Employing a standard anthropological field approach, this case study examines the impact of formal education upon an Alaskan Eskimo community and provides a record of the establishment and development of a small, rural school. Emphasis is placed on the change efforts exerted by people identified with the school and the reaction to these efforts by…

The inservice program section of the staff development program for promoting more affective use of community resources in career education consists of eight modules. Each module contains an instructional plan, suggestions for the inservice coordinator, handout and transparency masters, and resource materials. The eight separate modules are: (1)…

In this paper, selected evidence on the effects of Japanese schools is presented. The author believes that Japan is one modern society where the schools have fostered individual and social development. The primary focus is on the effects for individuals in the area of cognitive skills, motivation, educational and occupational attainments, and…

Although initially it was wise for local, State, and national debate and action to forge a definition of career education, the time has come to identify the common threads in career education implementation in ways that are clear to the general public. The need to clarify and emphasize relationships between education and work for all persons and…

This is a report of a joint Nebraska Wesleyan University-Red Cross project on the Santee Indian Reservation. Through the project, Wesleyan students took a three-credit course in which they learned principles of health education, physical education, recreation, and nutrition, and used their skills on the reservation. The students participated in…

The handbook is designed to be an introduction to a larger collection of materials on career education which is available through the Michigan Department of Education. The first of the handbook's five sections is an introduction which presents an overview of the handbook outlining its purposes, manner of development, and proposed plan of…

The problem was to conduct a sequel study in the Ribault attendance area of Duval County Jacksonville, Florida. The original study was conducted by a group in 1971. Specifically the study was made to identify changes that had occurred in the opinions of teachers, principals, deans, curriculum coordinators, and counselors since the 1971 study.…

The major problem of this study is that of identifying how schools function as both a determiner and a reflector of a society or community. It addresses three fundamental questions. First, access questions are dealt with, e.g. who participates--what is the position or social standing of community participants in schools. Second, process questions…

The purpose of this study was to identify potential sources of school-community conflict in black and Puerto Rican communities by examining the perceptions of Education Coordinators in Community Action Agencies and Principals in New York City elementary schools concerning community involvement in the school, curriculum in the school and…

In 1969 the Newark, New Jersey, Board of Education began the School Within A School Program for gifted and talented inner-city high school students. The program, offering an eleven-month school year plus five major subjects, uses the resources of business and industry to prepare students for a college education. An advisory board consisting of…

The authors rely on their first-hand experience in providing a wealth of practicable information for principals. The main sections of the booklet focus on planning for the public relations effort, preparing the staff and students to participate, conducting and using a community analysis, reporting information through various media, and involving…

The document is a year-end report of a comprehensive student placement and followup program which is part of the career education project of Sarasota County, Florida. An overview of three basic components of the district-wide system is presented: (1) exit interview format--an in-depth counseling session with dropouts and potential early school…

The final report of a UNESCO meeting of experts on the content of education in the perspective of life-long education, held October 20-5, 1975, in Paris, is presented. Educators and researchers from around the world attended, as well as various UNESCO affiliated directors. A working paper was placed before the meeting which covered the following…

This volume is a collection of the nine papers presented at the annual convention of the Association of Educational Negotiators. These papers deal with different aspects of influence (from school management's point of view) in the collective bargaining process. Specific topics include how a chief negotiator can influence his school board to set…

Advocates of community control over local schools seek deference to parental preferences from the professional staff. Specific proposals include: (1) Staff accountability to parental representatives for student learning; (2) parental participation in the selection of school principals; (3) parental participation in school level decision-making,…