The basis for developing vital, team-like characteristics in contemporary pluralistic America lies in the understanding and building of new interpersonal norms and skills. The new norms accept human collaboration and human diversity as basic facts for problemsolving, survival, and growth. These norms support the intent that interpersonal and…

This publication attempts to provide a framework for thinking about the most complex educational issues of our day, and for clarifying what can reasonably be expected of the educational system (as compared with what can almost certainly not be accomplished by the schools alone). The paper begins with a summary of the present transitional state of…

The study tried to identify assumptions and intentions that Anglo teachers, children, and parents, and Chicano children and parents hold of each other, their perceptions of each other, the extent to which these perceptions are realistic, and the implications of cultural differences and similarities in the education of Chicanos. The sample used for…

The curriculum committee of the American Industrial Arts Association, recognizing the necessity for the involvement of industrial arts teachers in environmental awareness, prepared the publication to assist teachers in such topics as: rationale for study, careers, funding, and resource materials. An introductory article comments on environmental…

The study was undertaken by the Educational Task Force established by the Saskatchewan Chiefs' Conference, March 1970. The Indians, representing 67 bands, expressed their concern about the apathy of Indian children to school programs, dropouts, and the near absence of Indian students in universities. Another concern was that of the Canadian…

Efforts of Native organizations, coordinated through the National Indian Brotherhood, resulted early in 1973 in acceptance by the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs of the policy paper, "Indian Control of Indian Education", which legally gives Indian, Metis, and Inuit people control over their own schools. The paper explains the…

The study, involving 178 Mississippi vocational education teachers working in 12 different areas of vocational education who had been teaching three years or less, compared the work values and job attitudes which vocational education teachers hold toward teaching and students. Instruments utilized for data collection were a questionnaire…

The recent flood of environmental literature mourns our values and actions which have led to such predictable results. Our value systems, making use of the available science and technology, have wrought changes in the land and its meaning which neither the land nor the human spirit can accommodate with ease; crises of both an environmental and a…

This monograph contains papers and discussions that explore the concepts of a person-centered society and humanistic education and their implications for educational administration. Included are a set of directions for public education in a person-centered society, a discussion of the political and economic context and constraints within which the…

This book discusses the findings and recommendations reported by Task Force VI of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children, Inc. concerning the broad mental health needs of American youth. The Commission offers a number of proposals designed to narrow the present gap between the poor and the affluent and to eliminate fragmentation and…

A program designed for teaching composition to students in grades seven through twelve is presented in this book. The approach advocated attempts to promote the student's awareness of self, his ability to relate positively to others, and his ability to translate his values into meaningful actions through guided activities of reading and writing.…

This report describes a pilot project that is investigating the childrearing practices of individuals who have chosen living arrangements different from the traditional two-parent family. Alternative life styles include these groups: (1) unmarried parents who live together, (2) single or unwed mothers, and (3) participants in communes. Depth…

This volume is one of a series of handbooks designed to be useful to military, and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries. The emphasis is on objective description of the nation's present society and the kinds of possible…

This volume is one of 62 in a series of handbooks designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries. This handbook seeks to supply an integrated and comprehensive exposition and analysis of the entire…

To provide research about women's work values and how these values may be related to specific demographic variables, questionnaires were mailed to 4,003 women in New York State. The six work values under investigation were identifiable psychological needs: (1) dominance-recognition, (2) mastery-achievement, (3) economic, (4) independence, (5)…