NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 18,451 to 18,465 of 21,079 results Save | Export
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1975
Given in this publication are 15 working papers which were prepared to assist conference participants in discussion of areas of educational neglect. These papers include reports of: (1) on-site studies conducted during the 2 months immediately preceding the conference and (2) national statistics and information regarding an area of neglect. The…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Basic Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education
Rothlisberg, Allen P. – 1975
Northland Pioneer College (NPC) consists of five mini-centers located throughout Navajo County (Arizona), and extension classes offered in areas where no centers have been established. Because it was financially impossible to create separate libraries to service all these areas, a decentralized library system was needed. The Holbrook Center, which…
Descriptors: American Indians, College Libraries, Decentralization, Educational Facilities Design
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Travers, Ruth; And Others – 1974
This illustrated reader is one in a series designed for use in the Alaska State-Operated Schools' bilingual education program. This parallel English-Yup'ik reader was prepared by the third and fourth grades in the Twin Hills Sschool. Black-and-white drawings illustrate the story. The text is designed so that the English version follows the Yup'ik…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Lieberman, Leonard – 1970
A study was made of 165 persons (largely underclass) during training at a job training center in middle Michigan and about one year later. Three kinds of influences were examined: opportunities, subculture, and training. Research was exploratory and involved comparison of 37 Chippewa trainees and 113 poor whites and a small number of Mexicans and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Blue Collar Occupations, Case Records
Kassirer, E. – 1970
The primary objective of the report is to describe and clarify those departmental projects which help Indians and Metis move into the economic mainstream of Canadian life. More specifically, it examines programs used by Indians and Metis which are carried out in Western, Central, and Eastern Canada, under the Agricultural and Rural Development Act…
Descriptors: Agriculture, American Indians, Developmental Programs, Economic Opportunities
Cruikshank, Julia M. – 1969
This 1969 thesis examines the changing role of the Canadian Indian woman living in northern communities where the pace of social change is undergoing acceleration. It is suggested that the woman's role is potentially very important in determining the direction of change within Indian communities. Discontinuity is less abrupt for the woman due to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Attitudes, Child Care
Nicholls, William M. – 1967
In this descriptive study of the views and opinions of member organizations of the Canadian Council on Rural Development (CCRD), it is noted that approximately 6 months after the CCRD was created the decision was made by the organization to assess and define itself prior to attempting to contribute to the solution of problems relating to land and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indians, Communication Problems, Decision Making
Havighurst, Robert J. – 1970
As a part of the National Study of American Indian Education, the self-image of the Indian student was evaluated with the Semantic Differential (SD) in terms of attitudes toward self as well as toward other persons or institutions. Study groups were expected to describe themselves in favorable, neutral, or derogatory terms. The SD used in the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Age Differences
Altman, Robert A., Ed.; Snyder, Patricia O., Ed. – 1970
In this book the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and the Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, present the papers of the Twelfth Annual College and University Self-Study Institute. The purpose of institutes such as this has been to provide a forum for researchers and…
Descriptors: Activism, Agency Role, American Indians, Blacks
West Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston. – 1970
These teaching guides, which grew out of the activities of a curriculum practicum in West Virginia, attempt to build learning around key human relations concepts and readily available data. There are eleven, independent units on wide-ranging topics within the social studies, among them: The American Indian, Religion and Law in America, Man's…
Descriptors: American Indians, Concept Teaching, Conservation Education, Democracy
Macdonald, H. A., Comp.; Netherton, A. H. – 1969
The report presents local norms and tables derived from scores of the third administration of the Metropolitan Achievement Test Battery to pupils in grades 2, 4, and 6 in the Northwest Territories during November and December of 1968, and similar data from testing in 1966 and 1967. The student population in the schools consisted of 3 broad ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Disadvantaged Youth
National Student Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1970
Nine innovative programs, using different kinds of internship, are described by the students taking part in them. The Elementary Education Intern Program at Brigham Young University uses gradual immersion in school activities rather than a sudden plunge. The Sausalito Teacher Education Project is an experimental on-site teacher preparation program…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cooperating Teachers, Cooperative Programs, Education Courses
Cobb, John C., Ed. – 1960
The document contains workshop proceedings on emotional and mental health problems of American Indians attending boarding schools and related public schools. Nine formal papers are included: "American Indian Culture in Transition,""Sources of Mental Stress in Indian Acculturation,""Avoidance of Emotional Disturbances,""Mental Health of Indian…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Conference Reports
Johnson, Kenneth R. – 1967
The fourth in a series of teacher education units on the disadvantaged pupil discusses Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Appalachians and Southern white migrants, and American Indians. It is noted that the Negroes and whites are members of a subculture of the dominant culture, whereas the Spanish background and Indian pupils are products of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Kaden, Bonnie, Ed. – 1969
The large number of requests for general information on Alaska has resulted in compilation of this booklet. The Alaskan public school system, composed of district schools and state-operated schools, is discussed. Correspondence study, adult education programs, institutions of higher learning, teacher qualifications, and the role of the Bureau of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, American Indians, Correspondence Study
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  1227  |  1228  |  1229  |  1230  |  1231  |  1232  |  1233  |  1234  |  1235  |  ...  |  1406