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Download full textPrinsloo, Erna – South African Journal of Education, 2007
The curriculum of the Life Orientation (LO) learning area forms an excellent basis for equipping learners to respond positively to social demands, assume responsibilities, and optimise their life chances. I report on a qualitative study that focused on the extent to which schools and LO teachers succeeded in achieving the outcomes of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Curriculum Implementation, Daily Living Skills
Hwa, Yee-Chun Linda – 1992
A student teacher who was concerned about a third grader's difficulties with her assignments, apparent low self-esteem, and anger observed the child in school for a 6-week period on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for 2 hours each day. For 2 weeks, the child was also observed at a recreational center on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for an…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Community Influence, Elementary School Students
McCarthy, Joseph M. – 1993
This paper examines issues of academic freedom and the community's role in a review of public and legal events leading to the court's striking down of the 1940 appointment of Bertrand Russell to teach at the City College of New York. Russell was to teach three philosophy courses relating logic, mathematics, and science to philosophy. Episcopal…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Civil Liberties, College Faculty, Community Attitudes
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Ed.; Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Aber, J. Lawrence, Ed. – 1997
Volume 2 of the "Neighborhood Poverty" series incorporates empirical data on neighborhood poverty into discussions of policy and program development. The chapters are: (1) "Ecological Perspectives on the Neighborhood Context of Urban Poverty: Past and Present" (Robert J. Sampson and Jeffrey D. Morenoff); (2) "The Influence of Neighborhoods on…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Cognitive Development, Community Influence
Coulton, Claudia; And Others – 1994
Variation in rates of officially reported child maltreatment in urban neighborhoods is related to structural determinants of community social organization: economic and family resources, residential instability, household and age structure and geographic proximity of neighborhoods to concentrated poverty. Furthermore, child maltreatment rates are…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Influence
Kaikai, Septimus M.; Kaikai, Regina E. – 1990
Discussions about the social responsibility of businesses have led to questions about the social responsibility of academic institutions. As governmental support of community activities appears to be lessening, activities by educational institutions in support of local communities becomes more essential. New developments in the linkage between…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Influence
Hare, Dwight – 1990
The use of multiple indicators of educational achievement is called for to replace a single measure of student achievement in order to identify the school context in which education occurs. School-level indicators have been identified, such as access to knowledge, press for achievement, and professional teaching conditions. These indicators are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Context Effect
Mukenge, Tshilemalema – 1988
The meaning of independence, or freedom, in the culture of the Luba, an African ethnic group in Zaire, is inextricably linked to fundamental rights, the development of personal qualities, and the choices that the individuals make. The rights of a Luba man are based on legitimate membership in his family, his lineage, and his chiefdom. A free man…
Descriptors: African Culture, Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Community Influence
Sheppard, N. Alan, Ed.; Sherrard, Frances, Ed. – 1977
A national conference attended by representatives from 35 States and the District of Columbia generated the following proceedings: (1) Three major addresses focusing on two urgent needs: Upgrading the image of modern vocational education in the eyes of the black community and raising the priority of vocational education in the educational…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Colleges, Black Community, Black Education
Cady, Edwin H. – 1978
The value of a strong athletic program to the academic community is discussed along with proper methods of recruitment, uses of grants-in-aid, renewal and reform of sports programs, and solutions to the countless problems the "Big Game" generates. Replete with examples from literature, anthropology, psychology, and sociology, as well as…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Black Students, Community Influence
InterAmerica Research Associates, Washington, DC. – 1978
The proceedings at fifteen career education site visits are detailed in this phase 2 final report. (Phase 1, community organization mini-conferences, is described in CE 020 110.) Notes from these visitations cover such programs as career education centers, school system-based programs, and education-work councils. Several site-visit purposes are…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Influence, Community Involvement, Community Programs
MILLER, VINCENT A.; SCHMID, CALVIN F. – 1960
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POPULATION CHANGES IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON WERE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE RELATIONSHIPS TO AND INFLUENCES UPON PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL TRENDS, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO PHYSICAL FACILITIES, CURRICULUMS, STAFF, FINANCES, AND ADMINISTRATION. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY, THE STATE WAS GROUPED INTO LOGICAL AND…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Demography, Ecological Factors, Educational Change
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The problem of this conference panel was to develop means (strategies, materials, techniques) by which children of cultural and linguistic minority groups can learn to read and communicate effectively in English as well as in the language or dialect of their respective group. The six areas of approach, as outlined in this panel report, are:…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communication Skills, Community Influence, Conference Reports
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Vocational and Technical Education. – 1973
The document reviews the career education concept briefly, presents placement services in their historical context, and relates both to the career development theories of Ginzberg, Super, Holland, and Roe. It describes the placement model, providing an examination of the model components, the program's relationship to other Comprehensive Career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Influence, Community Involvement
Peters, Donald L.; McNichol, Margaret – 1972
This paper assesses the present state of training, licensing, and certification of early childhood personnel in Pennsylvania. Assessment is based on assumptions requiring conceptualization of (1) certification based on competency or performance, (2) education and training that includes both formal and informal experiences, and (3) planning and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Influence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Credentials
