Elementary school children's parents responded to video-taped sequences portraying either an overactive, an underactive, or an average-active child. Generally supported hypotheses: (1) overactive children would be punished more severely than other children; (2) the label emotionally disturbed'' would influence adult responses, and (3) affect and…

Reports on action initiated by the FFA to develop a program for agricultural students' personal development. (MU)

When beginning social work students' attitudes toward the poor were measured, significant differences in attitudes were correlated with sociodemographic background and selected occupational and educational experiences prior to entering graduate school. The major implication is that the importance of environment as a socializing factor among future…

The effects of sensory deprivation in humans is discussed as well as the need for developing a moral education curriculum designed to rear children in an affectional environment of positive reinforcements. (JB)

Argues that the adoption of the bureaucratic structure, with its concomitant values, has proven to be incompatible with both intellectual and human development, that a learning environment that promotes simultaneously both intellectual development and humanism must be created, and new forms of organizational structure to achieve goals currently…

Although traditional methods have been useful in teaching values, these methods have not resulted in deep commitments; suggests schools develop plans to instruct students in value selection. (Author/RB)

The idea of music education as aesthetic education has captured the professional conscience of music educators, and plans for the implementation of curricular designs are already being prepared. (Author)

The results of this study indicate that the computer testing procedures led to significantly higher levels of state anxiety and less favorable attitudes in comparison to the examiner testing procedures. These negative affective reactions were seen as a function of certain computer testing procedures. (Author)

Discussed is the use of instructional television at the California School for the Deaf to motivate, to develop positive attitudes and feelings, and to improve self image among deaf students. (GW)

The paper focuses on principles of child development in six basic areas (physical, socialization, affectional, peer group, self developmental, and self adjustive), applies them to the deaf child, and considers the effect of media on them. (GW)

The Moral Education Project described here is concerned with how people actually live, how their behavior affects others, and whether their behavior makes a happier, healthier and fuller life possible.

Data provide an experimental demonstration that teachers' brief and mild expressions of opinion, incidental to the curriculum objectives, can significantly influence the attitudes of their pupils. (Authors)