College of Education
Date of Award
6-1977
Document Type
Research Project Report
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Pedagogical Studies
First Advisor
Clarence D. Kron, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Robert C. Rhodes, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
R. Scott Irwin, Ph.D.
Abstract
During the past decade, people in most areas of public and private life have turned to questioning the conditions under which they live and the quality of life itself. After years of rapid expansion, deficiencies, obsolete facilities, and practices, inadequacies in the educational product, and lack of long-term goals that are generally agreed upon by consumer and producer became apparent. Many people think that somebody is responsible for the shortcomings and should be held accountable. Determining responsibility for learning results is complicated by the many variables, controllable and uncontrollable, that affect the outcomes of the learner's experiences. Who is responsible for determining the quality of education for our students? How can those responsible isolate the factors that can fairly be charged to the school from the multitude of other forces in the student himself and his life that determine what he learns and how well he learns? This paper attempts to examine these questions and find at least partial answers for one particular district.
Recommended Citation
Watkins, Pat K., "A Systematic Approach to Education in the Andrews Independent School District" (1977). College of Education. 14.
https://falconcommons.utpb.edu/utpb-edu/14
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