Sources of instructional materials suitable for occupational orientation classes are listed with addresses. The bibliography, divided between grades 8-9 and grades 10-12, covers books, pamphlets, filmstrips, films, kits, vocational interview tapes, recordings, and texts. Attention is called to articles for vocational guidance from "Changing Times"…

A program was developed in the Norwalk, Connecticut schools to smooth student transition between elementary, intermediate, and high schools. It includes spring orientation activities and staggered opening of school in September to give each new class full staff attention on the first day of school. (SJL)

An investigation was conducted of the implementation of a new orientation procedure for adult basic education students in 17 classes spread throughout three rural counties and one city in the Dublin, Virginia, area. The new orientation procedure was contained in a guide that called for teachers to implement it in five consecutive class periods.…

This paper examines the experiences of seven new faculty at a charter school of education at California State University Los Angeles. The seven new professors in the study were asked to engage in ethnographic interviews that described and categorized their experiences, and contrasted them with other events. Interview questions focused on:…

This study was designed to examine the range of diversity among three public high schools in goals considered as official mandates--statements of purpose legitimated by the governing board of the organization, as executive values, and as staff perspectives. (JM)

This study examined factors that relate to the persistence of first-generation undergraduate students in a 4-year public university in the Southeastern United States. Results were analyzed from a 2011 two-part survey: CARES-I (College Assessment of Readiness for Entering Students-Intent) and CARES-A (College Assessment of Readiness for Entering…

Twenty scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the twelfth annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, held at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship.…

Moral Education has been in existence in Malaysia for the last ten to fifteen years. In fact during pre and post independence days, Moral Education was taught as ethics in almost all missionary schools in Malaysia. Since the subject was formally introduced as a core subject for non Muslim students, various methods have been introduced to teach the…

The purpose of this article is to examine the factors that influence student motivation that ultimately affects student achievement. This article examines factors that include motivation, school culture, student self-concept, and goal setting. The authors provide strategies that involve practical methods for activating a student's desire to…

Traditional assessments--which detect and highlight differences in student learning and rank students according to their achievement--inevitably produce winners and losers. Because today's schools cannot afford to leave any child behind, educators need to embrace a new vision of assessment--one that enables all students to become winners. The…

The National Society for Education in Art and Design in collaboration with Schools Out held two special events in March 2007 to celebrate the presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual/transgender (LGBT) contributions to art and design education in Britain and internationally. The first was a special edition of the "International…

School library media specialists are natural advocates; they are enthusiastic readers and seekers of information who, by disposition and the nature of their jobs, willingly share knowledge and excitement about learning and opportunities with students and colleagues. In this article, the author discusses the importance of both the "sparks" of…

Previous research has established that people vary in action orientation, a tendency toward decisiveness and initiative, versus state orientation, a tendency toward indecisiveness and hesitation (J. Kuhl & J. Beckmann, 1994b). In the present 3 studies, the authors examined whether action orientation versus state orientation regulates cognitive…

In considering issues of public and global importance, social scientists are coming to an increasing recognition of the importance of religious belief in motivating particular attitudes and actions. If one of the tasks of academe is to articulate those values that are important in the public sphere, it must necessarily include careful discussion…

College tests need to be better thought out, constructed, administered, evaluated, and explained to students in order to render exams fair, learning experience, and relevant to classes and students. Ways to accomplish these goals are offered in this essay. (Contains 20 endnotes.)