This collection of articles, intended for kindergarten teachers, focuses on the importance of the teacher's relationship with parents and the need for parents to be active participants in their child's educational development. The first article reviews the literature and research related to parent/early childhood education, touches on some current…

DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE PROJECT, PARENTS OF FIFTH-GRADE SPANISH STUDENTS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE BY VIEWING THE TELEVISED INSTRUCTION WITH THE CHILD, PRACTICING SPANISH WITH HIM AT HOME, AND USING THE PARENT GUIDEBOOK AND PHONOGRAPH RECORD PROVIDED FOR THE COURSE. THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN OF PARENT PARTICIPANTS ON…

AN EXPERIMENTAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF WHICH IS TO HELP THE CHILD TO LEARN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING. ORGANIZED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT COGNITIVE GROWTH PROCEEDS FROM MOTOR TO PERCEPTUAL TO SYMBOLIC FUNCTIONING, THE PROGRAM EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE AS A TOOL FOR THINKING AND REASONING. AN…

TWO RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS, SOCIAL ACTION AND GROUP FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE, WERE CHOSEN TO ANALYZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY EXTENSION WORKERS. IN A STUDY ON THE INTRODUCTION OF PROGRAM PLANNING INTO A COUNTY, THE FULFILLMENT OF EACH OF 34 STEPS IN THE SOCIAL ACTION PROCESS WAS ANALYZED AND FOUND TO BE ONLY SOMEWHAT…

A study of 486 graduates of the adult academic education program in a Louisiana parish school system investigated whether such a program has a positive effect on its graduates, and whether program inpacts will vary by sex, age, and number of years since completing the program. A special socioeconomic questionnaire was administered in interviews…

CURRENT POPULATION TRENDS HAVE CREATED VAST EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IN LARGE URBAN CENTERS. WHILE THOUSANDS OF LOW-INCOME PUERTO RICANS AND NEGROES HAVE MIGRATED TO CENTRAL-CITY AREAS, WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS PERSONS AND EXPANDING INDUSTRIES CONTINUE TO RELOCATE IN THE SUBURBS. AT LEAST THREE OUT OF EVERY 10 PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS ATTEND SCHOOLS IN…

Abstracts are presented of 23 research papers on attitude changes resulting from supervisory training; nonparticipation in vocational retraining; methods and techniques (including mass media, small group discussion, correspondence study, and the use of programed instruction for health personnel and in human relations training); preferred adult…

Creativity and its development in students through creative English programs are the subjects of this report from the Dartmouth Seminar. David Holbrook's paper, "Creativity in the English Programme," maintains that English should be taught creatively to enhance the child's capacity to deal with his inner and outer experiences and to help…

To try to produce more capable deaf children through early parental education, eight families participated in a 2-semester program. Parents observed the children, aged 18 months to 3 1/2 years, receiving language stimulation in free play in a nursery and observed individual therapy based on the Tracy Correspondence Course. Non-directive group…

Increased militancy of teachers and instructional improvement leading to a more individualized selection of reading material may have spurred censors into increased activity. To prepare teachers to counteract censorship, further studies, such as the one by the Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English, and interdisciplinary cooperation are needed.…

Environmental causes of reading problems and suggested programs which principals can implement are presented. Parental attitudes and behavior, the absence of books in the homes, lack of language stimulation, nonstandard dialect, and inadequate experience opportunities are among the environmental causes mentioned. Preprimary diagnosis,…

To identify home influences related to the school achievement of the educable mentally retarded, 36 subjects (ages 9-0 to 12-11, IQ's 55 to 75) representing high or low school achievement were selected and divided into higher and lower socioeconomic groups. Both parents were questioned about their activities with the child, and the mother was…

This workshop was convened by the Office of Child Development (OCD) to identify research issues and to set priorities for research related to bilingual/bicultural early childhood development programs proposed by OCD. Workshop participants were researchers and persons with expertise in the development of bilingual/bicultural preschool programs. The…

The audiovisual kit is designed to help fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students explore the cultural heritage of Croatians and trace past folklore to modern life styles of Croatian immigrants in America. Its multimedia format, which includes two cassette tapes, four filmstrips, two phonograph records, a miniature musical instrument, and seven…

This is a description of an instructional method called Counseling-Learning or Counselearning, which combines principles of learning theory with counseling attitudes and techniques. This method can be applied to any learning situation, and when applied to second language learning it is called Community Language Learning. The method is predicated…