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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 56 titles deal with a variety of topics concerning the relationship of reading achievement to many variables such as memory, listening comprehension, intelligence, self-concept, classroom behavior, reading attitude, home…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading
Beckwith, Miriam M.; Edwards, Sandra J. – 1979
Research on ethnic minority participation in community college education is reviewed in eight sections. The first delineates the distinguishing features of the modern community college, such as its emphasis on occupational education, its diversity of programs, and the prevalence of non-traditional course-taking patterns. The second section…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Bibliographies, Community Colleges
Christopherson, Victor A.; Dingle, Steven F. – 1979
Caught between the Anglo and Navajo worlds, the Navajo youth of Arizona are at home in neither. Material rewards beckon from the Anglo world, but high schools have not provided the educational background to enable the youth to secure those rewards. Instead the schools have merely created in the students a discontent with traditional Reservation…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Cultural Background
Bernal, Hernando; And Others – 1977
Three papers are included in this document designed to provide English language information about characteristics and activities of Accion Cultural Popular (ACPO) a private, nonprofit organization concerned with improving the quality of life of rural populations and promoting rural development through mass media education programs. "Pioneer…
Descriptors: Church Role, Communications, Cultural Influences, Educational Radio
Fenton, Thomas P., Ed. – 1975
The manual provides background material and resources for use by Christian educators in developing and implementing secondary level through adult programs on justice. Social action and personal involvement are stressed throughout the five sections of the manual. Section I explains how justice and injustice are interpreted throughout the manual and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
Horowitz, Irving Louis – 1977
The document examines social science influence in the policy-making process through interviews with proponents of various major positions in the policy arena. A wide variety of responses is presented in order to more clearly assess needs of a changing society, investigate how social science education might be changed to reflect those needs, record…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Employment
Armbruster, Frank; Bracken, Paul J. – 1975
The U.S. educational system and student achievement are examined using a historical perspective. Academic achievement, school budgets, educational innovations, and educational philosophies are compared across different periods of U.S. history. Problems associated with various changes in the educational process are outlined. Parental attitudes on…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Finance
Janne, Henri – 1979
The education/employment situation of young people in Belgium is examined as part of a project to broaden perspectives on social, educational, and employment issues in contemporary societies. Because of Belgium's complex cultural and linguistic make-up (59% of Belgians are Dutch-speaking Flemish; 41% are French-speaking Walloons), it is difficult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, Comparative Education
Maclure, Stuart – 1979
Part of a project to broaden perspectives on social, educational, and employment issues in contemporary societies, the monograph focuses on the difficulties experienced by young people in Great Britain in negotiating the transitions from school to work and from youth to adulthood. Unemployment in Britain is at a post World War II peak and there…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Education, Educational Policy
Carter, Thomas P.; Segura, Roberto D. – 1979
Various explanations and possible solutions for the low social status and poor school achievement of the Mexican American are the subject of this book, which examines ethnic characteristics of the Mexican American, socioeconomic conditions in the five southwestern states, and practices and policies of the schools in the Southwest. This book grew…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Change Strategies
Hefner, Keith, Ed. – 1979
Designed for youth workers, teachers, counselors, and student organizers, 11 essays in this handbook examine issues concerned with children's rights. "Children's Rights and Social Work" proposes that social workers can speed and direct the process of change by advocating the rights of young people and by providing services to make those rights a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy
Kleg, Milton; And Others – 1970
The regional and historical overview of race, caste, and prejudice is one of the units in the Anthropology Curriculum Project series. The major objective of the unit is to focus attention on discriminatory practices which grow out of physical differences and cultural attitudes. The document consists of teacher background materials and a student…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Attitude Change, Beliefs, Bias
CARTER, CHARLES H., COMP. – 1965
TO AID PHYSICIANS AND OTHER SPECIALISTS IN DIAGNOSING CASES OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND IN COUNSELING PARENTS, THE BOOK PRESENTS MEDICAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING RECENT ADVANCES. THIRTY-TWO AUTHORITIES CONTRIBUTE CHAPTERS IN SUCH AREAS AS DIAGNOSIS, METABOLISM, NUTRITION, ETIOLOGY, MONGOLISM, CRANIAL ABNORMALITIES, BIRTH INJURIES, INFECTIONS,…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cerebral Dominance, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
ERICKSON, JOHN – 1968
ONE METHOD OF ATTEMPTING TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ECONOMICALLY OR CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IS THROUGH A COMMUNITY LIAISON PROGRAM UTILIZING COMMUNITY AIDES TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCHOOL AND AVAILABLE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, TO INFORM THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY,…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Auxiliary Laborers, Communications, Community Influence
SKARD, ASE GRUDE – 1963
WESTERN COUNTRIES HAVE NEGLECTED THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITION FROM RURAL TO URBAN LIVING. IN CONTRAST TO THE RURAL CHILD, THE URBAN CHILD EXPERIENCES RESTRICTED MOVEMENT, REDUCED CONTACT WITH ADULTS, SEPARATION FROM ONE OR BOTH PARENTS DURING THE WORK DAY, CONSUMPTION OF GOODS WHILE SELDOM OBSERVING THEIR…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Community Planning, Cultural Enrichment, Employed Parents
