Study objectives were to clearly elucidate the cognitive and emotional orientation of the Eskimo's "cultural personality" for purposes of developing effective teaching strategies. Rorschach protocols (N=118) from male and female individuals aged 5 to 90 living in a rural village of 450 were analyzed. Additionally, a sample of 132…

This annotated bibliography of works published between 1960 and 1978 is organized in two sections. The first includes material concerning cultural, social, and educational perspectives on immigrant needs. The second contains material divided into four areas: (1) surveys and assessments of needs and problems, (2) responses and provisions in…

Project "Freestyle" involved the development of prototypical television materials and a comic book intended to combat sex-role stereotyping in the career-related attitudes of nine to twelve-year-old children. This paper reports the results of four types of research conducted during the early development of the television series to…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter discusses the results of three studies made of subjects in a residential vocational training center for youth. The first study correlated demographic, medical history, and behavioral variables to center adjustment. The second study examined possible…

Six papers that address issues on postsecondary education finance and were presented at a conference sponsored by the Finance Center of the Education Commission of the States are summarized. The first paper, by Frank A. Schmidtlein and Joseph J. Popovich, Jr., is an exposition of the demographic, economic and social changes affecting the climate…

This paper briefly discusses the effects of home environment, parenting, family configuration (number spacing of children) and nutrition on young children's mental development and subsequent school success. Variety and richness of home stimulation are identified as crucial to the child's later academic success. The quality of mothering and…

Major themes of a workshop on social work education and practice in rural and northern areas of Canada held in 1976 were: (1) purposes and goals of social work education; (2) needs, wants, and aspirations of rural/northern people; (3) social work education for professional competence; (4) continuing education; and (5) organization and…

Intended for designers of culture-oriented visual materials for use in functional literacy and development communication in different cultures and countries, this manual is one in a series of training monographs on literacy in development. The three chapter titles are: "Understanding Visual Literacy,""Acquiring Visual…

Twenty-one essays provide a perspective on the range and depth of current research in sociology. Almost all the authors are with departments of sociology in United States colleges and universities. One author is with a foreign institution of higher education and research, and a few are from American research centers. The essays fall into ten broad…

The results obtained by three test administration modes were examined with a focus upon systematic bias due to lack of standardization of test administration procedures. The My Class Inventory was administered to ninety classrooms of fifth grade students in a large suburban school district. The 45 items on the inventory are distributed over five…

In this study 651 teachers, administrators and guidance counselors working in 16 randomly selected Florida junior high schools, middle schools and senior high schools gave their opinions on drug education, school policies for drug offenders and the causes of drug abuse. Drug education experts throughout the country also responded to the same…

Identifying the purpose of the Conference on Real Choices in Indian Resource Development: Alternatives to Leasing (Billings, Montana, January 1975) as exploring options available to American Indian tribes in the Great Plains re: the development of their own natural resources, this paper presents excerpts from participant speeches and comments…

To focus on the developmental uniquenesses of the American Indian child and its implications for supportive care, custody, placement and adoption was one of the major goals of this conference. Attendees addressed the growing concern among Indian communities over the loss of their children and the lack of child welfare services which would preserve…

Fluctuations in higher education enrollments in the 1970's are interpreted as they may affect enrollments in the next decade. For his analysis the author draws on his own study of enrollments in four-year colleges in 1976-77 as well as other data. Some attention is given to these factors in the future: long-range planning; "endangered species" of…

The issue of updating teacher education to improve approach and attitude is discussed from the viewpoint of one professor. It is suggested that emphasis should be placed on improving an instructor's "transfer ability," by improving his capacity to build interest among students--causing their greater willingness to receive and their greater…