An attempt "to provide a broad framework within which persuasion in social movements, particularly reformist and revolutionary movements, may be analyzed," focusing on the rhetorical processes" open to the leaders of such movements in meeting the requirements of their roles. (Author/RD)

A model for designing a social studies unit for able (gifted) students that has no national boundaries or time, event, and cultural limitations is explained and illustrated by a diagram. The conceptual model provides an example built around the concept of leadership styles. (SEW)

The bureaucratic and adaptive models of administration are compared, and the adaptive style is found most appropriate for research administration, providing a necessary level of organizational consistency and control while allowing for the unexpected and promoting productivity. Elements of organization, operations, and communications are…

The bureaucratic and adaptive models of administration are compared, and the adaptive style is found most appropriate for research administration, providing a necessary level of organizational consistency and control while alllowing for the unexpected and promoting productivity. Elements of organization, operations, and communications are…

Describes a three-level model of a comprehensive approach to group work. Uses the model to analyze the relative merits and profitable applications of prominent group work theories. (Author/MCF)

Provides a checklist that allows identification of five major leadership styles, along the axes of concern for production and concern for people. (MLF)

Various leadership theories and their applications to school principals are explored. Principals need to be aware of their own tendencies in leadership situations and to understand the range of behaviors open to them. Principals should also take into account characteristics of the educational environment. (CJ)

An elementary school principal explains how she promotes a positive working and learning environment in her school through written and verbal praise, open communications, and the sharing of ideas. (SJL)

In this 1980 survey, K-12 teachers in Tennessee were asked to identify those qualities of instructional leaders that they considered most helpful. Eleven characteristics are ranked under each of three broad categories: Personal Characteristics and Skills, Professional Characteristics and Skills, and Management Characteristics and Skills.…

The author discusses the moral and religious qualities necessary to leadership in Catholic education and the responsibilities of the Catholic educational administrator to the Church and to the family. (SJL)

Two organization development consultants describe and evaluate the two basic consulting methods, the process-consultation model and the doctor-patient model, and provide "readiness" criteria checklists for both the client and patient models. They state that each consulting approach has its place, depending on situational factors. (MF)

Specific applications of early recollections (ERs) within group settings are introductory exercise, an index of social interest, a kind of guided imagery, and an aid in intensive therapy. Additional uses of ERs include vocational decision making, pictorial representations of group perceptions, and a measure of group member's personal growth.…

A leadership typology is developed which describes the relationship of Black leadership styles to the Black masses. The role that such leadership plays in the political integration of Blacks as an ethnic group is analyzed. Four authority types are discussed: traditional brokerage, cultural nationalist, religious nationalist, and faddist…