The emphasis here is on the need for affective education rather than on specific 'How-to's.' The concerned educator is the intended audience, and powerful arguments for including DPE in the school are offered as ammunition for persuading educational decision-makers. (Author/BD)

Sixteen things to avoid in planning and implementing inservice programs are listed including problems in the areas of faculty involvement, scheduling, flexibility, funding, and non-monetary support. (BD)

The U.S. Navy has developed a self-paced, computer managed instruction (CMI) system for the initial training of personnel. The success of the system has prompted further research to explore greater economies through the use of communication satellites to deliver CMI to trainees at sea. (Author/BD)

This article describes some of the programming improvements made to a computer-based instructional support system after it was operating as had been envisioned during its design. Changes were made to accommodate differences between the original objectives and what users discovered they really wished to do. (Author/BD)

The Curriculum of Attainments (COA) Project is investigating a strategy which includes the establishment, expansion and proliferation of pilot CBE programs within existing academic departments. (BD)

Confusion of instructional objectives with the evidence of their attainment has been a problem with behavioral objectives. Objectives of understanding, becoming familiar with, etc., should be stated as such, along with a sample of behavioral evidences of their attainment. (BD)

The therapeutic use of films and other audiovisual media is recommended for children who are emotionally disturbed and unable to enjoy reading. Eight films are reviewed very briefly. (BD)

Providing students with complete and succinct evaluative data is an important part of any educational paradigm. Research shows that students learn more from feedback on cassettes than from a live, verbal critique. (BD)

The article addresses a number of questions about involving staff and community in change: Who? How Much? How? and Why? Several cautions are offered. (BD)

An approach for developing competencies in media with a student centered, multimedia approach using modular learning units is described. (Author)

This exploratory study identified a number of problems in planning encountered by chief administrators from selected school districts in New York. (Author)

Discusses the confusion caused by a variety of definitions of competence and competency based programs, and offers a set of definitions of competence comprehensive enough to be applied to all steps of educational planning. (SF)

Two positions representing marked philosophic differences related to instructional media are described. (Author)

The instructional model presented describes a system which is now being implemented by the United States Navy, but can be generalized to educational program development in other areas. (Author)