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Download full textDZIUBAN, CHARLES; AND OTHERS – 1967
A PROJECT TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NATIONAL TEACHER CORPS (NTC) INTERNS IN THE ATLANTA, GEORGIA SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO FIND OUT IF THE INTERNS HAD HELPED THE DISADVANTAGED PUPILS IN THEIR CLASSES TO RAISE ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS AND IMPROVE SELF-CONCEPTS. SPECIFIC RESEARCH OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO ASSESS THE PROGRESS IN VERBAL MENTAL AGE…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Beginning Teachers, Disadvantaged Youth, Pretesting
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
Project Concern in Hartford bused approsimately 260 inner city children to suburban elementary schools. The project was designed to evaluate experimentally the effects of (1) placement in a suburban school with or without remedial-supportive assistance and (2) placement in an inner city school with or without compensatory services. Criterion…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Bus Transportation, Desegregation Effects
Javelin, Muriel C. – 1969
A study, conducted under a grant from Title I of the Library Services and Construction Act, was undertaken to determine: (1) the present level of library service in county and county-wide departments, agencies, and organizations in Nassau County, (2) what additional services are needed, and (3) how these services can best be achieved. Data were…
Descriptors: Agencies, Audiovisual Aids, County Libraries, Disadvantaged
Pelham, John T. – 1968
The specific objective was to study racial differences in the consistency dimension of desired status objects (aspirational frame of reference) and expected objects (anticipated frame of reference) of adolescent males from the rural South. Specific observations were made on (1) racial differences in consistency of aspirational frames of reference…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Aspiration, Blacks
Florida Univ., Gainesville. Coll. of Education. – 1968
This paper describes the model for a program of compensatory education designed to intervene directly in the home so that the home situation might lead to better school and life performance. A section on "Rationale and Major Objectives" explains the program emphases: (1) the development of nonprofessionals as parent educators and as…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment
DEY, CHARLES – 1964
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE FIRST SUMMER OF AN INTENSIVE SUMMER PROGRAM CONDUCTED AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE FOR 55 DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL BOYS. PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF PROMISING ACADEMIC POTENTIAL. FIFTY-ONE OF THE 55 BOYS HAD BEEN ACCEPTED INTO PREPARATORY SCHOOLS, CONTINGENT UPON THEIR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE SUMMER PROGRAM.…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrichment Activities, High School Students
San Francisco State Coll., CA. – 1967
THIS DOCUMENT IS A PROPOSAL FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE UPWARD BOUND SUMMER RESIDENTIAL AND ACADEMIC-YEAR PROGRAMS AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE. TO PREPARE DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, THE PROJECT WILL OFFER REMEDIAL WORK AND COUNSELING SERVICES. INCLUDED IN THE SUMMER CURRICULUM WILL BE A COMMUNICATIONS CORE COURSE,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Programs, College School Cooperation, Counseling Services
American Vocational Association, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1968
THE COMPLETE TEXTS OF "RESEARCH VISIBILITY" SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN THE NINE ISSUES OF "AMERICAN VOCATIONAL JOURNAL," SEPTEMBER 1967 THROUGH MAY 1968 ARE PRESENTED. THE INITIAL SOURCE OF DIRECTION IN DETERMINING APPROPRIATE THEMES AND SUBTOPICS FOR EACH ISSUE WAS THE PANEL OF CONSULTANTS' REPORT, "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR A CHANGING WORLD OF WORK."…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Bibliographies, Career Guidance, Curriculum Research
LOMBARD, AVIMA; STERN, CAROLYN – 1967
THE LITERATURE ON LANGUAGE ABILITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS INCREASINGLY VOICES ALARM THAT THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED ARE SERIOUSLY DEFICIENT IN LANGUAGE ABILITY. INTERVENTION PROGRAMS CREATED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM ALL RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE TOOLS FOR INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING. ESSENTIAL TO SUCH PROGRAMS, AND…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
MORRIS, GLYN; WHEATER, JUDITH – 1966
A 4-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED IN A DISADVANTAGED AREA IN THE ADIRONDACK FOOTHILLS OF NEW YORK. TWO PROJECTS WERE OFFERED, ONE INVOLVING 90 CHILDREN IN GRADES 5 THROUGH 8, AND ANOTHER PROVIDING INSERVICE EDUCATION FOR 75 TEACHERS. THE PROJECT FOR STUDENTS CONSISTED OF CRAFTS, FILMS, RECREATION ACTIVITIES, LISTENING TO RECORDS AND…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Enrichment, Federal Programs, Field Trips
ROZZELL, FORREST – 1966
THE EFFECTIVE TEACHER OF THE DISADVANTAGED MUST POSSESS, FIRST OF ALL, THE QUALITIES DISTINGUISHING A GOOD TEACHER IN ANY SCHOOL IN OUR SOCIETY, AND AT THE SAME TIME, HE MUST BE COGNIZANT OF THOSE DIFFERING VALUES WHICH SEPARATE THE DISADVANTAGED SUB-CULTURE FROM THE MAINSTREAM OF OUR SOCIAL STRUCTURE. AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM CAN…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Culture Conflict, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Methods
ORSINI, BETTE – 1968
THE FEDERALLY-FINANCED HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AT TAMPA PROVIDES A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION TO DROPOUTS FROM MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER FAMILIES. APPLICANTS MUST BE FROM POVERTY FAMILIES AND BETWEEN THE AGES OF 17 AND 22. CURRENTLY, THE TAMPA PROGRAM HAS 48 STUDENTS, MOST OF WHOM ARE NEGROES. STUDENTS…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Environment, Continuation Students, Cultural Differences
Ulibarri, Horacio – 1968
A presentation on socio-cultural-attitudinal characteristics of migrants and the impact of education is one of a series of lectures given during the pre-service phase of a 2-year Teacher Corps training program. An outline of the cultural differences which exist between the Mexican American and the Anglo American reveals differences in personality…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Attitudes, Cultural Awareness
Boston Public Schools, MA. – 1964
This pamphlet contains the lectures delivered during an inservice course for staff in the Boston public schools to acquaint them with the characteristics of their Negro students. The contents include: Rev. Edward L. Murphy, S.J., "The Urbanization of America"; Catherine M. Maney, "Preventive and Remedial Programs for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black History, Black Students, Compensatory Education
Goodman, Paul – 1966
The compulsory system of education is criticized on the grounds that it has become a regimented "universal trap" antithetical to democracy. In contrast to the Jeffersonian concept of education in the service of citizen initiative for the preservation of freedom, current compulsory education is a tool of industrialism and of a rigidly stratified…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
