The community should be seen as an essential focus for communication study since it (1) illustrates and tests the instrumental nature of human communication, (2) illustrates the delicate interplay of private and public communication, and (3) provides a unique context in which all human interactive units exert communication influence…

America's social order represents a history of conflict between the forces of unity and pluralism. The prevailing ideology of the evolving multi-group society has been assimilation or integration with the eventual loss of separate identity for component minority groups. Since the 1960s, however, separatism and individualism have become the most…

The influence process for teachers and coaches involves relations with administrators, peers, significant others who may be outside the direct control of the leader, and situational conflicts. Effective leadership requires a knowledge of the processes involved, but existing literature does not cite a single generally acceptable theory of…

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TACOMA, WASHINGTON, BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESENTS HIS VIEWS ON THE PROBLEMS TO BE FACED BY THE CITY OF TACOMA IN THE AREA OF DE FACTO SEGREGATION. TACOMA'S POPULATION FROM 1950 TO 1960 INCREASED 3 PERCENT. VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE INCREASE WAS NONWHITE. IT IS HELD THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF THE NEGRO POPULATION IS…

THE CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES FOR INTERGROUP EDUCATION ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY GRADES. IN ELEMENTARY GRADES, SPECIAL TECHNIQUES ARE APPLIED TO SOCIAL STUDIES, LANGUAGE ARTS, SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, ART EDUCATION, MUSIC EDUCATION, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. THE TECHNIQUES IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE APPLIED TO U.S. HISTORY, WORLD…

A 2-YEAR RESEARCH STUDY INVOLVING 6- AND 7-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN IN NEW ORLEANS AND 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLD ADOLESCENTS IN ATLANTA SOUGHT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF CHILD PSYCHIATRY ON THE EFFECTS OF DESEGREGATION ON THE LIVES OF BOTH WHITE AND NEGRO CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. NEGRO CHILDREN WHO INITIATE COURT-ORDERED DESEGREGATION IN…

A study was conducted in two desegregated high schools in order to test Sherif's theory that intergroup conflict can be eliminated when the groups strive for superordinate goals. The specific question examined in the study was: To what extent do members of an ethnic group enlarge their conception of their own in-group to include members of another…

Utilizing data from several studies done at Texas A&M University during the last 12 years, this paper develops a systematic interpretation of the idea of "minority-group orientation" and tests the adequacy of these concepts as an aid to understanding potential diversity among rural Mexican American youth with regard to intergroup fusion. The paper…

Small group research may be divided into three areas: individuals and groups compared; the internal dynamics of groups; and groups as they relate to one another and the environment. Studies comparing the efficiency of individuals as compared with individuals in groups suggest that persons do not do their best in groups, at least on intellectual…

Written for teachers and students who expect to work with people in any field of human relationships and services, the document presents an anthology of vignettes on learning and aging. In addition to the author's vignettes are those of many others, chosen by a panel of 54 reader-judges consisting of students, professionals, and elderly people.…

This revision of a New York Public Library booklist is limited to works on the Negro in the United States. The annotated citations are grouped in sections concerned with Negro history and culture, the freedom movement, civil rights, and intergroup relations. Other categories are collective and individual biography, literature, and music and art.…

This volume focuses on the process by which the consultant builds readiness for organizational development (OD) programs, actually conducts training, and works with the key individuals of an organization as part of an OD program. Part I describes in some detail the human processes in organizations--communication, functional roles of group members,…

This publication examines the relationships between research and development organizations and school systems. The stereotyped views that members of each kind of organization have of one another and the actual differences between them are explored. The views of both research and development personnel and school personnel were obtained through…

This intergroup institute was comprised of thirty secondary school teachers of the City of Chester, Pennsylvania who were chosen because of the need for teachers to be trained in the attitudes and skills most useful for desegregation, so that they may be change agents among the faculty; others needed assistance because of special problems in their…

Participants consisted of thirteen teams of teachers, administrators, and supervisors from ten school districts of the West: fifty-six in all, from several cities and suburban areas that presented de facto segregation. Large and small group discussions, evening sessions, library work, tape recordings, and films were utilized by the participants.…