OVARD, Glen F.

OVARD, Glen F. American, b. 1928. Genres: Children's fiction, Poetry, Administration/Management, Economics, Education. Career: Professor of Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, since 1963 (Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, 1959-63; Coordinator, Education Experiment Progs., 1964-69; Chairman, Department of Educational Administration, 1979-83). Curriculum Consultant and Sr. High School Supvr., Alpine School District, American Fork, Utah, 1963-64; Program Director, Program in Individualizing Instruction, Rocky Mountain Educational Laboratory, Denver, 1966-67; Education Consultant, Progs. on Individualizing Learning, Kettering Foundation, IDEA Materials Center, Dayton, Ohio, 1967-70; President, Individualized Instruction and Learning-World Wide Association, 1969-78; Consultant, Hawaii State Dept. of Education, 1970-71; Visiting Professor, Monash University, Melbourne, 1977; Visiting Scholar, University of London, 1983. Publications: (ed.) On Planning Academic Classrooms: A Guide for Secondary School Planners, 1962; Administration of the Changing Secondary School, 1966; Change and Secondary School Administration: A Book of Readings, 1968; (with J. Kenneth Davies) Economics in the American System, 1970; (with Philip Kapfer) Preparing and Using Individualized Learning Packages for Ungraded, Continuous Progress Education, 1971; Talofa Alii, 1979. Author of articles, reports, and proposals. Address: 2948 N. Chippewa Way, Provo, UT 84604, U.S.A.