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Dokecki, Paul R.; And Others – 1979
In light of the fact that America's families are becoming an increasingly important item on the intervention agenda, the ongoing work of the "To Strengthen Families" Project of Vanderbilt's Center for the Study of Families and Children is described. A model designed from an analysis of values suggesting that America should strive to become the…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Counselor Training, Delivery Systems
Giesecke, Linda L.; And Others – 1978
The booklet, written by the medical staff of a children's hospital, provides information for parents of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). Arthritis is a swelling of the joint(s) in children and lasts for over 6 weeks (sometimes many years). Aspirin is the main medicine given for JRA, and it works not only to control pain but also,…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Eyes, Family Environment, Guides
Mathis, Patricia A.; Prokop, Ruth T. – 1981
This report represents the culmination of a year-long evaluation of the nature and extent of sexual harassment in the federal government. The various chapters explore the: (1) attitudes of federal employees toward sexual harassment; (2) extent of sexual harassment in the federal workplace; (3) characteristics of victims and perpetrators of sexual…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employee Attitudes, Federal Government, Government Employees
Ajami, Fouad – 1978
This paper discusses one of the major global problems facing humanity today, human rights. It is one of a series of working papers commissioned by the World Order Models Project in its effort to stimulate research, education, dialogue, and political action which will contribute to a movement for a just world order. Human rights have recently…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Civil Liberties, Economic Factors, Foreign Policy
Gayles, Anne Richardson – 1980
A proposal is made for a secondary teacher education program designed to help prospective teachers to function effectively with pupils in a culturally diverse society. This program offers education majors on the secondary level the opportunity to select: 1) courses which reflect and support concepts and practices in multiculturalism; 2) courses…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design, Ethnic Studies, Ethnicity
Education Communications, Inc., Northbrook, IL. – 1979
Attitudes of student leaders in high schools throughout the United States were examined in a survey conducted by Who's Who Among American High School Students and Northbrook, Illinois. Subjects were students who had been selected for inclusion in Who's Who during the 1978-79 academic year. Some 23,200 completed questionnaires were analyzed on…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, High School Students, National Surveys, Opinions
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1969
This 7-unit reader written in Bahasa Indonesian deals with national issues in Indonesia and is used by official United States military personnel after 40 weeks of instruction in Bahasa Indonesian. The topics discussed are: (1) Nationalism in Indonesia, (2) The Chinese Minority, (3) The Military and Politics in Indonesia, (4) The Indonesian Farmer,…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Cultural Education, Folk Culture, Indonesian
Stimson, John; Stimson, Ardyth – 1979
An eight-course curriculum in social policy analysis which follows a policy analysis paradigm is proposed. The undergraduate curriculum concentrates on the ability to appreciate and operate under uncertainty; anticipation of interrelated, unexpected ramifications of new stimuli; understanding of the social construction of problems and their cures;…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Models
SHAFTEL, FANNIE R.; SHAFTEL, GEORGE – 1952
AN AID TO THE CLASSROOM TEACHER IN THE TEACHING OF HUMAN RELATIONS IS PRESENTED. SOCIODRAMA, OR ROLE-PLAYING, IS PRIMARILY USEFUL IN SOLVING PROBLEMS INVOLVING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG TWO OR MORE PERSONS. IT THEREFORE PROVIDES A VALUABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOLS WHICH ARE CONCERNED WITH THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF BOYS AND GIRLS, WITH MORAL AND…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Intergroup Relations, Interpersonal Relationship, Problem Solving
Hartley, Wynona S. – 1976
The Kansas City School Behavior Project was intended to devise and test the effectiveness of a program of action for the treatment of mild behavioral disturbances in children in the school setting. The program was expected to prevent, to some extent, severe behavioral disturbances among these children in the adolescent years, and to have an effect…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Delinquency Prevention, Followup Studies
Weis, Lois – 1979
A critical issue at the turn of the century was the women's role in urban America. According to numerous "experts" of that time, the very future of the nation depended upon the successful resolution of this "woman problem." The family was in a state of decline and the falling white Anglo-Saxon Protestant birth rate was considered tantamount to…
Descriptors: American History, Educational History, Educational Trends, Females
Farrell, Edmund J. – 1979
This compilation of statistics, opinions, and projections focuses on the state of children in contemporary society. A review of statistical data on the conditions of childhood includes data on child mortality rates, illiteracy, malnutrition, energy resources available to children, and childhood suicide. Teenage pregnancies, alcoholism and drug…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Responsibility, Child Role, Child Welfare
Shelanski, Vivien B., Ed.; La Follette, Marcel Chotkowski, Ed. – Science, Technology & Human Values, 1979
This issue features four articles which represent social and ethical concerns effecting all world citizens. Three conference reports are also presented. A large portion of the journal is devoted to news items. An extensive bibliography is given with a brief description of each publication. A calendar lists the coming events through September,…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Futures (of Society), Genetics, Humanism
Hepworth, H. Philip – 1978
This paper summarizes findings of a baseline study of Canadian child welfare services and provides a critique of current social policy in Canada. Presently, Canadians have the largest number ever of 15 to 19 year olds (n = 2,369,000). This record number of children born in the late 1950s and early 1960s is likely to affect the number of births in…
Descriptors: Adoption, Birth Rate, Child Welfare, Demography
Woods, Doris – 1978
The model described offers information about displaced homemakers that, while specific to Arizona, can provide a guide to persons in any state responsible for program planning. The report presents results of an Arizona Department of Education study which was conducted to: (1) identify the "displaced homemaker;" (2) define the need for services;…
Descriptors: Career Development, Displaced Homemakers, Divorce, Employed Women
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