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Download full textWolff, Leanne O. – 1989
Values can and should be a part of small group communication instruction. Discourse is value laden and to understand the communication process, the role of values must be understood. Many students come to the classroom not understanding values, and not being aware of the role of values in decision-making. Their lack of understanding requires that…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Group Behavior, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
Nuwer, Hank – 1990
The practice of hazing in college fraternities, sororities, high school clubs, professional societies, business, the military, and secret societies is investigated. Through the retelling of actual stories involving hazing, the book addresses the questions of why men and women haze and allow themselves to be hazed, how the problems of hazing can be…
Descriptors: College Students, Compliance (Psychology), Death, Fraternities
Butterfield, Barbara; And Others – 1995
This monograph describes how to design cash incentive programs in higher education as a way to help employees achieve their best productivity and as the most cost-effective way to communicate and stimulate the work behaviors that the institution values. Including a mentoring role as part of recognition of model departments or model managers not…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, College Administration, College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness
Peer reviewedBrandhorst, Allan R. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1990
Contends collective cooperative action in the public interest will be necessary to solve future social and environmental problems. Proposes that the social studies curriculum shift its value orientation from individualistic self-interest to a justice-based, global model. Advocates teaching citizenship that stresses self-restraint and investigates…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Ecological Factors
Peer reviewedLunstrum, John P. – Social Studies, 1990
Examines the "Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning's" section on context effect. Reviews influences that shape social studies, including research, student groups, family environment, mass media (especially television), testing, curriculum mandates, and local-to-national community pressures. (CH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Influence, Context Effect, Educational Research
Beder, Hal; Medina, Patsy – 2002
The effects of adult literacy classroom dynamics on the content and structure of instruction, learning processes, and classroom behavior were examined in a study during which 20 adult literacy classes in 8 states were observed and the teachers of those classrooms were interviewed. Key findings were as follows: (1) most classroom instruction…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Classroom Environment
