This report begins with a general appraisal of school desegregation in the Southern region and concludes with a discussion by four black high school students who explain in specific terms what their first year of desegregated schooling has meant to them. Interposed are four community studies and an assessment of the continuing segregated academy…

Described in this paper are the author's experiences with a technique for providing preservice social studies teachers with first hand experience with the discovery approach to teaching. This is defined as a structured learning activity in which the learner is encouraged to learn for himself that which is to be learned or discovered. The discovery…

This study examines the efficacy of specially devised information in altering students' perceptions of the appropriateness of personal problems for counseling and their willingness to seek counseling for such problems. Women at a large Eastern university provided the sample for this study; one group received oral-written information, another group…

This document reports on the 1974-75 Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) evaluation investigating the cognitive and affective responses of USMES students to this interdisciplinary, process curriculum. It includes the results of a pre-post control group design to assess the curriculum's effects on students' basic skill…

Takes issue with two concepts of teaching art history in elementary and secondary schools, reveals selected resources which are readily available for teaching art history, and makes recommendations for the implementation of art history programs where they do not exist and for the improvement of programs where they are to be already found.…

Describes a junior high class activity called the "International Language Census," in which international students learned each other's equivalents of "good morning" and "thank you." Notes that non-American students who were socially isolated grew less shy and became occasional centers of attention. (JG)

Distinguishes between enculturation and acculturation. Examines the enculturation/acculturation process for American Indian students and discusses some of the conflicts they face when entering school. (AS)

The development of multicultural education to its current role of promoting ethnic pluralism as a social value is described. The article surveys the variety and scope of definitions of multicultural education. The role of ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, and gender in shaping a child are discussed. (JL)

Study of algebra students' response to availability of optional interactive computer graphing lessons analyzed responses of both users and non-users. Information sought included number of lessons completed, students' opinions of value and difficulty of lessons, whether students felt threatened by computer use, and relationship of gender and age to…

Investigates the relationship between 12 teachers' perceptions of 24 secondary pupils and the pupils' own views of themselves as learners. While students' images are not solely dependent upon teacher interaction, results show a significant and positive relationship between teachers' perceptions of the pupils and the pupils' views of themselves.…

Three examples of evaluation forms that music teachers can use to have students evaluate them and their music programs are provided. Teachers should use the evaluation results to make changes for self- and program-improvement. Teachers should let students know what changes are being made. (RM)

Argues that when involving students in activities that require them to explore texts creatively, teachers should also make them inquire into their own reading processes--especially since the reading of literature helps the students to become aware of their own intellectual process if attention is focused on them reflexively. (HOD)

Issues that confront teachers of culturally different learners are examined in this article. Philosophical orientation, teacher training materials, and teacher attitudes are focused upon. Several models to be used in implementing multicultural concepts in teacher preparation programs are also presented. (DF)

Results of study indicate that there is no significant difference in attitudes of six to eight year olds attending innovative or traditional school; however, nine to eleven year olds attending innovative school had "significantly more positive attitudes toward school" than those attending traditional school. (Author/RW)

This paper focuses on motivating online learners. Online instruction has presented teachers with new methods of instruction. At the same time, online instruction has the potential to depersonalize the teacher-student relationship and impede the teacher's ability to understand their students. This study attempts to begin translating the traditional…