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A Descriptive and Evaluative Analysis of Program Planning Literature, 1950-1983

Thomas J. Sork

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada

John H. Buskey

Division of Continuing Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Literature which presents a complete program planning model was described and analyzed using explicitly defined and uniformly applied descriptive and evaluative dimensions. The analysis included 93 publications consisting of book-length and shorter pieces which contained explicit or implicit planning models. An analytical summary chart, that resembles those found in Consumer Reports, is used to report results of the analysis. Careful study of the chart reveals similarities and differences between the models which enhance or limit their theoretical or practical utility. The charts can be used by practitioners, students, and researchers to identify literature designed for use in a particular adult education milieu and with qualitative characteristics appropriate for the intended use. Several observations about the current state of the program planning literature are made and recommendations designed to strengthen the literature are offered.

Adult Education Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 2, 86-96 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/0001848186036002003
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