In this course guide to the teaching of urban ecology, six learning activities on the following topics are outlined: (1) city location and growth; (2) an in-depth study of New Orleans; (3) city shape and structure; (4) size and spacing of cities; (5) cities with special functions; (6) local community study. Educational objectives for each activity…

This workbook contains many outdoor activities which were developed in New York's Central Park to help children explore and understand their city parks. Involvement in the activities is intended to increase appreciation and awareness of the role of parks in the urban environment. The publication can serve as an example of what others can do with…

This report, the fifteenth in a series of twenty completed by the Children's Environments Advisory Service for the International Year of the Child, 1979, presents a guide for planning play spaces on roof decks in high density family housing projects where on-grade land is too scarce or too expensive for development as communal recreation space.…

This book combines scholarship and personal experiences as several facets of the urban experience are investigated. Eight major chapters focus on poverty, unemployment, welfare, law enforcement, urban finance, housing, education, and health care. Each chapter examines each problem and provides recommendations for dealing with it. The chapter on…

This handbook, developed for use by the Soil Conservation Service and property owners, land developers, local government agencies, and consulting firms, is designed to provide information on water management and minimizing erosion on land undergoing development in urban areas. The standards and specifications listed in this handbook are to provide…

This publication is a selected list of games and simulations concerned with urban, environmental, and social problems. The contents are divided into four major parts: (1) games developed at the University of Michigan; (2) games distributed by Simile II; (3) games distributed by other companies; and (4) computerized gaming/simulations. All titles…

A comprehensive community environmental inventory is an ongoing process of investigation and study to compile and evaluate information about the natural and man-made environmental features and characteristics of an area, as well as related social, political, and economic information. Such information is important to the community in developmental…

This guide contains a selected list of urban, environmental, and social problem gaming/simulations. The games included in the list are suitable for a variety of age groups and educational purposes. The games are divided into categories based on the group that developed the game or simulation. The categories include games/simulations developed or…

The 1971 school year was the first year of full operation of the Lackawanna State University College Undergraduate Urban Teacher Education Program (UUTEP). Instead of thrusting college students into full responsibility, it provides for a sequential development of expertise under the guidance and direction of experienced teachers. This UUTEP…

This publication is composed of four parts. Part I, The Final Report, consists of the program foundations, description of the target group, description of resources, analysis of processes developed, creating the resource role, creation awareness, developing a problem solving orientation, curriculum integration, evolution of the group process,…

Indian leaders in Minneapolis are frequently those Indians who are in favor with the non-Indian population; who are employed in the poverty program area; and who have assumed leadership roles for the benefit of non-Indians, self, and select cronies. As Indian spokesman, they have opposed public assistance in the form of educational programs and…

On the basis of previous research, which revealed difference in self-perception of disadvantaged and advantaged children, this project investigated whether differences in personality traits existed and what these differences might be as revealed by their self-perceptions. Fourth through eighth graders in an urban school system were subjects. About…

The environment lesson plans in this packet are designed to take an in-depth look at different components of the environment. The plans were developed with the assistance of specialists in educational processes and educators, students, and resource-agency people for whom they are designed. They have been field-tested in environmental education…

Of the responsibilities of a university communications professor--teaching, research, and service--community service usually receives the least amount of professional recognition. One reason is that community service is often unrelated both to academic expertise and to responsibilities within the university system. It is an action undertaken not…

The objective of this study was to examine selected cultural variables (length of urban residency, the child's ordinal position in the family, the number of children in the family, and field independence-dependence) and relate these to reading achievement. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) there is no relationship between length of urban…