The study attempted to measure world-of-work values and perceptions at entry and after a period of employment of enrollees in Plan D of the Public Service Careers (PSC) Program, a Federal program designed to bring disadvantaged individuals into Federal employment. A PSC Enrollee Questionnaire, developed from a logical taxonomy of world-of-work…

This report describes two research projects which were designed to evaluate social training in Swedish schools. Major goals of the first project were to construct and use measuring methods to determine social development of students at the elementary and junior high school levels. Major goals of the second project were to study the characteristic…

This paper describes cross-cultural orientation techniques used over an eight-year period with Americans preparing to work in Micronesia. The main idea was to teach language and cultural differences on an affective level before learning on the cognitive level took place. The language orientation component of the program had as objectives: a…

The Council on Higher Education is a permanent coordinating agency designed to engage in comprehensive planning for Washington postsecondary education. This report concerns the strategic phase of the council's planning effort, i.e., the identification of fundamental assumptions. Its focus is educational goals, institutional roles and missions, and…

The teaching module is part of a set designed to help educators infuse career education concepts into the existing curriculum. The module is organized to help students on the K-3 level develop awareness of the decision-making process. The first learning sequence of the module deals primarily with basic understandings and vocabulary related to…

This report is a description of self-reported health behavior and attitudes of American youths based on questionnaire responses of a national probability sample of noninstitutionalized youths, 12 through 17 years of age. Topics include behavior and attitudes relating to general health status, cigarette smoking, physical appearance, personal…

This historical investigation explores the foundations of black education in the United States. It focuses on the ideology of the northern whites who labored during and after the Civil War to assure that the ex-slaves -- the freed men -- received proper schooling. The study investigates the role of the Freedman's Bureau, and sets the movement in…

The small rural community of Cherryville, North Carolina was examined to determine the relationship between its cultural background and its decision making processes. Specific objectives were to: (1) identify and record insights into the culture of the community; (2) include and preserve an accurate record of the cultural practices and beliefs;…

The oral literature of the Navajo people generally falls into two categories: the sacred stories and the folk tales, which often, but not always, point a moral. Sacred stories relate the Navajo's emergence history. These stories tell how the universe holds two kinds of people: the "Earth Surface People" (both living and dead) and the…

The competency-based curriculum developed by the College of Public and Community Service (CPCS) at the University of Massachusetts at Boston is discussed in this paper. The primary purpose of the college is to develop a curriculum preparing students to secure professional jobs in public and community service (as opposed to going to graduate…

Examined is a small, private liberal arts college at a moment of possible disorientation resulting from planned change and at a moment of major shift from its traditional role. Under new presidential leadership, the college has just undergone a comprehensive year-long evaluation and planning process designed to redefine its mission, evaluate its…

This paper from the 1976 Southeastern Conference on Human Development is an overview of the attitudes that have influenced the research and writings on childrearing form 1920 to 1950. The content of articles in popular periodicals on infants and child care for mothers is reviewed in relation to the themes and scientific movements of the period.…

This publication relates a conversation between a university music professor and a public school music coordinator about musical creativity and its potential in every human being. As part of the National Humanities Faculty Why Series, the book is intended to help students, teachers, and citizens maintain and improve their intellectual vigor and…

In recent years, political and social studies have been under revision in the individual states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Many states have issued framework guidelines for the various school branches and levels to provide teachers with orientation aids. Progressive educators see the goal of political and social studies as being more than…

Two draft courses of study together with some suggested learning activities are presented for initial tryout and experimentation: 1) Women's Studies - Women in American History; and 2) HIStory and HERstory: Changing Roles of the American Women. These experimental curriculum materials may serve as resource for an option, an alternative, an…