Schools can no longer be responsible for only the cognitive domain of the child. They must also expand to include the affective domain. When it comes to the corporal punishment or discipline of a disruptive black child, the child's cultural history and history of alienation must be considered. And, because it is the teacher who controls rewards…

Divided into six chapters, this user's manual accompanies a battery of tests developed by the Educational Progress in Careers (EPIC) project which was organized to develop and validate a system for evaluating career, economic, and community education projects in Florida schools. Chapter 1 presents an action checklist of steps to be followed by…

The Fanon Center Model was created to test and implement specific community based organizational strategies which would enable students and localities to identify and solve their educational problems. This report begins by summarizing the model from its inception. Following sections describe the processes and actions that took place in making the…

A committee, composed of members of the Alvin Community College (ACC) Board of Trustees, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, and Alvin Police Department, and representatives from the faculty, administration, and student body, formulated a campus police policy handbook for the college. Development of the handbook…

Since the 1960s, dominance of public school community interactions has shifted from school professionals to citizen groups, volunteers in the schools, community agencies and the business community. Evidence of this trend can be discerned from the ongoing Urban Education Studies project, which has school systems in the Council of The Great City…

The Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) experience-based career education (EBCE) program was developed as an alternative program focusing on career exploration with the ultimate goal of career decusion making. Using two main curriculum documents ("Student Program Guide" and "Student Career Guide"), the program staff worked with each…

If primary medical care is to be provided to remote rural populations in developing countries, alternative and innovative delivery systems emphasizing community participation, use of paraprofessionals, and health education programs must be considered. A recent American Public Health Association study of 180 health projects in developing countries…

The dilemmas facing urban schools can be examined on the instructional level. Low achievement of inner city students is attributable largely to educational inequities. Often the expectations and attitudes of teachers, parents, and students work in combination to yield a nonproductive learning climate. This negative climate is preserved by…

This report describes a proposed magnet vocational program for 11th and 12th graders which is intended to reduce minority student isolation and facilitate desegregation in the Cleveland Public Schools. The need for such a program, its basic characteristics and multicultural aspects, its potential impact on participating students and the community,…

The parent can be the catalyst to "spark" the collaboration necessary to the success of career education from the total community. Parents should become involved because education determines how one's children will live, which in turn determines the quality of life the parent enjoys in the community. To speak effectively, parents should speak…

Teachers need to improve certain teaching and writing competencies if they are to improve student writing competencies. Teachers from the Atlanta school district were surveyed to determine their opinions for improving writing instruction. Survey results indicate that teacher education programs can be improved by: (1) making information on writing…

This report describes the activities undertaken by the City of Philadelphia School District during its voluntary desegregation preimplementation orientation and training year (1977-1978). School District activities are described in five areas: staff development, community involvement, dissemination, funding, and the movement of pupils. Appended to…

This comprehensive training program, Together We Can, involves a cooperative effort to reduce sex-role stereotyping and to expand options in education, work, and life styles for females and males. This program guide describes the philosophy, funding, and development of materials for the entire program, and may be used as a resource for trainers…

COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING FOR RURAL YOUTH CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PROVIDED BY RURAL AREAS DEVELOPMENT (RAD), WHOSE CENTRAL IDEA IS ORGANIZING COMMUNITY LEADERS TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS, INVENTORY RESOURCES, AND FURTHER ORGANIZE AND PLAN TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, WHEN COMMUNITY LEADERS FAIL TO…

A CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN AUGUST 1963 TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF JOINT SOCIAL INQUIRY BY THE THREE REPRESENTED DISCIPLINES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY, AND EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE PROCEEDINGS AND RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE. DISCUSSIONS WERE CENTERED ABOUT FOUR MAJOR SUBJECTS--(1) MAIN TRENDS IN COMMUNITY POWER…