The purpose of this study was to develop a systematic approach for planning and implementing new educational programs and revise existing ones based on more and better information which could assist educational planners in decision making regarding curriculum planning. The Venezuelan Community College System served as a frame of reference for this study; the Caracas Community College within the system, as the pioneer of the community college movement in Venezuela, was used as the specific reference point. / The methodology used in this study was reported in four parts. First, the general framework for the study, the systems analysis approach, was discussed. Second, from extensive research of curriculum development models an eight-step model was developed. Third, the simulation technique was used as a device to assist planners in decision making regarding curriculum planning before implementation could take place. Fourth, sensitivity analysis was conducted to determine how sensitive the model was to changes introduced in some variables and how these changes might affect the final results. / The computer program--SAMPIC--designed for this study was useful in first, creating a model (Model C) from which a number of reports were generated for decision-making purposes; second, in conducting the sensitivity analysis in which changes in job opportunities were made for five selected industries and several jobs within those industries. / The reports provided by this model should be useful to planners in determining (1) the educational programs and courses that should be offered or eliminated, (2) the adequate number of students to be enrolled in each educational program given demand and supply in order to avoid subemployment and unemployment among the graduates, (3) the necessary number of faculty, (4) the total cost per educational program regarding instructional and non-instructional cost, and (5) the effect on the total educational program or part of it when some conditions are changed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-08, Section: A, page: 2537. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74913 |
| Contributors | HENRIQUEZ-VILLEGAS, NELSON., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 227 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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