Needs Assessment [microform] : A Focus for Curriculum Development / Fenwick W. English and Roger A. Kaufman
- Bib ID:
- 5288223
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- English, Fenwick W
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED107619
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1975
- 73 p.
- Summary:
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This booklet focuses on needs assessment, a process for identifying and defining valid curriculum, instructional, and management objectives. It also presents a means for establishing controls over curriculum development at the local level, whether it be a school district or an individual school. Part 1 explains the (a) fundamentals, (b) rationale, (c) accountability, and (d) critical assumptions of needs assessment. Part 2 discusses techniques utilized by the curriculum developer in doing a needs assessment. Included among subjects covered are the following: (a) generic steps of needs assessment; (b) role of the teacher association/union; (c) goal derivation, validation, prioritization, and translation; (d) development and validation of performance objectives; (e) gap or need statements; (f) budget for implementation strategies; (g) fund strategies; and (h) reassessing gaps via feedback. Part 3 presents the curriculum development cycle using a needs assessment base. Methods include a system approach and Individually Responsive Curriculum (IRC). Part 4 offers answers to some critical questions about the needs assessment process. A glossary of terms is included. (JS)
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- 1975
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