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Download full textOrbach, R. – 1968
The Committee for the Study of Education and Society (CSES) was formed in 1966 at the University of California, Los Angeles, to sponsor credit courses or seminars on current social problems. Criteria for the courses stipulate that they: cross departmental lines, provide a mechanism for making higher education relevant to society, possess a high…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Innovation, Financial Needs, Higher Education
Massialas, Byron G.; And Others – 1969
A study was conducted to re-examine three generalizations based on limited previous research concerning social issues in schools: (1) Such issues have not been incorporated in the curriculum and are not trained to systematically examine social controversy; and (3) teachers are afraid to examine many social issues because of the possibility of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary School Teachers, Social Problems, Social Values
Rowan, Helen – 1968
The purpose of this paper, prepared for the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, is to indicate the types and ranges of problems facing the Mexican American community and to suggest ways in which these problems are peculiar to Mexican Americans. Specific examples are cited to illustrate major problems and personal experiences. Topics covered in the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Busch, Phyllis S. – 1969
This manual, prepared by the Science Project Related to Upgrading Conservation Education (Project S.P.R.U.C.E.), contains suggestions for introducing elementary school students to current environmental problems. Problems treated are population density, social pollution, visual pollution, air pollution, and water pollution. A background discussion…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education, Outdoor Education
Oliver, Donald W.; Newmann, Fred M. – 1967
See TE 499 864, above. An answer guide to the exercises in this unit is contained in "Cases and Controversy" (TE 499 864).
Descriptors: Definitions, Discussion, Group Discussion, Legal Problems
Oliver, Donald W.; Newmann, Fred M. – 1970
This unit will be available September 1, 1970. See TE 499 864, above.
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, International Relations, Secondary Education, Social Problems
Oliver, Donald W.; Newmann, Fred M. – 1969
This unit will be available September 1, 1970. See TE 499 864, above.
Descriptors: International Organizations, International Relations, Secondary Education, Social Problems
Peck, David – 1973
This research deals primarily with an overview of drug use and/or abuse, with specific discussion of the halfway house concept of treatment, including definition, historical framework, rationales, and inherent problems of halfway houses as modalities of treatment (i.e., economics of the treatment modality). Other special treatment modalities are…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Drug Addiction, Milieu Therapy, Program Descriptions
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. – 1973
The monograph by the National Association for Retarded Citizens (NARC) examines issues relevant to the involvement of low income and minority groups in mental retardation programs. It is stressed that a child in a low income family is more likely to be retarded than a child from a higher income family and that this interrelationship perpetuates a…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Education, Low Income Groups, Mental Retardation
Moore, John A. – 1971
Annotations are provided for selected citations of journal articles and books concerned with all aspects of the interrelations of man, society, environment, science and technology. The entries are arranged within the following major categories, each of which is further subdivided: General references; Resources; Science, Technology, Society;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biology, Environmental Education, Human Relations
Kormondy, Edward J., Ed. – 1971
Two articles in this newsletter describe programs related to the use of investigative laboratories in college biology; one reports on student reactions to such laboratories; and two articles describe student directed activities concerned with environmental factors. Comments on the changing role of biology in the 70's, and its implication for…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Environmental Education, Laboratory Procedures
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. Coll. of Education. – 1969
This report presents 5 papers that comprised the program sponsored by the College of Education during the 175th anniversary celebration of the University of Tennessee (U.T.). The papers concern: (1) university life in a global village; (2) an organizational approach to understanding student behavior; (3) relationships between U.T. faculty and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Social Problems
Mason, W. Dean, Comp. – 1972
Written by experts in the field of geriatrics, this book is composed of a group of papers. Among the subjects covered in the papers are the news media, the values of the later years, the sciences and aging, and a history of the Home. Several of the articles are written by ministers connected with the religiously oriented facility. Additional…
Descriptors: Books, Geriatrics, Medical Services, News Media
Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC. – 1972
This report of the Federal Council for Science and Technology Committee on Intergovernmental Science Relations contains the efforts of the committee in attempting to achieve the following objectives: (1) to inventory and evaluate the impact of federal policies and programs on the scientific and technological activities of state and local…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Environment, Federal Programs, Government Publications
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1972
The eight books examined in this study were the most recent editions of: Observing People and Places; Exploring Our Needs; At Home in Our Land; The Social Sciences: Concepts and Values; Communities and Social Needs; Learning About Communities: One Plus One; Investigating Man's World: Local Studies; and, Communities and their Needs. A group of six…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, Ethnic Groups, Social Problems
