Student and teaching staff at the University of New England were surveyed by questionnaire to assess attitudes about the purposes of a college education, preferences for different learning modes, and views on student and faculty roles in decision-making related to the instructional process. (MLW)

In April, 1978, students from five high schools operated by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in Louisiana and Mississippi responded to an 80-item questionnaire. This article discusses the survey's major findings on school environment, student/staff relationships, religious training, discipline policy, and student misbehavior. (Author/SJL)

An interactionism framework was used to examine relations between children's affective characteristics, intellectual ability, and personality in different perceived school environments. Over 500 12-year-old Australian children were studied and possible linear, curvilinear, and interaction associations among the variables were investigated.…

Considers the effectiveness of the contract of enrollment as a means of increasing institutional accountability and thereby broadening the rights of students as consumers of educational services. Available from La Verne Law Review, Inc., University of La Verne College of Law, 1950 Third Street, La Verne, California 91750; SC $3.75. (Author)

The author describes aspects of the size and organizational structure of high schools which reduce human contact and have a negative influence on the sense of community, the development of relationships, and the formation of personal identity. (Author/SJL)

It has been established that school-age children of divorce are considered a population at risk. The school is a potential resource for these children. School personnel, and especially teachers, need to be aware of the common problems associated with divorce seen within the school setting and how to intervene. (Author)

The importance of the use of individual insight-oriented psychotherapy in campus counseling centers is emphasized. The unique advantages of the counseling center include immediate availability of psychological help, intimate contact with neutral adult models, and use of adolescent's intuitive capacities. (Author)

An ecological view of psychological services to preschool children is described here as a proactive, seeking-out, mental health delivery system that concentrates its effort on prophylactic activities rather than the "diagnosis recommend" or "diagnosis psychotherapy" ritual. Activities for psychological services, training of staff, and competencies…

Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT), an instructional technique involving student teams and learning games, is proposed as an alternative classroom structure for children with special needs. TGT exceeded individualized instruction on students' attraction to one another, frequency of peer tutoring, and percent of time on task. (Author)

A social adjustment program serves the needs of pupils who have behavioral disorders of varying degrees ranging from insignificant disruptive behavior to hard core delinquency. The basic implication for the school is to educate the socially maladjusted pupil as well as to modify his behavior. (Author)

Views hyperkinetic children from the perspective of the school system as a social system. Discusses the use and effectiveness of stimulant drugs and other treatment of hyperkinesis within the school system as it intersects with the process of education for the hyperkinetic child. (Editor/RK)

The specific needs and expectations of foreign students must be accommodated differently than those of American students. In this article the author suggests ways in which foreign student expectations can be met by college admissions officers and secondary school guidance counselors. (Author)

Describes a one-week summer law course that taught 15 gifted students (grades four through eight) about the U.S. court structure, the sources of law, juvenile law and how it differs from laws governing adults, the Fourth Amendment, the relationship between students and schools, and gifted education and the law. (CR)

Reports on an ethnographic study of college students' participation in an academic community, focusing on processes occurring in a residential college's week-long orientation: first day on campus; residence hall meetings; picnic and convocation; informal discussion of gender topics; dance; first day of classes. Examines issues of disorientation,…

Outlines the features of most school codes of conduct and their negative consequences based on questionnaire responses from more than 250 teachers and administrators. Suggests a collaborative educational model for developing and reviewing school rules that will better prepare students to be responsible citizens. (Contains 23 references.) (MLF)