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Reid, Kenneth E. – 1997
This guide is written for beginning and advanced social work students, as well as battle-weary social workers. It instructs practitioners in how to do social work with groups and how to integrate small-group theory and therapeutic principles in such a way that is therapeutic and life enhancing. The wide-ranging concepts and skills presented here…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Training

Graham-Bermann, Sandy; Gest, Scott – 1991
The qualities of sibling relationships and friendships of socially accepted and rejected children were compared in a study involving 392 male and 384 female second and third graders. The students completed a series of assessments and their teachers filled out rating scales. Results indicated that sibling status was associated with friendship…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Family Relationship, Friendship, Group Structure
Hammerman, Myrna Lynn – 1986
Although the origins of self-help groups can be traced back to early history, the self-help movement as we know it today began almost 50 years ago. Approximately 15 million Americans currently belong to about 500,000 different self-help groups. Adults in transition are likely to seek both formal and informal sources of help when faced with…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Group Structure, Independent Study
Semple, Edward E., Jr. – 1982
Journal papers, dissertations and monographs on theory and research in sociometrics in education are cited. Forty references are examined in the areas of classroom socialization structure and skills, the stability of choices in friendship, attraction between individuals, and the relationship between learning styles and sociometry. Teacher roles in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship, Group Structure
Campbell, M. Donald – 1978
A study investigated ways that adult educators might introduce educational activity into a community problem-solving situation and attempted to determine the influence of this activity on growth of the community-problem-solving group. Adult educators by definition included cooperative extension agents, social workers, community mental health…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Community Organizations, Community Problems, Consultants
Amity School District No. 4-J, OR. – 1976
Developed by the Amity (Oregon) School District 4-J (a small, rural farming district consisting of two outlying feeder elementary schools, one elementary school in town, and the high school), the Citizens Advisory Committee Constitution consists of seven sections. Statements by the superintendent and school board chairman regarding the role of the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Education, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Brawer, Florence B.; Gates, Allen – 1981
This handbook offers guidelines to community colleges interested in the formation of advisory committees to the humanities. It begins by outlining the purposes and functions of such groups. It then emphasizes the importance of faculty and administrative support for advisory committees and suggests evidence that can be presented to promote this…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Colleges, Group Activities, Group Dynamics
Kaplan, Bernice A. – 1978
A historical and anthropological analysis of the nature of conventions held by the American Anthropological Association (AAA) is presented. The author, who is an anthropologist, plays the role of participant observer in studying the phenomenon of meetings of the AAA. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, AAA meetings were very small and…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Group Membership, Group Structure, Higher Education
Goldfine, Miriam; O'Connell, Sandra – 1977
Based on a survey of 200 members of the Industrial Communication Council, this script and slide presentation analyzes the career experiences of the 67 communication professionals, 51 men and 16 women, who responded. The script, accompanied by illustrations of appropriate slides, consists of five parts: demographics (the size and type of companies…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Demography
Paul, Douglas – 1975
This paper reports on a study of the relationship between internal and external organizational variables and the adoption of a specific educational innovation--individually guided education and the multiunit school (IGE/MUS). The emphasis of the paper is on the independent variables of structure (internal organization) and linkage (external…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Conceptual Schemes, Diffusion, Educational Innovation
Ford, David L., Jr. – 1973
When one engages in organizational diagnosis, it has been suggested that greater understanding of the organization can come through: (1) an identification of all the channels conveying material and information, and (2) a description of the means by which this communication influences the behavior of the organization. A networks/system approach is…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Decision Making, Group Structure, Information Networks
Fischbach, Robert Mark – 1973
The qualities of small group communication and interaction were tested in this study, which specifically measured group consensus and the quality of group decision making. Fifty groups of five members each were used. One member of each group was trained to exhibit either high or low "orientation," knowledge of the procedures the group…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict Resolution, Decision Making

Longus, Pharnal – Journal of Black Studies, 1976
Results indicate that students who blame the system for black disadvantages will be more likely to participate in collective behavior. Individuals who blame the system and are high in personal control are also more likely to participate in collective behavior. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Black Education, Change Agents, College Students, Group Behavior

Hallinan, Maureen T.; Sorensen, Aage B. – American Sociological Review, 1983
Using empirical evidence from 48 classrooms, argues that structural and organizational factors affect the stability and the formation of ability groups in an elementary classroom, which in turn affect growth in academic achievement. Holds that teachers are often impeded from forming the types of groups most conducive to student learning. (CMG)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Elementary Education

Wilbur, Michael P.; And Others – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1981
Proposes a typology promoting a conceptual model that addresses the increased demand for use of group processes, continued effectiveness of leadership training programs, research issues regarding basic group dynamics, and generic models designed for the increased understanding of the myriad of group forms across the group spectrum. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Counseling Techniques, Expectation, Group Behavior