Data collected from three separate surveys indicate that, in practice, there is no real difference between humanistic and behavioristic pyschology teachers. (Author/MLF)

Offers suggestions to help content-centered social studies teachers on the secondary level achieve their objectives in the area of values. The approach is based on development of values-related situations and problems from within the subject-matter content. A study is described in which this approach was tested in 18 11th-grade American history…

In 1971 a survey was conducted of 409 Florida secondary schools to determine if they offer psychology courses and to obtain data about the courses offered. Data analysis showed that three decisions must be made: definition of psychology, identification of clientele, and teacher qualifications. (ND)

Provides an extensive set of descriptors of learner outcome abilities to serve as goals and objectives for the study of environmental impacts of technology at the precollege level. The 39 objectives are arranged from highest to lowest mean, based on the opinions of an expert panel. (JOW)

Teachers in 300 randomly selected Florida middle, junior high, and senior high schools were surveyed in an effort to obtain data and determine the status of population education in the Florida schools. This article reports and analyses teacher response to that survey. (BT)

Discusses growth of psychology within secondary social studies curricula since 1960. Information is presented on the general failure of social studies professional organizations and journals to deal with the growth of high school level psychology courses, a review of literature on the nature of precollege psychology course offerings, and a survey…

The historical understanding that social studies teachers have is diverse. This diversity is explored by providing definitions from various sources, scholars, and pre- and in-service social studies teachers. Questions raised include: (1) what does it mean to understand; (2) what is the meaning of understanding; (3) the additional meanings of…

This guide gives five formats and examples for helping middle school and high school students clarify relationships between environmental knowledge and decisions. Section I introduces the need for values clarification. Section II defines values clarification. Section III explains four phases of values clarification. Section IV explains the need…

Procedures and findings of a survey conducted in 1970-71, relative to the teaching of psychology in Florida secondary schools, are reported here. The objectives of the study were to obtain a broad range of information and relevant data pertaining to the status of psychology and to determine the needs of teachers for materials and audiovisual…

An outline of eight types of questions that teachers can use to maintain focus on their subject matter in values/moral education. (Author/MLF)

Summarizes a survey of Florida secondary schools on various aspects of their population education, including objectives, departments teaching this subject, topics and concepts included, and types of instructional resources desired by the teachers. (MLH)

A research project evaluated teaching approaches of precollege humanistic and behavioristic psychology teachers in 266 public and 71 private schools in Florida. Findings indicate that there exists no real difference between humanistic and behavioristic psychology teachers and their respective courses. (Author/DB)

This publication contains a status study of psychology in secondary schools in Illinois. One of the major objectives of the study was to examine the status of the psychology course from the perspectives of three major groups of certified teachers--social studies teachers, guidance counselors, and a group of teachers representing all the other…

This document contains (1) a bibliography of precollege psychology textbooks; (2) a newsletter and historical correspondence of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Special Interest Group (SIG) of Psychology Educators; and (3) the tabular results of a comparative study of high school psychology teachers certified in social studies,…

This document summarizes a study conducted to investigate the status of population education within the curricula of Florida's secondary schools. A four-page questionnaire, designed to obtain data from classroom teachers on a broad range of topics and areas pertaining to the status of population education was mailed to 300 randomly selected…