Designing Instructional Systems: Decision Making in Course Planning and Curriculum Design

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Psychology Press, 1981 - Education - 415 pages
Abstract: A reference text for teachers and instructors surveys current theory and practice in the design of instructional systems and suggests the application of a systems approach to instructional design, identifying and discussing major areas of decision-making facing the instructional designer in designing a course. Details are provided for establishing the needs and developing the objectives of a curriculum, for developing detailed plans for the course structure, and for applying instructional and evaluation methods to be used in the course. Information is presented on useful techniques for analyzing problems, selecting from various strategic alternatives, and on the use of decision charts. A variety of instructional and learning models are presented throughout the text. (wz).
 

Contents

Define the Problem
1
Approaches to Problems in Education and Training
31
The How and Why of Performance Objectives
43
The System in Its Environment
65
Analyse the Problem
79
Is Instruction the Solution?
95
Techniques and Procedures for Analysis at Levels 1 and 2
120
The Analysis of the Worth and Practicality of a Solution
151
The Four Levels of Instructional Design
269
The Question of Sequence
281
Strategies Plans and Methods
292
Grouping
324
Media Selection
339
Control
360
Why Projects Fail
380
References
399

Plugging the Gaps in Present Approaches to Instructional Design
216
A Modified Approach
241

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A J Romiszowski

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