A 120-item questionnaire measuring sex-role behavior and attitudes, educational expectations, self-assessment, grades, etc. was administered to 3000 students in the 7th through 12th grades in three school districts. "Academic competence" was defined as the discrepancy between actual and predicted grade averages based on the correlation of…

The material in this guide includes instructions on how to lobby against censorship; discussions of two handbooks for students and teachers; a suggestion for a written policy statement to be used in dealing with potential censors; the National Council of Teachers of English form, "Citizen's Request for Reconsideration of a Work"; a plan for…

Article discussed the development of science curriculum in secondary schools, suggestions for improving it, and programs designed to stimulate student interests in science education. (RK)

Four thousand students and 1,200 teachers participated in an evaluation of Ireland's secondary education system. Student and teacher responses were compared, and significant disenchantment and alienation were found in both groups. Questionnaire items, which specified educational objectives, are included. A strategy is recommended for developing an…

Contends that the increasing level of educational attendance among Chicago's immigrant groups (1880-1930) was the result of accommodation to the wage labor system. All immigrant groups developed a positive attitude toward education to ensure the economic welfare of their children. Considers implications of research in terms of adequately…

Examines the expressed orientations toward education of: preservice teachers who opted to participate in student teaching programs in minority settings; preservice teachers who selected conventional student teaching placements; and inservice (cooperating/supervising) teachers who serve minority or mainstream settings. (Author/RK)

An eighteen-item scale designed to indicate a relative, absolute, or mixed philosophical orientation to the nature of reality was related to a variety of other measures on a sample of community college students. Results indicate relationships among some measures with the scale. (Author/JKS)

One hundred thirteen registered nurses working in three hospitals were surveyed to ascertain how nurses feel about continuing education and to examine the interactions between attitudes toward continuing education and personal-professional circumstances. The results provided strong evidence to support the concept of voluntary rather than mandatory…

A report of one of four studies in a series on how women vocational educators see their professional roles. One conclusion borne out by the other studies is that the career aspirations of these women are not astronomical. (Editor/HD)

In a research project to examine the relationship between various aspects of the organizational context and transfer of learning, a seven-stage model was set up to examine the training-learning processes from the standpoint of the individual participant. Organizational action steps to be taken both before and after the training course are…

Two therapists each led a self-help group, a "confidant" group, and a women's consciousness-raising group. Experimental subjects showed significant improvement in ratings of future health and became significantly less other-oriented in attitudes toward women relative to the controls. The therapist variable produced few differences in response to…

Phase one of a study of Virginia secondary vocational teachers examined variables in personal characteristics of 202 vocational teachers for proneness toward adoption of educational innovations. Phase two looked at a subsample of thirty-nine home economics teachers for group similarities. Results of cluster analysis and implications for the…

Notes that although they do not have the race problems the United States has, Mexico has serious educational difficulties. Universal education is fairly recent. Although compulsory education is a law on the books, it is not enforced. (Author/AM)

Outlines the advances that bilingual education has made in its efforts to justify its existence on the American educational scene. (Author/RK)

If American education is to be effective, educators must defend, support, and enhance not only their own small portion of that effort but also all other aspects of American education. A united front of educators is necessary because all facets of American education are inextricabley interrelated. (CB)