This report describes activities related to establishing and providing technical assistance to nine new state Individually Guided Education (IGE) networks, providing technical assistance to fourteen state IGE networks operating prior to July 1974, conducting fifteen leadership workshops and establishing four regional IGE institutes. Attention is…

This task group report is one of a series prepared by eminent psychologists who have served as consultants in the U.S. Office of Education-sponsored grant study to conduct a Critical Appraisal of the Personality-Emotion-motivation Domain. In order to achieve the goal of identifying important problems and areas for new research and methodological…

The task group report presented in this publication is one of a series prepared by eminent psychologists who have served as consultants in the U.S.O.E.-sponsored grant study to conduct a Critical Appraisal of the Personality-Emotions-Motivation Domain. In order to attain the goal of identifying important problems and areas for new research and…

This paper is an inquiry into integration through a study of the literature. Criterion elements in the "American rationale" for integration are determined and an examination of whether integration has, can, or will satisfy the criterion elements is undertaken. The discussion centers about the concept of culture and the purpose of education--how…

The sex role development of 3- and 4-year-old middle- and lower-class Mexican American and Anglo American males was compared. The sample consisted of 15 Mexican Americans and 15 Anglo Americans of low socioeconomic status (SES) and 15 Mexican Americans and 15 Anglo Americans of middle SES from day-care centers and nursery schools. Approximate SES…

This report provides both a focal (part) and a subsidiary (whole) description of the process and results of a primary prevention, paracounseling, research project, funded for two years by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to create and research a "model" program which could be used nation-wide to help prevent drug abuse. Adolescents,…

Interviews were conducted with 456 Northeastern University liberal arts undergraduate students to ascertain their perceptions of personal change due to college experiences, career attitudes and expectations, social and humanistic attitudes, and student voluntary activities. Two-hundred and ninety-three of the students had either participated or…

Based upon the philosophy and techniques of a life skills course for adults, this program guide specifies the life skills problems faced by northern adolescents, the lessons needed to confront these problems, and some of the benefits that would accrue to the students who may take the course. In addition, an attempt is made to anticipate negative…

The initial enchantment with the natural insight of the indigeneous paraprofessionsl is reexamined in this article. Funding has been cut from mental health programs whose originators and employees are too close to their work to examine its effectiveness objectively. Rather than viewing professionalism as an unfeeling state, the author recognizes…

Teacher behavior is not likely to be "valid" in general, but rather only under specified conditions, such as the nature of the learning objective which is being pursued, the personal and demographic characteristics of the pupil being taught, the length of time during which learning takes place, and probably the context of other classroom behaviors…

As a result of the 1944 Education Act in Great Britain, many more men and women have been graduating from universities and are now going into the field of industrial management. Companies who pioneered in recruiting graduates were the British progressive 'giants' and British subsidiaries of American companies. This publication is designed to be of…

This booklet provides guidelines for teaching units on preparation for retirement. Suggested topics for which units are outlined include financial aspects of retirement (covering budgeting, sources of supplementary income, etc.), maintaining physical and mental health, seeking personal fulfillment (volunteer work, cultural enrichment, etc.), and…

There seem to be at least five separate concepts of generation currently in use: (1) developmental stage; (2) ranked descent; (3) age homogeneous group; (4) time span; and (5) "spirit of the age." The last concept differs from the first four because it refers to content rather than structure. Most current writings use this last definition. Most of…

Students' maturational levels, rather than grades or chronological age, should determine enrollment in the middle school. Diversity in maturation rates creates diversity in interests and attitudes. These differences necessitate the development of programs for the middle school which differ from the elementary and high school approaches. Two…

This conference report discusses four viewpoints on the changing makeup of the family unit. Reasons for these changes in the family (i.e., communes, unmarried couples, unisex marriages) were seen as deeply imbedded in the philosophical, religious, psychological, and moral components of life and in the technological and urban civilizations within…