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Braverman, Marc; And Others – 1985
This paper describes the evaluation of the 4-H youth program (serving ages 9 through 19) in Yolo County, California. The paper concentrates on the first component of the evaluation plan, a telephone survey of community needs and perceptions regarding services for youth which was conducted in November, 1984. The originally perceived questions…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, County Programs, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
McMullin, Dare Stark – 1994
This booklet is a special tribute to Lou Henry Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover, from a close friend, social secretary, and chief research assistant to the First Lady. The small booklet provides a look at the social history of the era by focusing on Lou Henry Hoover and her interest in the outdoors. Lou Henry Hoover was the first women to…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Federal Government, Presidents of the United States
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Tinkler, Penny – History of Education, 1994
Maintains that leisure-time training not only further institutionalized adolescence in mid-century Britain but also perpetuated sexual stereotypes of passivity and service for young women. In contrast to the boys' training, girls' indoctrination stressed physical appearance, femininity, and servitude. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Delinquency Prevention, Educational History, Extracurricular Activities