The pamphlet is an adaptation of social studies objectives for 17-year-olds and adults developed in 1974 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. It is to be used by schools in Kansas as a guideline in evaluating and developing local social studies programs. Its contents have not been field tested. The objectives are presented as…

A health education curriculum for secondary school and undergraduate college students is described. The prime emphasis in this curriculum is upon behavior modification and personal motivation on the part of the student. Strategies for modifying health behavior are outlined stressing the importance of students understanding and clarifying their…

With the resurgence of interest in sex differences research, it is important to use a "confidence interval" strategy in organizing and interpreting material rather than a strategy of statistical significance or non-significance. Investigators are urged to go beyond the reporting of statistical significance and to determine something…

This study attempted to formulate a method of assessing teachers' affective states that can predict the course of teacher contract negotiations. Researchers attempted to analyze and quantify teachers' feelings of professional role deprivation (PRD) and attitudinal militancy and to assess the relationship between the two. Professional role…

This monograph suggests that social studies will be improved if classroom teachers concentrate on mastering concepts rather than facts. It explains how teachers can help students understand events and trends in American history by investigating general concepts such as capitalist institutional development, the interaction of historical…

The booklet explains how family photographs can be used to teach about history, life style, and social values. The approach can be used in elementary or senior high classes in history, social science, or humanities. The personal aspect of using family photographs is seen to be important in ensuring student interest. As historical documents,…

The author demonstrates why he thinks the Supreme Court has misinterpreted the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." The author claims that the Supreme Court, based on flawed reading of the…

Personality profiles of university freshmen (N=158) were compared across religious orientation and religious affiliation. The hypotheses that profiles of extrinsically religious and non-religious subjects would correlate significantly with each other, and that both would differ significantly from intrinsically religious subjects were supported by…

The exercises in this learning activity package are designed to allow each student to work alone without outside pressure, and with maximum concentration on individual thought. These exercises are not group-oriented, but may be used as a backup to a major group activity in the classroom. The activities are geared to value assessment, value…

This teacher activity package deals with the process of decision making in children. It assumes that fundamental to decision making is an awareness of one's own opportunity to make decisions as well as an understanding of the process itself. It also assumes that children can be helped, by teachers and other influential persons, to see and accept…

In response to a need voiced by a number of English teachers for new materials that discuss the censorship problems of the 1970s, this book presents articles that analyze the current climate regarding censorship, define the issues and pressures that surround the subject, and suggest ways to handle censorship when the problem arises within the…

This essay briefly presents the evolution of technology and the resulting warnings that many prominent writers have offered in defense of an analytic inquiry into man's interaction with technology. Various ways in which technology has been used to manipulate people are described, e.g., Vietnam, Watergate, the CIA, the Tuskegee Study, Subliminal…

Educational administrators and innovators need to become aware of the ideologies hidden in systematic management and organizational development theory if they wish to provide creative leadership in initiating and implementing educational change. Teacher Corps experience supports the notion that effective change is best implemented through a…

EDUCATORS MUST UNDERSTAND THE CULTURAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE LOWER CLASS CHILD AND THE ESSENTIALLY MIDDLE CLASS SCHOOL AND ADAPT CERTAIN SCHOOL PRACTICES TO CONSTRUCTIVELY ACCOMODATE THE WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS OF THE CULTURALLY DIFFERENT STUDENT. FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE THE LOWER CLASS STUDENT DOES NOT VALUE THE COMPETITION AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT…

A RATIONALE FOR A NEW APPROACH TO THE TRADITIONAL SENIOR LEVEL "PROBLEMS" COURSE IS ADVANCED TO (1) STIMULATE DIALOGUE ON THE SOCIAL UTILITY OF HISTORICAL NARRATIVE AND THE NATURE OF HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS, AND (2) HELP ESTABLISH AN ATMOSPHERE FOR CURRICULUM INNOVATION WHICH WILL INCREASE THE EMPHASIS ON HISTORY IN ITS NARRATIVE SENSE. THE…