IN THE SPRING OF 1964, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS (AASA) APPOINTED A SPECIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE AND IDENTIFY MAJOR EDUCATIONAL IMPERATIVES. AFTER TWO YEARS OF STUDY, THE COMMISSION IDENTIFIED NINE IMPERATIVES IN EDUCATION--(1) TO MAKE URBAN LIFE REWARDING AND SATISFYING, (2) TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR THE WORLD OF WORK,…

Federal policy and research regarding staff development in rural areas must take into consideration the inherent limitations in teacher inservice and preservice education, rural educational problems (limited human resources, migrant education, modern education services) that could be remedied by improved staff development, and the role of both the…

This document reproduces a series of presentations made at clinics for school board presidents and school superintendents at the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin State University. Although school board members are usually drawn from the more able segments of society, they approach increasingly difficult problems (new educational demands,…

The development and testing of an instrument used to measure the five major societal functions of schooling are described. These functions, as defined by William Spady, include: custody or control over students, course selection, student evaluation and certification, instructional processes, and socialization. The following sequence of events took…

The present report on the sensorium includes the general format, hypotheses, procedures, and contributions of the participants. For the purpose of the study, different sets of variables, hypotheses and procedures were chosen. The variables included the collective and overall perceptions of individuals representing various academic disciplines. It…

This curriculum guide for eighth-grade teachers contains values-based classroom lessons which are intended to assist students in the development of (1) a positive self-concept, (2) rational thinking processes, (3 ) inter- and intrapersonal skills necessary for individual and group effectiveness, and (4) a personal and societal value system.…

This annotated bibliography cites ERIC documents and journal articles which focus on children's moral development. Entries include selected resumes from "Resources in Education (RIE)" from February 1974 through December 1975 and selected journal citations from "Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)", July 1974 through December 1975. Each…

Findings on multicultural educational programs in Canada are presented. The final report provides details of the work group's activities from April 1974 to February 1976, including public meetings, public hearings, and consultations with educators and government officials from Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Montreal. The contents are divided into two…

Opening with a discussion of the rationale of a school-based job placement program, the school's responsibilities, and student needs, the paper focuses on the organization of a placement service, the major functions of the job placement coordinator, and testing services. Organizational considerations include: labor laws, scope of service, the…

The final volume of this 4-volume report contains further selections from "Anthropological Perspectives on Education," a monograph to be published by Basic Books of New York. (Other selections are in Vol. III, SP 003 902.) Monograph selections appearing in this volume are: "Great Tradition, Little Tradition, and Formal…

This study is concerned with the role of educational institutions as mechanisms of labor market selection, in particular the role of high schools for terminal graduates. The aspects of this process under primary concern are racial differences in economic achievement generated and sustained by educational institutions in their capacity as…

This booklet is the first in a three part series dealing with individual and societal expectations of education in Canada and the relationship between basic goals and the principles of financing. The main body of the presentation covers the current state of public expectations of school as an institution serving the needs of society. The author…

General conclusions regarding the uses of education in the development process reached by the investigators involved in the Michigan State Project in Non-Formal Education are reported and the rationale behind these conclusions is discussed. These broad questions being explored by investigators are noted: Historical Perspectives; Categories and…

The purpose of this collection of 52 primary source documents is to sustain the continuity and interdependence of ideas, movements, and events in the development of educational theories and practices in Western culture. Among the concerns of these documents, written by statesmen, clergymen, business men, foreign observers. educators and others,…

Elementary and secondary schools in the United States lack a singular pattern of organization. Each of the separate school districts can, and often does, introduce different types of changes at different times. Yet a piecemeal description of an educational system unduly complicates the task of understanding that system. As the number of changes…