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Noor, Abdun – 1981
This paper conceptualizes basic education and examines its ability to deliver benefits, particularly to the poor in developing nations. Education for basic human needs is interpreted to include skills to communicate, skills to improve the quality of life, and skills for production. The premise is that the main obstacle to the expansion of basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Curriculum Services. – 1978
This statistical report reviews Massachusetts Title I projects in terms of: the population served; participating schools; amounts of staff training, community and parental involvement; and effects of the programs on educational achievement. The format is largely tables and figures interspersed with textual presentation of the same data. Title I…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Fraser, Lowrie A. – 1979
Two Emergency School Aid Act pilot programs were conducted by the Atlanta Public Schools: Cultural Adjustment and Special Mathematics. The purpose of the Cultural Adjustment program was to reduce isolation and educational problems related to non-English speaking pupils and pupils who have first language interference. Program evaluation conclusions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Mathematics
Gemmill, Perry R.; Kiss, Mary Ellen – 1979
This learning activity package (LAP) titled Diagnostic Assessment of Disadvantaged Vocational Learners is one of a series designed to develop competencies needed by vocational teachers working with disadvantaged students. Each LAP concentrates on one general vocational teacher competency and contains the following sections: an introduction, a…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Educationally Disadvantaged
Gemmill, Perry R.; Kiss, Mary Ellen – 1979
This learning activity package (LAP) titled Disadvantaged Learner Analysis Profile is one of a series designed to develop competencies needed by vocational teachers working with disadvantaged students. Each LAP concentrates on one general vocational teacher competency and contains the following sections: an introduction, a teacher competency…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Diagnostic Tests, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods
Gemmill, Perry R.; Kiss, Mary Ellen – 1979
This learning activity package (LAP) titled School and Community Resources for Disadvantaged Learners is one of a series designed to develop competencies needed by vocational teachers working with disadvantaged students. Each LAP concentrates on one general vocational teacher competency and contains the following sections: an introduction, a…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Resources, Educationally Disadvantaged
Shelby, Madge E. – 1980
Presented is a collection of very brief chapters (or sections) drawn from a variety of sources which discuss the characteristics of the disadvantaged learner. In addition, suggestions for teaching mathematics to the disadvantaged using a laboratory approach are made. Conclusions include a description of the attributes necessary to be an effective…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Download full textFrederiksen, John R. – 1980
A major purpose of the Search for Effective Schools Project has been to explore the truth of the following two propositions: that both pupil response to instruction and the delivery of instruction are functions of pupil background, prior knowledge and level of achievement. That is, the project sought to demonstrate the existence of effective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Basic Skills, Educational Quality
JORGENSON, JANET M.; AND OTHERS – 1960
FIELD STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED IN 1960 IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF TEXAS AND IN IOWA TO AUGMENT INFORMATION ON MIGRATORY WORKERS. FACULTY-STUDENT TEAM FIELD TRIPS FOUND MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN PROVIDING A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE MIGRANT WORKER. CHILDREN OF THE MIGRANTS ARE NOT GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY NEED TO BREAK…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Bibliographies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
GREEN, ROBERT L. – 1966
CURRENT RESEARCH INDICATES THAT SCHOOL AND HOME ENVIRONMENTS STRONGLY INFLUENCE AN INDIVIDUAL'S INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, ALTHOUGH CERTAIN VERY BROAD HEREDITARY LIMITATIONS MAY ALSO AFFECT IT. THE ECONOMICALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH EXPERIENCES AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH LACKS STIMULI ESSENTIAL TO POSITIVE INTELLECTUAL GROWTH AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment
ULIBARRI, HORACIO – 1968
SINCE MANY MEXICAN-AMERICANS ARE VOCATIONALLY UNTRAINED AND FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE, THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THEIR EDUCATION ARE ANALYZED THROUGH EXAMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN RELATION TO OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS, CITIZENSHIP PARTICIPATION, AND PERSONALITY FACTORS. OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS IS OFTEN PREVENTED BY A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE MEXICAN…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Achievement, Citizen Participation, Cross Cultural Training
ALEXANDER, GEORGE J. – 1963
A SURVEY TAKEN BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REVEALED THAT THE SCHOOLS OF BUFFALO WERE HIGHLY SEGREGATED. OF THE 19 SCHOOLS THAT CONTAINED MORE THAN 30 PERCENT NEGROES AND PUERTO RICANS, 14 HAD OVER 90 PERCENT. THERE WAS NO DIRECTIVE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS TO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, OUGHT TO BE DONE ABOUT THESE…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Black Students, Civil Rights, De Facto Segregation
Finley, Cathaleen – 1978
Because a wise decision maker is better able to bring about the results that she wants and to avoid those that she does not want, the unit on decision making skills is designed to help American Indian girls develop skills that enable them to identify decisions, to set goals, to find and use information, to look at alternatives or choices, and to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indian Education, American Indians, Decision Making Skills
Tillery, Dale – 1979
America is facing a new frontier between meritocracy, where only the bright and highly motivated are educated, and social egalitarianism's universal education. Studies of student flow, the changing clientele of higher education, the distribution and differentiation of youth, lifestyle differences, and stabilizing enrollments indicate that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Educational Improvement
Wolfram, Walt; And Others – 1979
The aim of this study was to describe the varieties of English used in two American Indian communities and to examine the effect of language diversity on the acquisition of certain educational skills. The field work was carried out in two Puebloan communities in New Mexico, San Juan and Laguna. The description of selected linguistic structures and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Educationally Disadvantaged
