Restorative practices hold significant promise for school transformation. However, because of the widespread popularity of their restorative justice component, many educators mistakenly assume that restorative practices are merely responsive, focused on repairing harm to relationships as an alternative to traditional disciplinary approaches that…

The American College Personnel Association's (ACPA's) Sustainability Task Force partnered with the Commission on Assessment and Evaluation with the goal of creating assessment tools to help ACPA members effectively measure student learning around sustainability. Towards these ends, Kimberly Yousey-Elsener (StudentVoice), Diana Richter Keith…

Seventeen myths and misunderstandings affecting disabled and handicapped persons are listed and responded to. It is explained that the listing was developed to abolish stereotyped notions of handicapped children and adults. Among myths listed are that deaf people lead totally different lives than others; mentally retarded persons have strong,…

This book discusses specific ways managers and supervisors can initiate change among their employees, understand resistance to change, and gain employee cooperation. It outlines techniques for preventing resistance, quickly detecting it when it arises, identifying its causes, and designing strategies to effectively reduce it. The book also…

This confidence-boosting book aims to help children overcome the damaging effects of teasing and bullying, and to develop practical skills and attitudes to improve their self-esteem and quality of life. This revised edition of "Bully Blocking" (originally published under the title "Bully Busting") is based on Evelyn Field's "Secrets of Relating,"…

Maintains school-aged children would prefer not to study social studies. Presents several strategies to help encourage positive attitudes. Strategies include persuasion, reinforcement, enthusiasm, personalized contact. Stresses that negative attitudes must be changed in order for social studies to achieve its fundamental citizenship goals. (BR)

The author discusses audio-visual material and other education techniques which eventually may facilitate the integration of children with mental, physical, and sensory impairments in the regular classroom. Films, radio texts, theater plays, and books are considered. Emphasis is on the introduction of impairments to the nonhandicapped population.…

The book describes and critiques strategies used to avoid race issues, and identifies the detrimental effect of avoiding race on cross-race collaborations. The author illustrates how racial discomfort leads white educators toward ineffective teaching pedagogy and poor relationships with students and colleagues of color. Questioning the…

An anecdote describing anonymous censorship of classroom materials on gay literature and denotations/connotations of words associated with homosexuality. Contains reprints of the "censored" materials. (RL)

This monograph is based on the premise that counselor effectiveness, even counselor survival, depends upon the counselor's willingness and ability to be an active participant in facilitating change. The authors cite five conditions that must be present for successful change. They are: (1) a need for change must be felt by those who will be…

Contends that hopeful attitudes about learning for high-risk students can be rediscovered when students believe they are competent; tasks are not too easy; subjects are important to students; students are involved in learning; teachers demonstrate love of subjects; students perceive activities/goals as real; lessons are fun; students feel welcome;…

This report is a synopsis of the formal evaluation of Project Awareness, cooperatively conducted by seven Western states and designed to help educators recognize and work effectively to eliminate sex bias in education. A major component of the project, for educators and citizens, was the development of a training program designed to increase…

Designed primarily for the counseling of Jewish women, this guide provides an overall picture of the world of work in the 1970's and offers specific information on the needs of minority groups in the counseling setting. The authors conclude that the number of opportunities that exist for women are infinite, and that there is no longer any need for…

Research investigated the effect of participation by college students in the "School Game" upon changes in their attitudes toward educational games. The simulation game used was based on Kelman's theory of social influence and attitude change in which three processes--compliance, identification, and internalization--produce attitude change.…

This teaching and resource unit on Mexican Americans is specifically designed for advanced Spanish students. Though it is presented mostly in English, it is to be implemented for the most part in Spanish, according to the methodology set forth in "A Curriculum Guide in Spanish (Levels III-V)." The main purpose of the unit is to increase student…