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Download full textKNOWLTON, CLARK S. – 1964
THE SPANISH AMERICANS IN NEW MEXICO ARE UNDERGOING GREAT SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE. THEIR VILLAGE CULTURE, FORMED IN ISOLATION NEAR IRRIGATED LAND WHICH HAD REMAINED REMARKABLY STABLE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS, IS BREAKING DOWN. THE SPANISH AMERICANS ARE LEAVING THEIR VILLAGES AND MIGRATING TO INDUSTRIAL CENTERS. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Community Benefits
Australian Outward Bound School, Sydney. – 1977
The development of Outward Bound, from the early beginnings in Britain through expansion in over 30 locations throughout the world, is outlined, and Outward Bound educational aspects are analyzed in terms of the Australian Outward Bound School. The concepts of experiential education, lifelong education, and the broader Australian educational scene…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Raelin, Joseph A. – 1980
This book analyzes the impact of out-of-school youths' first job experiences on later occupational attainment and job satisfaction, explores the effects of prior attitudes and status, and charts the varying career paths of white males, white females, black males, and black females. It also interprets the findings in light of public policy…
Descriptors: Age, Background, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1979
The Bi-Regional Educational Improvement Forum in Atlanta, Georgia (November 1979) considered three areas of school improvement, including State Department of Education (SEA) delivery systems and the use of technology to improve schooling. The three forum articles concerned with delivery systems treat the transformation of policies emanating from…
Descriptors: Computers, Delivery Systems, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Thomson, Susan Gotsch – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the (theoretical) relative influence of family status and occupational and attitudinal variables on women's commitment to work. Twelve hundred working women were asked. "If you were to get enough money to live as comfortably as you'd like for the rest of your life, would you continue to work? Yes or…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Blacks, Blue Collar Occupations
Deavers, Kenneth L.; Brown, David L. – 1979
Emphasizing developmental problems caused by the rapid population and employment growth in rural America during the 1970's, this document describes social, economic, and governmental trends in rural America and suggests some federal policy choices that might be made in support of rural development. Problem areas and policy suggestions are…
Descriptors: Community Services, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns
O'Dell, Evelyn – 1978
As one phase of "Strengthening Navajo Education," a Navajo Division of Education program initiated in 1976, this conference focused on the role of the parent in ensuring appropriate services for the exceptional Navajo child. The one-day meeting, attended by 132 parents from 27 communities, had the following goals: (1) to identify the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Cultural Influences, Disabilities
Cancian, Francesca M.; Gordon, Audri – 1976
The first part of the paper discusses how changes in ideology and power at the local and national level may have contributed to the increase in advanced degrees for women. The remainder of the paper discusses how these ideological and political factors have affected the participation of women at the Westcliffe Business School. Changes at the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Business Education, Case Studies
Floyd, Carol Everly – 1979
The political factors underlying the ability of the Illinois Board of Higher Education to prevent the development of additional new campuses as part of the University of Illinois are analyzed. The primary factors underlying the board's success are: (1) its investment in winning the issue because of the threat to its goals and survival; (2) the use…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, College Administration, Conference Reports, Facility Expansion
von Dohnanyi, Klaus – 1978
The education/employment situation of young people in West Germany is examined as part of a project to broaden perspectives on social, educational, and employment issues in contemporary industrialized societies. To place problems of West German youth in a broader context, it is necessary to consider socioeconomic developments in West Germany since…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Education, Developed Nations
Cohen, Elizabeth G.; Sharan, Shlomo – 1977
Group participation by Israeli youth is examined in light of the Theory of Status Characteristics and Expectation States. This theory maintains that social and/or group status influences expectations of competence and triggers self-fulfilling prophecies of performance. An experiment designed to prevent unwanted dominance of high status…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Status
Seegmiller, Bonni R.; And Others – 1979
This monograph presents a detailed description of the background, design, methods, and subjects of a study of sex-role socialization in the nursery school. The objectives of the study were to (1) define sex-role differentiation, (2) examine the relation between age and sex-role differentiation,, (3) describe and explain the influences of the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Employed Parents, Family Structure, Individual Characteristics
Wood, Carolyn M. – 1978
This study compares an open space elementary school and a traditional school in Harford County, Maryland, in terms of cognitive and non-cognitive student outcomes. In order to assess whether there were differences in instructional climate (open vs. traditional) between the two schools, the Walberg and Thomas Teacher Questionnaire was administered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Attitude Measures, Childhood Attitudes
Duke, Daniel L., Ed. – 1979
This collection of essays is intended to give a broad view of what is currently known about the management of classrooms. Contents include "Conceptualizing Classroom Management" by Mauritz Johnson and Harry Brooks; "Making Managerial Decisions in Classrooms" by Walter Doyle; "Authority and the Management of Classroom…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Discipline Problems
Walters, Joel – 1979
Three similar experiments were conducted to assess language variation and politeness in the speech of English monolingual and Spanish-English bilingual children, and in Armenian children learning English as a second language. Each experiment elicited request strategies from the children with the use of puppets in a structured conversation. While…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Influences
