To identify differences in the perceptions of vocational educators and school administrators concerning the functions and operations of the advisory committee and to identify relationships between perceived functions and operations and selected background variables, questionnaires were mailed to advisory committee members, vocational educators,…

An insight into the degree of California junior college faculty participation in decision-making was provided by obtaining the perceptions of state junior college faculty members and administrators. Each individual responded to a questionnaire containing 23 decision-making items by numerically indicating relative differences between current and…

The way superintendents perceive their mobility and the succession of routes they use in attaining their positions were compared. A stratified random sample was drawn from the total population of public school superintendents in Illinois based on an extension of the insider-outsider dichotomy. It was found that outsiders tended to use more general…

This is the third edition of the "California definition" of teacher competence, superseding "Measures of a Good Teacher" (1952) and "Teacher Competence: Its Nature and Scope" (1957). It defines the six areas as 1) director of learning, 2) counselor and guidance work, 3) mediator of the culture, 4) link with the community, 5) member of the school…

The paper considers the efficacy of role reversal, used in conflict situations, for reducing distortions in perceptions of the opponent's position, for increasing understanding of the opponent's position, for clarifying communication during negotiations, and for inducing cooperative behavior in conflict situations. It was noted that little…

This study examines the relationship between professional and political orientations as they emerge under specific educational and environmental conditions existing within the Universidad de Oriente, an experimental university in Venezuela. Based on a thorough review of available relevant theoretical propositions, and employing highly…

Self-reported perceptions of elementary school students (6,500 fourth through sixth graders), were obtained by means of questionnaires. Included among the perceptions were: reason for school, role as a rule obeyer, role as a teacher pleaser and role as an achiever. The results indicate that students generally like their school, believe the rules…

This document is a collection of essays by various authors on the subject of dance therapy. Dance therapy, in the introduction of this document, is defined as a form of psychotherapy in which the therapist utilizes movement interaction as the primary means of accomplishing therapeutic goals. The document is divided into five parts: a)…

The paper presents a nontechnical analysis of the philosophical theory of speech acts as a paradigmatic explanation of interpersonal communication. A contrast is drawn between the idea that meaning is "in people" and the speech act theory that meaning is an interpersonal construct. There are nine conditions of interpersonal communication that must…

This study investigated the social behavior patterns of children who worked on a cooperative task. Several ways of increasing interdependence were explored, and the effects of such methods on task performance were determined. Seventy six same-sex triads of fourth and fifth graders were asked to cooperate in making a block-picture on a round board.…

A guide and handbook for planners, developers, and evaluators of educational programs and products, this book discusses the various settings in which an evaluator commonly works and the many roles he performs. The book divides the evaluator's work into three activities: establishing perspective, planning the evaluation, and analyzing the data.…

To determine the extent to which students felt that they should be involved in institutional governance at Gaston College, 100 students were asked to indicate on a list of 30 pertinent college activities the degree to which they felt students should be involved in the activities. The degree of involvement involved five choices, from no student…

Combining two issues significant in contemporary broadcasting--the influence of television on children and the role of women as portrayed by the media, this study analyzed the image of female children in 294 television commercials shown from eight in the morning until noon every Saturday from November 10, 1973, until December 8, 1973. Although the…

In an effort to develop recommendations regarding programs tailored for the needs of elementary school females, data was collected and analyzed regarding goals and aspirations as expressed by girls at this academic level. A questionnaire was designed to tap the vocational aspirations and expected lifestyle of the girls selected to participate in…

Students from introductory speech classes at the University of Illinois and Parkland Community College were asked to list their attitudes about four groups: businessmen, farmers, politicians, and war protesters. The strengths of those beliefs were evaluated via seven internal semantic differential scales. The sum of the scales served as a first…