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Sheehan, Bernard S.; McMinn, William B. – 1981
Technological advances in computers and telecommunications that have significantly changed higher education are analyzed within a framework that associates technologies, applications, and aspects of institutions that are affected. Two further frameworks, one for information systems suggested by decision support systems study and one which is a map…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Managed Instruction
Wakin, B. Bertha, Ed.; Petitjean, Charles F., Ed. – 1979
One in a series of National Business Education Yearbooks, this yearbook presents an overview of the various settings in which business education takes place and the methodology used in its teaching. The first part focuses on the following three settings: public and private schools at both the secondary and postsecondary levels;…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Anthologies, Business Education, Business Education Teachers
Borun, Minda – 1977
The report describes a one-year pilot study of museum effectiveness conducted at the Franklin Institute Science Museum and Planetarium in Philadelphia. The study was intended to develop models for testing visitor response, provide useable information to museum staff, and test the feasibility of a large-scale investigation of science museums.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment
Indiana Univ., South Bend. Center for Energy Conservation. – 1979
This second of four sections in a curriculum guide for training energy extension agents contains general introductory materials, an overview of the total curriculum, and eight modules: Alternative Energy Sources (Solar and Wood), Basic Graphics and Blueprint Reading, Building Materials, Electricity, Introduction to Cooling Systems, Introduction to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Air Conditioning, Behavioral Objectives, Blueprints
Mooney, William T., Jr. – 1980
Physics instruction is examined as revealed in a study of science education at two-year colleges which involved a review of the literature, an analysis of the catalogs and class schedules of 175 representative institutions, and a survey of 45 physics instructors. Each of the two parts of the report reviews pertinent literature, reports study…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Instruction
Seattle Public Schools, WA. Task Force on Continuous Progress Education. – 1968
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A PROPOSED CONTINUOUS PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL CENTER WITH AN EXPECTED ENROLLMENT OF ABOUT 3,500 RACIALLY MIXED PUPILS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS. (A PRESCHOOL GROUP MAY BE ADDED, THUS RAISING THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT.) NO MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS WILL BE NONWHITE AND NO SINGLE MINORITY GROUP (NEGRO, ORIENTAL, FILIPINO, OR…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Schools, Computer Oriented Programs, Continuous Progress Plan
STURGES, A.W.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE 12 AREAS OF CHANGE IN SCHOOLS--MULTIPLE CLASSES, TEAM TEACHING, USE OF TEACHERS' AIDES, SHARED SERVICES, MODIFICATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, USE OF PROGRAMED MATERIALS, FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING, USE OF SPECIAL MATERIALS, INSERVICE TRAINING, USE OF NONGRADING PROCEDURES, INCORPORATION OF RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Facilities
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1979
This document reproduces the presentations given in a 1979 professional development seminar conducted for state officials responsible for education. The focus of the seminar was how the states can respond to the educational problems of the 1980s. Topics addressed include the overall picture of education in the 1980s, the implications of…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Cultural Pluralism
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
This listing of federally produced curriculum and instructional materials for technical education is one of eight annotated bibliographies that provide information for vocational educators at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels. Introductory information given includes a description of how to use the listing and sources and ordering…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Technicians, Annotated Bibliographies, Auto Mechanics
Dickson, George E.; And Others – 1968
This second volume (SP 001 927 is the first volume) contains a list of 818 educational specifications for the development of a comprehensive program of elementary teacher education, as compiled by a consortium of the 12 State Universities of Ohio with support from several cooperating school districts. An introductory chapter delineates the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Educational Games, Educational Innovation, Educational Media
Benjamin, William; And Others – 1968
This second volume contains the remaining program elements and support system models for the proposal described in Volume I, SP 002 147. One section is devoted to each of three "program components" (unified sets of curricular instructional experiences each comprised of several "instructional modules," planned instructional…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Sociology, Educational Specifications, Educational Technology
Montgomery, Margaret Anne Patricia; Weakland, Jean Marie – 1967
The effects of various rates of presentation were studied in combination with massed and spaced, concurrent and nonconcurrent, overt and covert practice modes on film-mediated perceptual performance. Selected values of the independent variables were investigated within a 3x3x2 factorial design, and the experimental treatments were randomly ordered…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Educational Psychology, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
Committee for Economic Development, New York, NY. Research and Policy Committee. – 1968
The future of American schools depends in large part on their openness to innovations in instructional patterns, in school organization, in education for teachers and for deprived minorities, and in their use of educational technology. Basic and applied research are needed to determine useful innovation. Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
Halbig, Michael C. – 1977
Skills in comprehending the spoken language source are becoming increasingly important due to the audio-visual orientation of our culture. It would seem natural, therefore, to adjust the learning goals and environment accordingly. The video-cassette machine is an ideal means for creating this learning environment and developing the listening…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Centers, Audiovisual Instruction, Aural Learning
Bowers, C. A. – 1978
Revisionist educational historians tend to analyze American education in light of Marxist theories of social class without giving due consideration to the fact that technology and bureaucracy are the dominant political and cultural forces affecting education in the 20th century. A review of educational debate during the 1960s and 1970s indicates…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Culture Conflict, Ecological Factors, Educational History
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