The authors stress the importance of parental behavior on the development of their children. They present a family communication system which involves procedures to help parents be more capable of rearing their children. Some research results are presented which show that parents undergoing training gained in confidence and became more accepting.…

This annotated bibliography cites 165 ERIC documents which deal with the development of self concept in young children. Entries are from "Research in Education (RIE)," August 1970 - April 1974, and from "Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)," April 1970 - March 1974. Topics included are sex differences, socioeconomic status, personality…

This report describes an external evaluation study of a project designed to develop, over a 5-year period, a model bilingual program from nursery school through grade 6. Innovative and tested instructional bilingual-bicultural components (language, perceptual, health, motor and cognitive) are being implemented in an attempt to reach children with…

A humanistic education curriculum program is described. The major objective of the project is to enhance the self-concept of each student. The interdisciplinary humanistic curriculum contains six components. The first component describes Unified Studies departmental ideas, beliefs, and goals which will further humanistic objectives, including…