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Broudy, Harry S.; Mikel, Edward – 1978
The booklet discusses a survey of aesthetic consciousness among classroom teachers and educational administrators. Specific objectives of the survey were to (1) evaluate the aesthetic activities, training, teaching, participation, and preferences of school personnel, and (2) assess readiness and competence of public school personnel to expand the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Aesthetic Education, Affective Objectives, Art Appreciation
Wagschal, Harry – 1978
Humanities and social science education are increasingly influenced by controversy over different conceptions of scientific thinking. The basic conflict is between those who view science as being objectively based and those who see scientific work as being based upon personal and societal variants such as values, feelings, and needs. The debate…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 17 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: a curriculum guide for studying selected women authors of Britain and the United States; story telling in ordinary discourse; the responses of seventh grade…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Black Literature, Counseling
Molina, Yolanda R. – 1978
This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the second in a series of 16, focuses on developing a positive self concept among trainees in a competency-based bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher training program. In the first section, reading about another culture and its values are used to promote the trainee's reflection about his…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Child Caregivers
Clothier, Grant; And Others – 1978
This booklet discusses and offers solutions for some of the educational problems growing out of the diverse nature of schools in the United States. Chapter I describes the society as a multicultural one in which a wide discrepancy exists between ideals and practices. A multicultural society is made up of many groups with varying degrees of common…
Descriptors: Community Study, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Borman, Kathryn M.; And Others – 1978
Data collected from observations of a kindergarten class, and parent interviews with second and third generation Appalachian families living in an inner city working class neighborhood, when contrasted with Melvin Kohn's work on values, illuminate the discontinuity between the language of social control in the home and at school. Appalachian…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Influences, Discipline
Interstate Educational Resource Service Center, Salt Lake City, UT. – 1973
The document presents an overview of a project to help elementary and secondary school educators evaluate affective aspects of educational programs. The document is presented in ten sections. Section I describes formation of the project by states in the Rocky Mountain area in 1970. Section II identifies project objectives. The major objective was…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cooperative Programs, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment
Brown, William H., Ed. – 1978
The document comprises two issues of a journal devoted to learning and adolescence. Each issue contains articles which were contributed by participants in a conference on learning and adolescence held at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, in 1977. Articles in the Spring issue deal with formation of adolescents' values, observations of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Groups, Cognitive Development, Educational Objectives
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Dept. of Counseling and Guidance. – 1977
Intending to offer an innovative approach to preservice training of school counselors, this training manual follows a developmental process which includes activities (primarily interaction exercises) whose purpose is to raise trainee awareness, challenge and revise trainee attitudes while encouraging understanding of the attitudes of adolescent…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role, Counselor Training
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1978
A two-volume report of a survey to identify current school activities and interests in 16 program areas related to citizenship education in Delaware is presented. These program areas include environmental studies, inviting community members to speak and work in the schools, developing citizen-related social and cognitive skills, law-related…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum, Educational Needs
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1978
A two-volume report of a survey to identify current school activities and interests in 16 program areas related to citizenship education in Pennsylvania is presented. These program areas include environmental studies, community members in the schools, citizen-related social and cognitive skills, law-related education, family life education (for…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum, Education
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1978
A two-volume report of a survey to identify current school activities and interests in 16 program areas related to citizenship education in New Jersey is presented. These program areas include environmental studies, involvement of community members in the schools, citizen-related social and cognitive skills; law-related education; family life…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum, Education
AHMED, FIROZA – 1963
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ARE ANALYZED IN THIS STUDY TO CLARIFY THEIR DEMOCRATIC PHILOSOPHICAL ORIENTATION, TO IDENTIFY PROGRAMS IN INDIA, EGYPT, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES, AND BURMA HAVING POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR PAKISTAN, AND TO SUGGEST SOCIAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT SHOULD BE EXPANDED OR INAUGURATED IN…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Development, Community Leaders, Cooperative Programs
LAMANNA, RICHARD A.; SAMORA, JULIAN – 1967
MEXICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE MIGRATED TO THE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF EAST CHICAGO ARE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF A HYPOTHESIS THAT THIS GROUP WAS PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES NOT AVAILABLE TO THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE SOUTHWEST FOR ASSIMILATION INTO THE COMMUNITY. A CONCISE REPORT ON THE HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN COLONY IN EAST CHICAGO, ITS…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency
Bok, Derek C. – 1979
The ethical problems of receiving funds and the objections raised by concerned members of the university community are discussed by the president of Harvard University. It is proposed that donations be rejected that force the institution to deviate from its chosen standards of admission, or permit the donor to determine the selection of professors…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Administration, Conflict, Educational Finance
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