In the past two years, Midland College in Texas has lost several of its most qualified vocational instructors to business and industries offering a much higher salary. In an effort to deal with this stiff competition, the college held a meeting with approximately 200 local business owners and managers to outline the college's problems and suggest…

This module outlines the elements of a four-week course designed to instruct preservice education students in student discipline and in the prevention of disruptive behavior in school. The following topics are recommended for the course: (1) the need for a student discipline module and the causes of disruptive behavior; (2) school rules and…

Colorado's accountability program requires each school district to establish a citizens committee to inform the local board of community feelings regarding the district's educational program. This document reports the number of districts successfully completing the various steps in the accountability process during the 1979-80 school year.…

The papers compiled here were presented at the fourth symposium in a series designed to provide a continuing introduction to current aspects of occupational safety and health. The papers represent eight topics: (1) special health programs, (2) degenerative disease and injury of the back, (3) job stress and work performance, (4) role of industry in…

More than 60 historical documents related to the struggle of American Indian nations to preserve their sovereignty from the first resistance to the European invasions of the Americas up to and including the present are contained in this chronicle. Covering the period from 1622 to 1978, this updated version is expanded to include documents…

The late 1970s can be characterized as an era of practical concerns in civic education. There is a trend toward useful applied learning which can be evaluated by the actions or skills it produces. Current civic education programs are similar to curriculum reform efforts of the 1930s in that they are committed to educating citizens to function…

Cognitive, affective, and social effects of teacher involvement with students were investigated for two successive years at two grade levels (grades 4 and 5 in the first year; grades 5 and 6 in the second) and three income levels (low, medium, high). The final sample consisted of 910 students in Year 1 and 816 students in Year 2 obtained from 14…

The instruction manual for Utah's vocational management information system gives general and specific directions and forms for administrators and teachers to record vocational student enrollment, staff assignments, curriculum information, attendance, vocational student followup, and financial reports (revenue sources). The system is designed to…

To assist local boards of education, postsecondary educational institutions, and local advisory councils in Maryland in meeting the requirements for federal funding under Title II-Vocational Education of the Education Amendments of 1976 (P.L. 94-482), this handbook provides guidelines for the establishment and responsibilities of local advisory…

This paper presents a clinical-developmental discussion of eight parents with a history of having abused a child and outlines a larger developmental analysis of parental conceptions about children and child rearing which was validated on a broad cross-section of 55 parents. From logical analysis and empirical interview data, four developmental…

Examined in this study are factors affecting the dating and behavior patterns of black single parents. Described and discussed are the influence of childrearing responsibilities, economic factors, class factors, age factors, educational experience, and sexual values of these patterns. Also taken into account are the influences of a child's…

The changes and progress made under the new system of governance of the Montana university system are examined. The report compares progress made by the system in the five years preceeding the change of governance (1968-1973) with the progress made during the first five and one-half years of the new system (July, 1973 to December, 1978). Under the…

Public distrust in schools should not be attributed to poorer schools or less able students; it exists because we have a different kind of parent and a different world ahead. Parents of today's children were trained not to accept the status quo, but to question; furthermore, underlying parents' concern about the schools is a fear that their…

This monograph, summarizing the ideas of participants attending a two-day mini-conference, provides educators with information on the relationship between the National Alliance of Business (NAB) and career education. This booklet begins with a section presenting background information on NAB and several standard NAB youth programs. The next…

Although the integration movement of the 1960's and the demands for cultural pluralism in the 1970's addressed the issues of racial unity and minority civil rights, a new consciousness of cross-cultural unity among all ethnic groups must be achieved if racial tension is ever to be abated. Accordingly, cultural differences must not be viewed as the…