The book presents and discusses techniques ministers and laymen can use to bring about personal growth and social change, and to devise tactics for dealing with today's major social problems. Among the many matters specifically discussed are: how personal growth can best be facilitated; requirements for creative relationships in families and small…

This project developed a standardized instrument of the product-scale class to measure the global quality of student compositions on a seven-point scale. Compositions produced under standardized conditions were compared to a series of reliable models chosen from samples of children's writing. The developed instrument was used to evaluate growth in…

A strictly literary study of drama can be misleading, but plays brought alive through dramatic activities and productions may be the most profitable core of the secondary-school humanities program. The practical study of drama requires the student's active imagination, self-discipline, creative and positive responses to situations, improvisation,…

Incorporating various elements of individualized instructional programs and continuous progress plans, a type of open-end education is recommended as a way to enable each child to realize his own potential and make his greatest contribution to society. Aspects of open-end education discussed briefly include a definition of the term (it…

The literature suggested that marriage provides alternative occupational achievement for women who opt by choice or by circumstance to attain socioeconomic position through their husbands' occupations, and that an advantageous social contact setting is crucial for access to promising mates so that a woman's personal attributes can be beneficial…

Paul Goodman's criticisms of and proposals for institutions, including educational institutions, have as their foundation 1) a set of leading principles derived from experience and centered in a transactional view of experiences and 2) a concept of "self" which constitutes a theory of human nature. Human nature is viewed as process:…

The report, covering the period from June 12, 1972 through June 12, 1973, concerns the academic achievement and self-concept of pupils taught by participants in the Federally funded Career Opportunities Program (COP), the participants' professional growth, career progress, and recruitment classification, and the organizational climate and…

The purpose of this curriculum guide is to help the fourth grade teacher in his endeavor to fulfill his teaching responsibilities. Space is provided for teacher's additions, deletions, notes and criticisms which will be useful when the guide is revised. The guide is sectioned according to subject matter (English, math, science, and social…

The purpose of this curriculum guide is to help the third grade teacher in his endeavor to fulfill his teaching responsibilities. Space is provided for teacher's additions, deletions, notes and criticisms which will be useful when the guide is revised. The guide is sectioned according to subject matter (English, math, science, and social studies).…

The purpose of this curriculum guide is to help the first grade teacher in his endeavor to fulfill his teaching responsibilities. Space is provided for teacher's additions, deletions, notes and criticisms which will be useful when the guide is revised. The guide is sectioned according to subject matter (English, math, science, and social studies).…

Data for the evaluation of the Rio Hondo Exploratory College were obtained from a review of the literature and background materials, interviews with faculty, staff, and the board of trustees, and questionnaires administered to faculty and students. According to planning documents and the perceptions of administrators and staff at Rio Hondo…

A group of 24 seventh-grade students was involved in a meditation (zen) experience as a means of assessing the relationship of meditation to learning. Using a simple rote memory task as both a pre-test and a post-test the experimental group (N=16) showed a significant increase (.01) in the number of objects recalled, whereas with the control group…

Many college communication courses are now focused more on self-expression and interpersonal relationships than on traditional public speaking. However, by using the interpersonal communication approach, can classroom activities be developed that can result in measurable changes in a student's self-concept? In answering this question, several…

This book is one of a series of four in which issues affecting the organization and work of the British Infant School are considered. The series ("Young Children Learning") is designed to express current educational theory in terms of the practical work of teachers and children in infant schools. The books include recent research into…

This master's thesis is centered around the whole issue of whether New Careerists become more professionally oriented as time goes by, and if so, whether they are able to preserve their low-income characteristics and orientation and retain their ability to perform a bridging function in the low-income community at the same time. The instrument…