Posits the need to totally revamp social studies education, implicitly criticizing recent curriculum reform reports. Identifies five ways in which students define themselves that radically differ from teachers' and past students' points of view. Outlines resulting classroom communication problems. Questions how best to make social studies relevant…

Argues that everyday school violence, as distinct from isolated sensational incidents, is caused at least in part by the educational policies and procedures governing schools and by the way these policies are implemented. Trends affecting school disorders, including erosion of teacher authority, are discussed, and some solutions are proposed. (SLD)

Considers the difficulties experienced by the East German School system adjusting to a more progressive educational philosophy. Specifically, contrasts the traditional East German geography instruction (focused solely on physical geography) with the West German emphasis on social issues and problem solving. Many East German instructors distrust…

Today's model of education forces students to assimilate, to compete against each other, to think only in abstract complex ways, and to believe that cultural separation leads to academic power. For many minority and nontraditional students, this traditional model is inappropriate. It results in many first-generation students being told that they…

This paper addresses the continuing failure of racial and ethnic minorities, specifically Mexican Americans and American Indians, to gain full representation in doctoral graduating classes and college faculties. The demographics of minorities in doctoral programs is reviewed with particular emphasis on the Southwestern United States and the two…

This study compares the attitudes of academically gifted rural students with those of their classmates with regard to their communities and their aspirations for a sense of place. Although West Virginia, a largely rural state in Appalachia, is considered by outsiders as a place of deprivation, despair, and backwardness, an aspiration for a sense…

The school system in the United States was established as, and remains, an expression of the white, middle-class values dominant in the society. The "melting pot" theory, with its emphasis on assimilation and the reduction of differences has been held by many for a long time. In the schools, however, this emphasis tends to cause feelings…

A teacher of educational theory delivers an educational foundations course on sociocultural concerns in education. In this course, teaching is presented as an orientation to the world and a moral enterprise because it intervenes in people's lives. Students typically fear theory classes because they do not want to appear foolish or because…

An investigation was conducted to develop isolation reduction strategies to reduce the feeling of isolation expressed by many of the Nova University Programs for Higher Education regional cluster students. A needs assessment was initiated to discover what the broad-range needs of regional students were and to actively develop strategies to meet…

DESPITE THE CURRENT ADVANCE IN TECHNOLOGY AND THE RECENT POPULATION GROWTH, MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT IS STILL AVAILABLE, EVEN FOR MINIMALLY SKILLED PERSONS. A FREE, FLUID, AND "PEOPLE-ORIENTED" SOCIETY SHOULD PROVIDE AS MANY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AS THERE ARE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM. THUS IN THE HUMAN SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE TEACHING AND…

AFTER ACHIEVING SATISFACTORILY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SIOUX INDIAN STUDENTS TEND TO SHOW A REVERSAL OF THIS PROCESS AND BEGIN A STEADY DECLINE IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. TO STUDY THIS PROBLEM, AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WAS SELECTED WHICH INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING OGLALA SIOUX YOUNGSTERS--(1) 164 EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS FROM SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND (2) 159…

If a generation gap does exist, the English teacher has failed in his primary task--improving personal communication--and must accept full responsibility for this failure. A profile of the typical North Carolina English teacher reveals a person over 30 years of age who is politically and morally influenced by the values of previous generations;…

The first chapter of the literature review describes the Career Intern Program (CIP), a cooperative career education venture of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America and two Philadelphia high schools, which is composed of three steps: career awareness (general orientation, development, motivation); career exploration (academic…

This guide is based on the experiences and procedures generated in the FOCUS Project at a Portland, Oregon high school. The document includes an overview which addresses the basic FOCUS philosophy, overall goals and objectives, staffing, and student audience. The instruction section contains the curriculum model, cross peer instruction, utilizing…

Composition teachers who ask students to express something worthwhile and then deny them a true voice in which to say it--preferring instead the stiff, empty classroom language of "Engfish"--are to blame for student dissatisfaction and despair. Teachers should begin a writing course with the proper subject--the student--who learns to express…