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Download full textCook, Fred S.; Shapiro, Edward Gary – 1968
This document is a final report of a 2-year research project that evolved from a 1965 Delta Pi Epsilon Research Training Conference and was funded in 1966 for a 2-year period by the U. S. Office of Education. The specific objectives were to identify successful secretaries, analyze which variables contributed to secretarial success, identify…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Background, Employee Responsibility, Employer Employee Relationship
Bhatnagar, Joti – 1975
In discussing part-time university students, one of the first questions one must ask is, What precisely are the demographic features of this kind of student? The social and demographic characteristics of the part-time student population, including educational background, employment characteristics, residence, travel, parental background, financial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Credits, Demography, Educational Background
Busch, Georg – 1974
This study is an update of earlier work conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), on social selection in education. The former study, published in 1970, covers 19 of the 25 OECD countries and has no data for Australia, Canada, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, or Turkey. The present paper includes later data for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Mobility, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education
Philip, Sister Marie, Ed.; And Others – 1968
Investigations into the sociocultural pattern of life in Rennes, France, are presented in this study. Topics include: (1) the modern family in Rennes, (2) the university generation, (3) social growth and expansion, (4) life in the Maurepas quarter, (5) cultural development, (6) shops and shopkeepers, (7) French eating habits, (8) rural living, and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Culture Contact
Weber, James – 1968
This study was made to identify and measure social-environmental characteristics of low income children and to analyze the relationship of these variables to cognitive and socioemotional measures taken shortly after entrance into Head Start. It was felt that such information would be useful to teachers and curriculum planners who wished to devise…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Cognitive Measurement, Disadvantaged
Hill, George W.; Gollas, Manuel – 1968
This study of the Minifundia society in the Guatemalan Highlands was intended to describe and analyze the social and economic complex within which these Mayan Indians lived and carried on their system of traditional agriculture. A random sample of 348 families were interviewed and results were reported. According to the survey the average…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, American Indians, Economically Disadvantaged, Family (Sociological Unit)
Niedzielski, Henri – 1970
Differences in social class and educational aspirations of pre- and postwar students of foreign languages are conjectured to have a significant bearing on currently declining enrollment figures in language instruction. Graphically illustrating the diversity of student-type and instructional objectives, the author discusses the necessity to develop…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Enrollment Trends
KEITH, PAT M.; SMITH, LOUIS M. – 1967
THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SCHOOL DESIGN WERE INVESTIGATED BY FOCUSING ON THE IMPACT OF A UNIQUELY DESIGNED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING, THE KENSINGTON SCHOOL. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO SYNTHESIZE ROLE THEORY, DECISION MAKING THEORY, SOCIAL SYSTEM THEORY, AND SUCH PROBLEM AREAS AS STAFF PEER GROUPS, EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Facilities Design, Experimental Schools, Group Behavior
Peer reviewedDuru-Bellat, Marie – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1996
Summarizes a longitudinal study that identifies a variety of mechanisms within the French school system that continue to generate social inequalities. These mechanisms include school status, parental choice, and economic status. Briefly reviews social inequality and French educational policy. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Educational Status Comparison, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedStolte, John F. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Reviews two experiments that strongly support dual coding theory. Dual coding theory holds that communicating concretely (tactile, auditory, or visual stimuli) affects evaluative thinking stronger than communicating abstractly through words and numbers. The experiments applied this theory to the realm of age and evaluation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making
Peer reviewedClifton, Rodney A.; Roberts, Lance W. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1988
Examines differences between Inuit and non-Inuit students in activism (social attitude), self-concept, and academic achievement. Inuits scored lower in activism and self-concept than non-Inuits. Suggests teachers create personalized classroom environments to positively affect activism and self-concept, and thereby enhancing achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Canada Natives, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedLanz, Jean B. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1995
Explored patterns of substance use and sexual behavior among pregnant adolescents under age 18. Data were examined for associations between a history of early forced sexual intercourse and indicators of psychological, behavioral, and social problems during adolescence. Many pregnant adolescents were found to have experienced early forced sexual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior, Child Abuse, Coping
Cummings, William K. – Compare, 1996
Maintains that many issues and questions concerning the relationship between Asian values and education have never been addressed in a comprehensive and systematic manner. Outlines four broad areas of inquiry: origins of culture, savings/investment effect, quality effect, and stability effect. Includes statistical information on education and…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Johnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. Johnson County Center for Local History. – 1986
Thirteen papers on Kansas and Johnson County, Kansas history are presented. The papers were written by students in a course at the Johnson County Center for Local History or for independent study in local history. The papers are: "Conditions and Construction of Gardner Lake"; "The History of St. Joseph's Church, Shawnee,…
Descriptors: Black Community, Churches, Community, Community Change
Muro, Osamu – 1980
Unique economic, social, and cultural conditions explain why Japan, as one of the leading industrialized nations, has no organization which specializes in or is concerned with development education. Contributing factors are: (1) economic success is so recent (late 1960's) that people are involved internally enjoying hard won affluence; (2)…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Isolation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
