Students approach courses in communication with a lifetime of experience in the processes to be studied. Their already deeply imbedded attitudes and habits must be considered in planning instruction. Accompanying each course unit might be a series of introspective questions that encourage students to become aware of their relevant preconceptions,…

Personal interviews were conducted with 138 elementary education majors at the completion of one of the two required foundation courses which include an early field experience in the teacher education program at the University of Utah. Questions asked concerned the students' perceptions of (a) the role of the elementary school classroom teacher,…

The author discusses and reviews child-rearing literature prevalent in many modern home libraries. In 53 volumes on various aspects of child-rearing, there is a noticeable lack of discussion on who should bear the direct responsibility for raising children, with only two books covering the topic. About half the books do not have any discussion at…

This paper discusses the implications of curriculum development and curriculum innovation needs for education in general and educational administration and educational planning in particular. It points out how administrations should change their role to open up educational systems for change and the place of a curriculum development planning unit…

The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of social information received by audiences viewing "Sanford and Son" and "All in the Family." It was hypothesized that whites perceive "Sanford and Son" as being more real than blacks do; middle-class viewers rate each program as being more real than lower-class…

Effective rehabilitation requires the counselor to serve as his client's advocate. The goals of rehabilitation are clear and are product oriented. While skill as a counselor is required to achieve these goals for many clients, the clients represent problems which will require more than counseling skills before the problems can be resolved and the…

The major purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between selected personality characteristics and attitudes of male extension agents in Wisconsin, and their level of job performance. The relationships between selected background factors and the level of agent's job performance were also studied. Subjects were 79 male county agents…

This document summarizes the activities of the Second International Seminar on Adult Education (Pinebrook Conference Center of Syracuse University, 2-5 September, 1970) and contains Blakely's title essay. The contemporary world presents the adult educator with new environments of time, technology, social organization, communications, and…

As the roles and responsibilities of vocational education have increased and expanded it has become necessary to identify, select, educate and train leaders. Recognizing this need for leadership development this study assessed the behavior and the leadership dimensions of management in four occupational settings as reported by inservice management…

This paper contains a partial report on an empirical study to assess the utility of Gross' theory of role conflict resolution in predicting role choice by administrators who become involved in formal collective negotiations for the first time. Some relationships between role choice and selected situational variables are also examined. The study…

This study was to determine the tasks 4-H project leaders performed, to secure leaders' and agents' opinions concerning the tasks that should be performed by 4-H project leaders, and to determine the opinions of 4-H project leaders and extension agents concerning the qualifications of 4-H project leaders to perform 55 selected tasks.…

Proceeding on the assumption that humans learn behaviors by imitating the behavior of others, the author is concerned with the appropriate behavioral models needed in dealing with delinquent female adolescents in a group situation. Three potential models are discussed: (1) the group leader or leaders; (2) the group members; and (3) the invited…

First-level supervisors from a cross section of business and industrial organizations provided evaluative and descriptive information about the immediate work group which each supervised. From this information, a model was built depicting first-level supervisory perceptions of behaviors which lead to work unit effectiveness. This model was…

The purpose of this study was to clarify the administrative functions of the Kansas county extension director through the process of role analysis. Respondents included four groups: all Kansas county extension directors, professional co-workers, county agricultural extension council executive board members in the selected counties, and selected…

The primary purposes of this study were: (1) to establish, through a detailed examination of the professional literature, a set of criteria for those practices considered to be desirable to the operation of an administrative internship; (2) to collect data through a case study of the 1963-64 NASSP administrative internship; and (3) to examine…