Patterns of advancement of women administrators were studied with a sample of 188 administrators of home economics departments. The respondents ranged in age from the late twenties to the mid-sixties. A specially-developed instrument was administered to the sample--Women in Higher Education: Characteristics and Employment Strategies. About 75…

The perceptions of 44 Australian and 81 American senior elementary student teachers were compared to determine how their personal attributes, their teacher education programs, and their student teaching experiences influenced their abilities to perform 35 teaching competencies. Comparisons between the two groups revealed that American students had…

A sociologist gives a personal account of the way in which he helped devise an experimental course for some of the 3,500 lay people, teachers and students who have recently, through structural reform, become responsible for the government of a city's schools by service on representative governing boards. (AJ)

Designed for first year students in postsecondary technical schools, this curriculum guide, comprising 22 modularized instructional subunits, is designed to create among the students (1) an awareness of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, (2) motivation for exploring entrepreneurship as a distinct career option, (3) acquaintance with the skills,…

A survey of Returning Women Students at The Pennsylvania State University was conducted during the Spring 1975 term. The 53 women had a variety of backgrounds, but had many mutual concerns. Some were undergraduates, others were graduate students; some were enrolled full-time, more were part-time, and 92% were majoring in non-technical fields.…

This Handbook is intended as a guide to practice for the school psychologist and as a reference to further information relating to pertinent state and federal regulations and to professional standards of psychological practice. It was written also to give school administrators, consultants and teachers information on psychological services that…

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between stereotypic sex role attitudes of classroom teachers and stereotypic reinforcement behaviors towards students. Thirty-three white female preservice and inservice elementary and secondary teachers participated in this study. A projective attitude instrument, written classroom…

This document examines the differences of cognitive styles and how they pertain to student performance and effective teaching. Persons identified as "field-dependent" people are particularly attuned and differentially attend to the social dimensions of their environment. Due to this orientation, these persons appear to be more skillful at learning…

Drawing on his extensive and varied experiences in developing and administering large programs for the agricultural education of masses of adults unfamiliar with farming, preceding and following World War Two in Europe, Latin America, and the United States, the author makes suggestions for the development of successful adult education programs.

Research supported in part by General Research Support Award No. FR-05406 from the United States Public Health Service.

As distance learning plays an increasing role in adult education, instruction to older adults must be adapted for individual learner differences. Two stereotypic adult education client groups have been described: the SAVY adult (Schooled, Active, Verbal, Younger) and the ONUS adult (Older, Non-Verbal, Unschooled, Sedentary). Instructional methods…

The personal problem-solving process can be functionally analyzed from a cognitive-behavioral perspective into at least four major performance classes: (1) decision making; (2) problem exploration, differentiation, and definition; (3) identification of response alternatives; and (4) performance of an intended solution response. The personal…

A study was designed to determine whether scores for general knowledge, specific knowledge, and general interest on a topic could be used as predictors of children's listening comprehension. Baseball and dolls were chosen as the topics because their stereotypic nature would allow the data to be generalized across the subject population. Data were…

The proceedings of this subcommittee of the House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging explore the incidence and causes of elder abuse and consider ways of dealing with the problem. Statements of victims of elder abuse and statements of social service personnel are included. Legal aspects of the problem and the possibility of government…

The purpose of this study was to determine the relative contribution of the leadership styles of cooperative education directors and organization structural characteristics of the program and institution to cooperative education program outcomes in colleges and universities in the United States. The target population was all cooperative education…