a survey of agricultural program head teachers and advisory committee chairpersons that attempted to define the status of agricultural advisory councils. Recommendations for improvement made by both groups are identified and ranked in order of significance. (CH)

Large schools have a tall organizational structure with long chains of command and limited control for "low-level" staff, including teachers and principals. To resolve this problem, two alternative structures are suggested: a dual structure involving spheres of administrative and professional responsibility and a flat structure featuring…

Presents a model, using mathematical formulas, to help educational planners and administrators with the problem of allocating limited resources for general and vocational education. (MLF)

The author describes an approach designed to help students develop decision-making skills in an office procedures or intensive office education class. (CH)

Presents three solar access dilemmas requiring student analysis and decision making in order to develop skills that are transferable and applicable real-life public policy issues of geography. Developed for seventh-grade world geography course but equally applicable at higher grade levels. (TRS)

Describes a method for effecting change used with large secondary schools. Workshop participants explored the value of experiential, participative approaches to change and considered how what they bring to a situation can be creatively integrated with what is found in the changed situation. (JOW)

The influences surrounding the decision-making process in educational institutions are examined. (CK)

Discusses use and development of case studies for instruction in the decision-making process. Suggests that discussion of a case should focus on questions concerning clarification of issues, exploration of events, evaluation of issues, and implications and application of findings. (KC)

A high school mathematics curriculum that teaches personal responsibility and decision-making skills as well as mathematics. (Author/MLF)

Reasons why a written policy is advisable for high school administrators, publications advisors, and student journalists. (RL)

Three aspects of the learning strategies model are discussed: its philosophy (that intervention should be based on principles of cognitive psychology and learning); its major components (including identification, decision making, and cooperative planning); and its application to a 15-year-old LD student. (CL)

According to this study, it is feasible to use groups of teachers as means of developing diagnoses and assessments about concrete aspects of school situations. The pooling of judgments allows capitalization on teachers' collective professional wisdom while neutralizing individual idiosyncrasies. (Author/CMV)

A survey of parents and children in South Wales (794 families) identified three components of school choice: (1) selection of type of school; (2) selection of a number of schools of the chosen type; and (3) the final decision. Family approaches to choice are diverse: eclectic, fatalist, child centered, parent centered, and consumerist. (SK)

Discusses research in three Australian secondary schools planning to implement school-based decision-making and planning procedures as part of a "corporate-managerialist" restructuring program. Results showed that secondary schools are open social systems comprised of complex relationship patterns. A unitary view of secondary schools is…

Provides a rationale for teaching problem-solving skills and explains a simple process for problem solving. Provides suggestions for selecting materials and creating positive learning environments and presents activities that encourage students to solve problems. (Author/JOW)