The findings and implications of doctoral research on non-urban, low income school children are summarized. Studies were the language patterns of white first graders, and the attitudes, cognitive and affective variables, and academic achievement of Negro and white fifth and sixth graders. Poverty rather than race was found to be the significant…

This curriculum guide for seventh-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.…

An outgrowth of State-sponsored institutes conducted by Auburn University, Alabama, to produce career education teaching modules for adults, the health module is one of five field-tested curriculum guides adopted from findings of the nationally oriented Adult Performance Level Study conducted at the University of Texas. (Basic to the Texas study…

The book was written to help individual adults accomplish four objectives: (1) to increase self-awareness by developing a personal philosophy, (2) to understand the psychology of career choice, (3) to gain occupational self-understanding, and (4) to formulate a personal plan for self-development. Exercises in introspection and projection into the…

The first attempt believed to be ever made by drug prevention researchers to investigate the long term effects of a school based curriculum that may have affected student's decisions on the use of drugs is reported here. This final report contains a short section in nontechnical language describing the study and its results, and a longer section…

The four papers prepared by the Far West Regional Laboratory are intended to serve as a model for designing an Employer-Based Career Education (EBCE) program. The authors of Chapter 1, Instructional Model: Bases and Rationale, have discussed underlying concepts and principles. Basic student provisions include: basis for job choice, orientation and…

Three socio-psychological programs are highlighted here: "cultural literacy," achievement motivation, and group dynamics. The introduction reviews their common aim: to provoke significant, abrupt changes in adults, i.e. changes that affect the value and attitudinal orientations of the individual in a short period of time. The objectives…

Volume 1 of the six-volume articulated elementary education career guide deals with the self-awareness level of career awareness and aims at developing student self-identity. The lessons in the volume are divided and color-coded by grade level (early childhood, primary levels one, two, and three, and intermediate levels one, two, and three…

The development and progress of 20 children in a residential oral school for the deaf were studied over 7 years through testing, observation, and examination of school records. Followup was done when the children were in their 10th and 11th years of school. Audiologic examinations were also given. Results indicated that none of the 20 had his…

In this book, an expanded version of a 1968 special issue of the Harvard Educational Review, contributors discuss the definition of the concept of equal educational opportunity, educational research relevant to the concept, and the policy issues surrounding the achievement of equal opportunity. Included are such topics as the validity of the…

One hundred and thirteen students of general speech were assigned to an experimental group (54) and a control group (59), of which only the former could view themselves on a video tape-recorder. The hypothesis was that students would more easily evolve an actual self closer to their ideal self, would evolve a self-awareness which is more similar…

This manual is an outline of instruction and unit lessons developed for and intended to be used as an integral part of pre-employment training programs. It is designed to provide training activities related to job preparation and employment. Emphasis is placed on encouraging each trainee to develop an awareness of positive personal traits which…

Aimed at the classroom teacher directly, this do-it-yourself book describes new techniques for dealing with the challenge of turned-off students. It presents some of the theoretical background for the techniques suggested, and explains how their effects on pupil performance can be measured. It is not a cookbook which prescribes the one best way…

Twenty-seven articles covering many phases of the language arts at all instructional levels, with an emphasis on the issues of individualization, are collected in this book. The broad scope of topics is revealed in such titles as "From Collages to Poetry,""Individualized Response to the Short Story,""Students Grade Themselves in Writing,""Inside…

A quality program of education within the schools produces individuals capable of (1) using their talents and abilities to the maximum of their potential, (2) continuing their educational development, (3) participating actively and positively in the world of work, (4) engaging in problem solving at abstract and at concrete levels, and (5)…