Information Needs in Education

Author(s):

Hemphill, John K

Publication Year:

1965

Report Number:

RM-65-16

Source:

ETS Research Memorandum

Document Type:

Report

Page Count:

8

Subject/Key Words:

Educational Administration, Information Needs, Instruction

Abstract

The author, director of developmental research at ETS, comments on the needs for information in the field of education. Three themes are discussed: 1) major curriculum revisions due to the "explosion of knowledge;" 2) problems of educational management in a large and complex society as these bear on information needs; and 3) possible future uses of automation in instruction as solutions to some of these problems. Paper presented at the 1965 Congress of the International Federation for Documentation (FID), Washington, D.C., October 1965.

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