Public opinion regarding the nature and importance of goals for elementary and secondary education in the state of Idaho was the focus of this doctoral dissertation. Two questions were posed. First, when educational goals were grouped into four different domains (intellectual, personal, social/political, and productive), would the response of…

This paper reports an investigation on the educational impact of warning labels on cigarette packages on adolescents. Subjects were asked to identify the locations of warning labels on cigarette packages and advertising and to restate the warning label. Results indicated that official warnings may be well known in general terms but poorly known in…

THREE STRUCTURED Q SORTS CONTAINING LIBERAL, CONSERVATIVE, PROGRESSIVE, AND TRADITIONALIST STATEMENTS ENABLED THE INVESTIGATOR TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIBERAL IN THEIR SOCIAL ATTITUDES WILL TEND TO BE PROGRESSIVE IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDES, WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CONSERVATIVE IN THEIR SOCIAL ATTITUDES WILL TEND TO…

A committee of the National Council of Teachers of English collected data on the elementary composition teaching perspectives observed in literature between 1900 and 1950. The committee's report on two categories of their collected data--position statements and state-of-the art reviews--shows that English teachers have trended from emphasizing…

The educational expectations of military parents with less than nine years military service time were compared to the actual experiences of military parents who have 17 years or more service time. Emphasis on the characteristic of occupational mobility and how it impacts on the parents' educational expectations. Two groups (N=68 for each group)…

So far as excellence exists, it exists relative to something else such as the historical age, the chronological age of the creator, the societal conditions under which creation takes place, and the limitations of the physical world. While excellence is sought and revered, it is often made to serve ulterior ends such as higher pay, higher scores on…

The relationship of astigmatism to reading and the possible detrimental effects it might have on reading were investigated. The greatest incidence of astigmatism was for the with-the-rule type ranging from .50 to 1.00 diopter. This type of astigmatism was induced in 35 seniors from the Los Angeles College of Optometry by placing cylindrical lenses…

This study examines the nature of citizen participation in education. A questionnaire was developed that assessed both the kinds of educational activity in which citizens participated and selected primary personal variables. General purposes of this assessment were 1) to describe the frequency, distribution, and modes of educational participation…

Schools are described as reflecting quite accurately for the most part the prevailing value system of the community and society. To the extent that sex stereotyping is a part of our culture, it is a part of our schools. It is reasonable to look to schools to eliminate the most obvious and glaring sex discriminatory practices and for them to abide…

The purposes of this study were to test the predictability of the aspirational changes using the simple, two-state, discrete-time Markov model and to test for differences in selected background characteristics for students with different aspirational patterns. Data were from an ongoing study of an industrialized rural area. High School students…

In an effort to assess, compare, and contrast the attitudes of school administrators and board of education presidents toward career education in the public schools of New Mexico, 88 school districts in the State were surveyed. Findings included: (1) Most of the respondents agreed with the existing State-adopted career education definition with…

Resistance to educational programs and economic development in American Indian communities comes from the Indians themselves as a direct result of their cultural attitudes and values. Much research has been done in the area of Indian education; a corresponding effort has been made in the area of economic development. No efforts have been made to…

A point of view on the subject of life-long education is presented. The viewpoint espoused is that the academic community should make an effort to attract to the campus a group of citizens who showed interest in keeping up their education and understanding of contemporary developments. When this program was undertaken, a series of 40 lectures were…

A statewide goal priority instrument was validated. Public hearings were held, the results summarized by citizens, and an instrument constructed on this summary. The instrument design was that of Stake and Gooler, which suggests important variations in respondent publics, the scales employed, and the specificity of the statements. These variations…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO MEASURE THE ATTITUDES OF PUERTO RICAN CHILDREN (NINTH GRADERS) TOWARD THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WAS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THOSE PUPILS WHO WERE MOST LIKELY TO BENEFIT FROM THE EVALUATION OF THE NEW ORDER WERE THOSE WHO DISPLAYED THE LEAST RESISTANCE TO LEARNING ENGLISH AND THE GREATEST APPRECIATION OF IT AS A…