A study of 643 adolescents and 474 young adults explored relationships among young people's observations and opinions of exclusionary behavior and their reports of whether exclusion affects their social and academic adjustment. Findings indicated that, unlike young adults, adolescents' perceptions of, and attitudes about, school ecologies…

In 2004, in response to concerns about declining membership, the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators (NAITTE) conducted a survey of its members. What was a concern then is of even greater concern today. This essay is an attempt to extend the conversation begun by Gagel (2006) through his synthesis of results of the…

The guidance and counseling department of a western North Carolina middle school wanted to identify more precisely what it was that a week's participation in Outward Bound provided for their students. Outward Bound is an adventure-based, or wilderness-based, educational experience that promotes self-esteem through achievement in a challenging…

The handbook describes language examinations offered and examination systems administered by members of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE). An introductory section describes the rationale behind the founding of the organization, lists its 22 current members, and states its aims and objectives. Subsequent sections detail the…

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN APPLICATION BLANK DATA AND TEACHING SUCCESS WAS INVESTIGATED, USING A SAMPLE OF 272 PART-TIME EVENING COLLEGE TEACHERS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 1960-61. THE CRITERION WAS THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRMAN'S JUDGMENT OF TEACHING SUCCESS. THE PREDICTORS WERE DATA FROM APPLICATION BLANKS FOR THE STAFF AS A WHOLE AND FOR TEN DEPARTMENTS…

THE NEED FOR SUBJECT MATTER CONTENT IN HOME AND FAMILY LIVING, AND ITS RELATION TO CERTAIN SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CLUB MEMBERS WERE STUDIED. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM 253 RESPONDENTS BY MAILED QUESTIONNAIRE. FINDINGS INDICATED A WIDE RANGE EXISTED AMONG MEMBERS IN AGE, EDUCATION, INCOME, AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THERE WAS A NEED FOR ALL…

Constituting the first material accomplishment of the recently formed International Network of Rural Youth Researchers (INRYR), this annotated bibliography presents abstracts of 19 papers presented at the Fourth World Congress for Rural Sociology during the summer of 1976 at Torun, Poland in a seminar entitled "Rural Youth: Human Resource or…

All further education colleges in Scotland have arrangements that enable students to contribute to the improvement of the quality of their educational experience. These range from the informal contacts between staff and students to student membership of each college's board of management, which was provided for in legislation. Over the years…

This study of middle and high school students' attitudes about school and gangs on Guam is part of a larger study of the island's expanding youth gang problem. The quantitative component of the study examined data from 3 different surveys of 655 middle school and high school students, examining the incidence of gang membership and attitudes about…

A 1996 South African law vested elementary/secondary school governing bodies with formation of school policy concerning both language(s) used for instruction and those selected for second-language study. The study reported here investigated the perceptions of language teachers, principals, and governing body members on language policy, policy…

A study examined the factors shaping English language education within the Japanese public education system and the attitudes of Japanese learners toward the pronunciation of English, first in an overview and then within the context of a case study of an adult Japanese student. The first section discusses the status and instruction of English in…

A model is proposed and tested which suggests that students who come to school with more positive attitudes toward the political system generalize these attitudes to the school as a substitute political system. In turn, they seek out involvement in extracurricular and governance activities in the high school. To test this model, two attitude…

A study isolated and examined the words most frequently used by voluntary organizations in Atlantic Canada to describe their goals (what), learning objectives and activities (how), and conditions (who/for whom). Research methodology involved (1) administering a questionnaire for identification of goals, learning objectives and activities, and…

The Research Utilization and Problem Solving (RUPS) Model--an instructional system designed to provide the needed competencies for an entire staff to engage in systems analysis and systems synthesis procedures prior to assessing educational needs and developing curriculum to meet the needs identified--is intended to facilitate the development of…

The paper analyzes how the attempt to assimilate ethnic groups into American society has contributed to social, economic, and political inequality. The hypothesis is that the official model of classical sociology has blinded us to a vast range of social phenomena which must be understood if we are to cope with the problems of contemporary America.…