In order to design and implement a plan to integrate human sexuality into the curriculum for associate degree nursing students at Alvin Community College (Texas), levels of knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary in promoting sexual health were defined. Of the four levels in the Mims and Swenson Sexual Health Model (life experiences, basic,…

The research described and evaluated in this report tests a model for intervention strategies to reduce the impact of racism on blacks in a university setting. The basic assumptions of the model discussed are that institutional racism is systematic and must be attacked through systems intervention by trained people, and that individual, group and…

Designed to help improve the staff-to-student communication style in schools, this book shows practitioners how to go from adversarial approaches to caring and helping--without losing control of the situation. The book offers time-tested methods that counselors and therapists have used successfully for years, methods that can be modified for…

To help preservice and inservice social studies teachers develop systematic ways of integrating skills and content, this manual offers a model and simple instructional exercises for the diagnostic teaching of how to investigate a cartoon. Designed mainly for use with children in grades 4-6, the material is adaptable for use at other grade levels.…

One of seven guides developed to assist vocational-technical institutions in conducting a systemized approach to local evaluation, this student perceptions guide presents a suggested methodology for conducting a needs assessment with in-school students. The matrix included in the guide depicts the factors and indicators assessed by the students…

The procedures manual, developed for the vocational curriculum evaluation model, details the process used to evaluate programs. In the first of eight sections, the manual presents seven criteria for judging the program: (1) meeting job market needs, (2) meeting past-present students' vocational aspirations, (3) demonstrating graduates' successful…

The document describes a South Carolina Study Project involving high school students in making decisions relating to their school communities. The project encouraged students to examine and evaluate the ways in which they formed opinions, made value decisions, and checked out the validity of their facts. Students were given training in using…