The management of instruction

Summary

This paper has described a new conceptual model of instructional management that has found utility in the analysis and design of the instructional components in educational systems of varying complexity.

In the opinion of the authors, it is likely that a revolution in the quality of education will not come from the availability of new media, the introduction of any specific devices like the computer or teaching machine, the introduction of improved evaluation methods, the specification of behavior objectives, or the development of effective motivational subsystems, although all of these will, in their way, contribute. Instead, a radical change in the quality of American education will come from the increased application of the growing body of knowledge about the form, purpose, and processes involved in instructional decision making.