The breakdown of marriage within American society is a serious problem as evidenced by high divorce rates and numerous separations and family problems. A Marriage Values Questionnaire, developed to determine reasons for marrying and staying married and the impact of religion on marital stability, was completed by 305 subjects, ranging in age from…

These health curriculum guidelines were designed for teachers of secondary students. Four major topic areas are covered: 1) anatomy, physiology, tissues, systems, heredity, physical activity, and nutriition; 2) family structures, functions, and responsibilities; 3) values, stress, and drug abuse; and 4) the environment, disease control, cancer,…

One function of a Human Subjects Committee is to review the possible adverse effects of ethically problematic experiments. The concerns of an institutional review committee about the possible adverse effects of an ethically-problematic "cheating" study were examined with regard to the actual effects reported by the subjects. Retrospective…

THE FOCUS OF THIS STUDY WAS ON LOCATING REGULARITIES OR COMMON ELEMENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL SITUATIONS WHICH MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL DAMAGE BY CHILDREN. RESEARCH WAS CENTERED UPON THE FOLLOWING STUDY ELEMENTS--(1) THE NATURE OF AN ACT OF VANDALISM, (2) THE SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHILDREN INVOLVED, (3) THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT…

THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS THE MAJOR ADDRESSES DELIVERED AT THE DECEMBER 1965 CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR SUPERVISION AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. THE PLACE OF THE FINE ARTS, LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AND PHILOSOPHY WITHIN THE HUMANITIES AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE,…

THE SANTO DOMINGO, NEW MEXICO, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENROLLS 720 INDIAN PUPILS IN GRADES 1 THROUGH 8 AND UTILIZES 30 TEACHERS IN ITS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. ALTHOUGH THE PUPILS COME FROM A CULTURE WHICH IS UNFAMILIAR TO MOST OF THEIR TEACHERS, A PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHOOL IS THAT THE LIFE, CUSTOMS, BELIEFS, AND CULTURE OF THE INDIAN…

AT THE 1965 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION BY CORRESPONDENCE (CEC), HELD IN PARIS IN OCTOBER, THE MODIFIED CEC CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED. AT THE 1966 ANNUAL MEETING, HELD IN LONDON IN MAY, THE DELEGATES DISCUSSED BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF A MODEL CODE OF ETHICS. TO INVESTIGATE METHODS OF EDUCATION BY CORRESPONDENCE,…

THIS PORTION OF AN "INVESTIGATION OF OBSERVER-JUDGE RATINGS OF TEACHER COMPETENCE" WAS PRIMARILY DEVOTED TO STATISTICAL ISSUES IN ASSESSING THE RELIABILITY OF OBSERVATIONS OF TEACHERS' CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR. FROM 67 TO 130 STUDENT TEACHING SUPERVISORS, ACADEMIC PROFESSORS, AND EDUCATION PROFESSORS FROM TWO LARGE MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITIES AND…

A FINAL REPORT WAS GIVEN OF A THREE-PART STUDY THAT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE DIFFERENCES IN THE ATTITUDES, INTERESTS, AND VALUES OF GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. A RESEARCH DESIGN WAS DEVELOPED TO DELINEATE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE GIFTED STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH DIFFERENTIATE THE…

THE PROBLEM OF THIS LONGITUDINAL STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY THE COGNITIVE PROCESSES WHICH ARE INVOLVED IN CAREER DECISION-MAKING AND THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THESE PROCESSES ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT. AREAS OF CONCERN WERE (1) IDENTIFICATION OF STRATEGIES BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL CAN OVERCOME DECISION-MAKING DIFFICULTY, (2) ASSESSMENT OF THE SHORT-TERM…

A DEFINITION OF THE RANGE OF INFLUENCE OF THE UZBEK TEACHER AS AN AGENT OF SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGE IN SOVIET UZBEKISTAN AND A DETERMINATION OF THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN TRANSMITTING NEW VALUES AND REINTERPRETING TRADITIONAL CULTURES WERE THE MAJOR PURPOSES OF THE STUDY. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH WAS USED WHEREIN HISTORICAL-CULTURAL,…

THIS PROJECT REPORTED ON PUBLIC CONFLICT AND POLITICAL CONTROVERSY AS CONTENT ELEMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS. PART 1 DISCUSSED CRITERIA FOR CONTENT SELECTION IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES AS GENERAL EDUCATION AND AS AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL VALUES. PART 2 DESCRIBED A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA. PART 3 DEALT…

A DISCUSSION WAS CONTINUED IN THIS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTING AN APPROACH AND ON DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING A TRIAL PROGRAM FOR USING ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONFLICT AND POLITICAL CONTROVERSY AS CONTENT ELEMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS. CONCLUSIONS WERE PROVIDED FOR THE VARIOUS TOPICS DISCUSSED. THE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED AS VOLUME TWO OF…

Presented is research exploring the relationships between outdoor leisure participation and pro-environmental attitudes and behavior. The seven hypotheses investigated related to determinants of leisure behavior, attitudinal consequences of this behavior, and the relationships among group membership, attitudes, and pro-environmental behavior.…

The paper reports results of a study to determine the impact of values decision-making activities on the content retention and attitudes of high school social studies students. The study used the Casteel-Stahl approach to values education. This approach maintains that students must engage in four phases of thinking during values/moral classroom…