A combination research and demonstration project focuses on the improvement of education for disadvantaged children. After gathering data and analyzing the information about the behavior of culturally disadvantaged children, the knowledge gained was used to develop educational methodology for improved instruction. The final report includes a…

Objectives of the study begun in 1960 were (1) to determine the nature and extent of socioeconomic and attitudinal differences between French and non-French ethnic groups in rural Louisiana, giving particular attention to education, income and employment, migration, levels of living, and social participation and (2) to note implications of the…

In October 1973, representatives of six groups of Tennesseans reflecting professional and lay opinion about education were asked to identify what they considered to be the most critical current issues in Tennessee education. The most frequently mentioned responses in this initial phase of the survey were used to construct a listing of 10 key…

Five scales designed to measure the attitudes of young children toward arithmetic, reading, and art were developed. Two of the scales (Picture and Forced Choice) were ipsative in nature; the remaining three (Millimeter, Box, and Semantic Differential) allowed the child to express a more absolute attitude about each activity. The scales were…

Conflicting attitudes toward current American social problems may emphasize either the instabilities of social crisis and cultural confusion or the formulating of a more meaningful future through intelligent action. Particularly in the field of education both the despairing critics and the hopeful reformers are in obvious conflict today. Thus,…

Marked incongruity exists between the present language teaching system in Australia and the nation's social structure. Few of the languages spoken in the community by major ethnic groups are taught in the schools and little effect of the society's pluralism is evident in objectives and methods. Three causes of this situation are examined, and new…

Following a review of the literature related to employee morale and productivity, this paper reports a study undertaken to determine if there was a significant relationship between the morale of junior college instructors and their teaching effectiveness as perceived by students. Study subjects were 129 junior college instructors and their…

The primary goal of this study was to determine if attending desegregated schools has a measurable impact on mobility attitudes and status attainments. This study restricted itself to rural black respondents who had attended segregated-only or segregated and desegregated schools. Two lines of analysis were followed. The first dealt exclusively…

Career education concepts and educational reform are reviewed and discussed as they evolved over a 6-year period (1971-76). Focus is on collaboration between business, labor, industry, government, education, and the public in dealing with the way society isolates work from learning and labor from the liberal arts. Each of these six sectors are…

The value of part-time versus full-time higher education is examined in relation to six themes: demand, access and equity; maturity and adult development; employment and activity; residence; cost-effectiveness and productivity; and flexibility and innovation. It is suggested that higher education is seriously undervalued in Britain. (MSE)

Following a trend in a number of states, Indiana has begun a project to improve college preparation and encourage high school students to pursue higher education. The effort includes a toll-free hotline, a statewide database for monitoring student characteristics, and standardized testing of basic skills. (MSE)

Undergraduate students' personal and educational characteristics and attitudes about social, political, and educational issues are tabulated, based on data from a 1984 national Carnegie Foundation survey. (MSE)

Compares effect of practicum length on professional predispositions (motivation toward teaching, attitudes toward teaching career, student teachers' self-concept) of 60 Canadian student teachers. Students completing 20-week practicum had significantly lower values than those completing 3-week practicum. Only after lengthy practicum does reality of…

The benefits of girls' education include increased family incomes, later marriages, reduced fertility rates, reduced infant and maternal mortality rates, better nourished families, and greater opportunities for women. However, ingrained attitudes towards women are difficult to change. Only when communities believe that the benefits of girls in…

As part of a larger, ongoing study, this research examined how Australian boys' early school leaving may be linked to boys' decision-making processes and regional discourses of masculinities. Interviews with 22 boys from three locations (provincial, metropolitan, and rural) in Queensland indicated that commonalities existed across the transcripts…