The papers and articles collected in this volume examine the relationship between government, business conglomerates, and the mass media and discuss the effect of this relationship on the flow of information. Separate sections are devoted to: the "right to know"; the effect of media barons on the flow of news; the "right of access"; the sometimes…

This booklet, drawing from research on intergroup relations, presents classroom teachers with those items which promise to be the most help to them. Research advances in intergroup relations are briefly discussed, while major portions of the booklet examine basic concepts in intragroup relations and intergroup concepts of particular significance…

This document consists of the speeches given at the 1972 New Jersey School Law Forum. The Forum is held to encourage the research of timely legal issues involving the structure and operation of the New Jersey public schools, to assist the school law practitioner by affording him the opportunity to hear and discuss research and opinion on selected…

Focusing on the identification of career education activities sponsored by business and industry in the Milwaukee area, a review of literature pertaining to the Home-Community Based, the School-Based, and the Employer-Based career education models was made, and data from personal interview questionnaires supplied from a Milwaukee survey of job…

The first phase of a study to assess York County's new open plan schools is reported in this document. The study focused on the behavioral outcomes for students exposed to the open plan schools' programs. Three control county elementary schools were matched with the four open plan schools on age, socioeconomic conditions in attendance areas, and…

This study suggests that jural parenthood, i.e. socially recognized parenthood, is the basis of the creation of personal kinship networks, commonly referred to as personal kindreds. From 1968 to 1970, field work was conducted among second generation welfare families in an urban black community in a midwestern city in the United States. The…

This brief overview is intended for educators concerned with the realities of implementation and techniques for operational success in open classroom education. Presented are enumerations of statements on 1) essential environmental components that exist in a successful classroom in which the childs' needs, intellectual, and social abilities are…

Career education is described as a concept designed to serve as a vehicle for educational reform in ways that will bring a more proper emphasis to "education as preparation for work" among basic goals of education at any level in the educational system. Several subconcepts of career education are discussed that seem to hold special relevance for…

The research design (called a Model for Educational Improvement), which was employed to compare the process of community educational change in Wisconsin, England, and Taiwan, is described. It was designed to demonstrate the means by which the following can be compared across cultures: Comparative influence on educational matters that are assigned…

Career guidance holds a significant place in secondary education today. Many of today's generation are no longer motivated by extrinsic rewards alone, consequently educators must harness a higher level of needs in order to work constructively with today's youth. There must be more maximizing of human potential, which is possible through career…

The chairman of the College Senate along with representatives from the administrative staff, the local council, and the student body developed this evaluation instrument to sample the attitudes, opinions and beliefs of the faculty, staff, and student body regarding the performance of the college's president. The evaluation criteria included: (1)…

Student rights and responsibilities vis-a-vis knowledge (methods of study) and purposes of schooling are dealt with. In the area of knowledge, there are two important ethical concerns: students must be able to pursue truth and students have a right to privacy. Turning to the purposes of schooling, it is clear that in social studies education, the…

Pertinent problems are identified which act as deterrents in providing effective program coordination and articulation in occupational education. Also identified are some procedures currently being used to improve this situation and specific recommendations which should assist in solving problems that exist. The document proposes: (1) that all…

This document discusses classroom discipline and the teacher's role in promoting student understanding of the democratic process and respect for structure in social groups. Definitions of discipline include punishment, school regulations, and classroom rules enforced by the teacher as a reasonable authority. In explaining the need for rules and…

Professors and staff members of the University of Portland took the "urban plunge" when they visited the state's Adult and Family Services offices, shelters for the homeless and for battered women, an alcohol- and drug-rehabilitation center, and served lunch at two soup kitchens. A project at Notre Dame is also described. (MLW)