This document is designed to assist schools and communities in: (1) exploring the subject of sex education; (2) developing an awareness of the student as a frame of reference for analyzing sex education and constructing appropriate educational programs; (3) developing an awareness of behavior and educational principles as a logical basis for…

This review examines the import of current trends in higher education on faculty. It includes both a general discussion of forces influencing faculty life styles (with implications for administrators) and a critical review of recent research literature, including studies on such topics as supply and demand, mobility, collective bargaining, and…

This report discusses the feasibility of implementing the Ogontz Plan, a "live laboratory" program which supplements the existing social studies curriculums in elementary and secondary schools, in the Seattle Public School District. The objectives of the plan are: (1) to promote international understanding by sharing educational…

Increasing complexity in the marketplace, and changing interests in consumption have led to an expansion of consumer education. One result of this expansion has been a shift away from the traditional place where the subject has been taught, home economics, into business, distributive education, and social studies. Joseph N. Uhl's Survey and…

On the basis of an established need, the Occupational Values Inventory (OVI) was developed as one of the data collection instruments for the Vocational Development Study to measure the occupational values held by ninth graders, including: (1) Interest and Satisfaction, (2) Advancement , (3) Salary, (4) Prestige, (5) Personal Goal, (6) Preparation…

The author advocates the outright ban of commercials from Saturday and Sunday morning television and makes several other recommendations that he believes would improve programing and reduce the hard sell of child targeted advertising. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) could form a Children's Television Broadcast Center and establish a…

Psychosocial development is the focus of this psychology textbook. In part 1, a view of human development and society, the following areas are covered: (1) basic concepts of psychosocial development; (2) ways of viewing human development; and (3) dilemmas in human development. Part 2, the development of symbolic behavior and special factors in…

In 1970, the Western Regional School Desegregation Projects (WRSDP) was requested by the Association of California Intergroup Relations Educators (ACIRE) and the Bureau of Intergroup Relations (BIR), California Department of Education to prepare a training program for intergroup educators in the Western region served by the Health, Education, and…

The parish administrative board--the Session--is an interactional group according to the operational definition as advanced by Gibb, Proshansky and Seidenberg. As a group it shares relatively common religious and moral values, as well as institutional goals. The perimeters of the Session's group life are clearly, if not legalistically, defined by…

This report provides an overview of the purposes, participants, content, and evaluation of a four-week workshop. The purposes of the workshop were to: 1) present an introduction to the concepts conflict, violence, and interdependence; 2) develop an awareness of the need for value analysis in the classroom; 3) teach techniques and theory of value…

The six essays included in this volume apply the philosophy that only those children who are reared in complete freedom will grow up whole and free, and attack the institutions which can shape and distort the lives of children--schools, courts, and the family. The introduction discusses the dilemmas of those who would free the child within society…

This document provides a classification of educational objectives in the cognitive and affective domains, defines each objective, and offers examples. Special emphasis is not given to any particular objective; it is left to the teachers in a given program to determine the specific objectives to be derived in each learning experience within the…

Human relations units are presented in this guide designed for teachers of secondary grades. The aim is to educate students in the philosophy of humanism. Emphasis is upon social interaction in an attempt to help pupils not only realize their own potential, but moreover, to respond to the needs of others. Each of the four activity units deals with…

A set of curriculum papers written mainly by teachers who attended workshops in continuing education is presented. This set is a historical study of the attitudes toward and conceptions of composition that have been held during recent years. The intent of these papers is to provoke significant curriculum change by changing teacher attitudes.…

This paper discusses moral development and illustrates ways that it can be fostered in children both in the home and in the classroom. Moral education is discussed in terms of four basic questions: (1) Is there a need for it? (2) If so, is it the job of the schools to teach morality? (3) What is moral development? and (4) If fostering moral…