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THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE OBJECTIVES AND NECESSARY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM OF OPERATION PEP. THERE ARE NINE ELEMENTS WHICH THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM OF OPERATION PEP MUST CONSIDER--(1) PRIMACY OF IMPROVED PARTICIPANT PERFORMANCE, (2) CRITICALNESS OF TIME, (3) DETERMINATION OF PRIORITIES AMONG RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING CONCEPTS, (4) FOCUS UPON IMPROVED EDUCATION FOR K-12 STUDENTS, (5) REALIZATION OF THE OBJECTIVES OF CONTROLLED INVESTIGATION, (6) RECOGNITION OF THE ROLE OF PARTICIPANTS IN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM DESIGN, (7) SET AND CLUSTER ANALYSIS, (8) TERMINAL PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS, AND (9) DERIVATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM DESIGN MODEL. ELEMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION IN INSTRUCTIONAL UNIT DESIGN AND LESSON DESIGN ARE OUTLINED. FINALLY, VARIOUS ASPECTS OF INFORMATION HANDLING PROCESSES ARE CONSIDERED--(1) THE ROLE OF OPERATION PEP PARTICIPANTS IN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM DESIGN, (2) FACILITATING PARTICIPANT ROLE FULFILLMENT, AND (3) SOLICITING AND RECORDING PARTICIPANTS' RESPONSES AND SUGGESTIONS. (HW)

THIS PAPER INVESTIGATES VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR SOLVING EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS--(1) THE SYSTEMS CONCEPT, (2) THE RELIABILITY OF THE ASSUMPTIONS ON WHICH THE SYSTEMS APPROACH IS BASED, (3) THE LIMITATIONS INHERENT IN THE SYSTEMS APPROACH, (4) THE HUMAN ELEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SYSTEMS APPROACH, (5) THE WAYS THE SYSTEMS APPROACH HAS BEEN USED TO EFFECTIVELY SOLVE PROBLEMS, (6) WHAT IS MEANT BY A SYSTEM, SYSTEM ANALYSIS, SYSTEM SYNTHESIS, AND SYSTEM APPROACH, AND (7) THE BENEFITS THE SYSTEMS APPROACH OFFERS TO EDUCATION. ALSO INCLUDED IS A MODEL OF A SYSTEM APPROACH AS A LOGICAL TOOL FOR PROBLEM SOLVING AND A RATIONALE AND FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. (HW)

OPERATION PEP REPRESENTS A DESIGNFUL ATTEMPT ON THE PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY IN CALIFORNIA TO PLAN, DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENT A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PLANNERS AND MANAGERS. THE BASIC CONTENT OF INSTRUCTION WILL BE DERIVED THROUGH THE ADAPTIVE TRANSLATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY TO THE CONTEXT OF EDUCATION. THIS PAPER ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE COMPONENT PARTS AND BACKGROUND OF OPERATION PEP--(1) THE PHILOSOPHY, (2) THE AREAS OF TECHNOLOGY TO BE ANALYZED AND EVALUATED DURING 1967-68, (3) THE LONG-RANGE GOALS, (4) THE TYPE OF INSTRUCTIONAL ATMOSPHERE TO BE MAINTAINED, AND (6) THE BASIC FEATURES OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY. (HW)

This document discusses educational system-environment relationships primarily in the State of California, with full regard for national and other influences. Primary attention is given to the functional and organizational aspects of the educational system and its environment. Before the relationships are specified, a system rationale for education is developed and several relevant dimensions of social system theory and research are reviewed. The organization of the educational system in California is also described. (HW)

A school district plan of functional organization is designed to integrate the functional and the organizational aspects of performance. The plan can be used to seek solutions to three basic management problems: (1) The functions which must be performed in a school district, (2) the plan of organization which should be implemented to facilitate performance, and (3) the management procedures which should be implemented to assure quality and to measure performance. The plan reveals several management tools which can be used to accomplish integration of performance. Another plan, the school district organizational plan, delineates the control and feedback relationships which must be considered in performance integration. Several immediate concerns which the superintendent must appraise before integrating the functional and organizational aspects of performance are discussed. (HW)