By describing and defending six assumptions about teacher education, the Pennsylvania Association of Liberal Arts Colleges for the Advancement of Teaching (PALACAT) defines the purposes, goals, needs, and foundations of teacher education. The role of research in teacher education and current practices in teacher education are analyzed, and a four…

The improvement of student engaged time leads to instructional improvement. Major steps for improving instruction by improving student engaged time are information collection, comparison of information and identification of strategies, selection and preparation of strategies, and implementation and re-evaluation. This leader's guide covers the…

Dunlap, Kansas, identified as a stereotypical dying small town in a 1962 study, was restudied in 1974-75 in an effort to test the dying small town hypothesis (supported only by aggregate census data and casual observation rather than by specific studies). Researchers using unobtrusive observation of Dunlap and seven nearby unincorporated villages,…

Documented and evaluated in this report is the minischool approach used by the Advancement School to improve the quality of education in two Philadelphia School District junior high schools. Background information and the history of each school is provided to put into perspective the factors dealt with in this extension program. Considerable…

This guide, the second of four, is intended for persons involved in planning new schools or new programs; that is, comprehensive change projects, especially those that have a new, innovative thrust and where past practice cannot be easily relied on. The guide examines means by which to clarify goals and methods of designing social systems before…

This monograph explores the conflicts in attitudes toward language that occur and in which English teachers may be asked to uphold forms and conventions of traditional grammar standards while they have linguistic training and knowledge that support a more flexible language usage. Chapters deal with conflicts in attitudes toward language, language…

In compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, this transition report identifies architectural barriers at two Amarillo College campuses, recommends modifications to improve facility accessibility for the handicapped, presents an implementation schedule and estimated costs for the modifications, and provides a plan for publicizing…

This paper presents two articles which deal with school desegregation. Ronald D. Henderson and Mary von Euler review research on the topic and discuss the benefits of early desegregation, changes in the school that facilitate the process, long-term gains for minority youth in desegregated schools, and the role of faculty, staff, the courts, and…

Situational theory was used to isolate two kinds of publics from a sample of 294 journalism and business students to determine whether journalism majors would fit better into different publics and use different cognitive strategies than would students more interested in or more favorable toward business. In contrast to the traditional "domino"…

The document reports on a 1976 conference discussing critical issues related to income maintenance and full employment. The objective is to explore the persistence of inequality and want in America and the issue of achieving more equality through income maintenance programs and full employment. Major topics include values issues; income…

This monograph discusses the role of nonformal education in increasing peoples' powers of self-determination within underdeveloped countries. Chapters I and II review the causes of underdevelopment, ways in which the third world depends upon developed countries, strategies for overcoming dependency, and the role of individuals in promoting their…

The Sex Equity in Educational Leadership Project (SEEL) was funded by the Office of Education in 1976 to change the processes that typically deter the entrance and advancement of women in educational administration in Oregon. The effectiveness of the SEEL Project is evaluated by presenting data about progress in the last three years in (1) the…

The Chicano Movement acts as a revitalization movement for involved individuals. Revitalization occurs when an individual perceives himself as part of a broader group, becomes aware of the problems confronting the group, and decides to do something to rectify the situation. This process begins with a crisis situation which overcomes the…

The project, "Integrating Equal Career Opportunity Concepts for High School Men and Women through Career Guidance, Counseling and Placement in Classroom Activities," consisted of conducting workshops for secondary teachers in the school districts of Exeter, Keene, Manchester, and Nashua (New Hampshire) in an attempt to raise their…

Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, module 6 is designed to introduce administrators to the Career Education Inventory, which has been developed specially for Hawaii, and which deals with techniques to develop…