Current educational philosophies stress the need to personalize education. Emphasis must be placed on the needs and interests of individuals, and curricula must be constructed to enable students to actualize their own potentialities. The humanizing curriculum centers on the student, and the teacher helps to plan, guide, and evaluate the individual…

The addresses and discussions of the 1970 Maryland Reading Institute focused on the theme of "accountability"--defined as the responsibilities of teachers to their students, community, and society. In Part 1, highlights of the keynote address are followed by summaries of a five-member panel discussion, five reactors' statements, and a concluding…

The investigation examined 2 issues: (1) how the values of the subculture influence the underachievement of the Mexican American boy and (2) what happens to him if he is placed into a new educational strategy. The overall purpose of the research was to ascertain promising instructional procedures for underachieving (as measured by standardized…

The essays in this volume focus on the author's concern with the "sociology of development" within both individuals and cultures. He discusses the type of knowledge that is available about a world "which includes ourselves and other people in terms both material and spiritual." Essay topics include: the dangers of "scientism," or overemphasis on…

The purposes of this teacher training module are to: 1) develop awareness and understanding of the affective domain of learning, values, and the valuing process, and 2) develop competency in using teaching strategies designed to help children clarify their values. A sequence of activities is designed to develop enabling and terminal competencies…

Although many studies have shown women administrators to be as able in positions of leadership as men, women are found less and less in public school administration. Many reasons are given to account for this situation -- largely myths grounded in a value system operationalized through the economic institutions. Albeit, larger numbers of women…

This study investigated the effect of social class, race, and sex on the work values of ninth-grade students in a large metropolitan area. Measures of work values were obtained using Super's (1970) Work Values Inventory. Results indicated that race and sex have differential effects on the development of work values. Significant differences between…

"Environmental measures" in the forms of probability inductions are conceptualized to express the relationship between environmental conditions (temperature, illumination, etc.) and human satisfaction levels for comfort and utility. An "evaluation" method is hypothesized as a way to gather the data needed to make environmental measure probability…

The volume is one of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Areas Studies (FAS) of The American University, designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries. The emphasis is on objective…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a book in which the author researched the development of sociability among secondary school youth. The book sets forth, mainly on the basis of empirical studies, the outcome of educational action to develop sociability among the youth. The inquiry also embraced the…

The purpose of this investigation was to standardize the Value Interest Dynamics Instrument (VIDI) which was employed to measure value and interest orientations of public school teachers experiencing pressures for community change. A random sample of 500 urban school teachers employed in the public school system of East Baton Rouge Parish,…

Standard English must be considered as a language that can and should be learned and used by any human who finds it advantageous to do so, but which has no more exotic and virtuous qualities than any other language or dialect. The teacher of standard English to speakers of Black English should be aware of the kinds of language skills that children…

Included in this essay is a historical review of Federal policy and practice in Indian education from 1500 to 1970. The earliest period, the missionary period, is representative of the religious zeal of the 16th and 17th centuries wherein the missionaries had as their responsibility the education of the Indian--including the dual effort of…

Compiled for use in Indian history courses at the high-school level, this document contains sections on the history, culture, religion, and myths and legends of the Blackfeet. A guide to the spoken Blackfeet Indian language and examples of the language with English translations are also provided, as is information on sign language and picture…

The specific objectives of this study were to survey the implementation at Las Cruces High School, New Mexico, of an appeal board through which students may appeal suspension recommendations of over 5 days; to review the issues behind the student rights movement; to define and evaluate the invariant structure of authority in the school; to…