Project Breakthrough, funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was conceived to service the Marin City black students in the Tamalpais High School District. This segment numbers about 220 students. The specific objectives were: (1) to significantly increase the black student's confidence in his ability to succeed in…

These papers deal with four specific propositions concerning the role of measurement in early childhood education: 1. measurement should play an integral part in early education, independent of special pressures to evaluate program effects; 2. the measures should be designed or adapted specifically to the continuing needs of preprimary educators…

Contents of this book include the following papers, followed by discussion and comment: "Malnutrition and Animal Behavior," David A. Levitsky and Richard H. Barnes; "Malnutrition in Infants," Henry N. Ricciuti; "Nutrition and the Community," David J. Kallen; "A Methodological Note: The Development of Visual Attention in Infants," A. C.…

The articles in this collection are organized in four sections. Part I, "Equal Educational Opportunity," comprises five essays: "Inequality of Opportunity for Higher Education," W. H. Sewell; "Community Colleges and Social Stratification," J. Karabel; "The Distribution of Educational Resources in Large American Cities," J. D. Owen; "The Schools…

By using this holistic approach the author believes that men will be able to construct a view of the development of man that synthesizes many existing separate human science approaches. The purposes of this conference paper are fourfold: 1) to give an example of how to begin to reformulate current intellectual interests in terms of a humanistic…

Chapter One of this manual includes a definition of "disadvantagement," and discussion of implications for manpower requirements, distribution of the disadvantaged, employment conditions and outlook, early environment, predominant acquired characteristics, and response to training. Chapter Two discusses concepts of motivation, including drives,…

Contents of this book include: Part I: "The Nursery School and Its Racial Integration"--introduction, establishing physical and psychological integration; staff meetings; observing and working through; Part II: "Theory and Practice"--skin color anxiety: the skin and its importance in personality development; skin color anxiety, the visual impact,…

This address starts by explaining the educational philosphy of John Dewey. In this context, the central aims of education are cognitive and moral development. In a pluralistic society, the teaching of morals poses a grave problem and gives rise to a belief in moral and ethical relativity. This address proceeds to show what is wrong with ethical…

In England over the last 20 years there has been a major revolution in the teaching of primary school children. This revolution has come about through the efforts of wise, enthusiastic, and experimenting teachers rather than through the idealized practices and techniques of professors, inspectors, or administrators. This document gives an account…

This study focuses on the indigenous processes of nurture and socialization, as well as on formal schooling, in the context of Amish culture. It attempts to illustrate the cultural context of learning--the cultural goals, the institutions, the practices, individual participation in the culture, and pupil achievement--in relation to the whole of…

A cross-disciplinary approach to the topic of sexual differentiation comprises this volume. Diverse papers are included under a variety of headings: 1) critical Periods in development; 2) embryology; 3) RNA-DNA; 4) chromosomes-growth and development; 5) physiology; 6) primates; 7) cognition; 8) cultural differences in patterns of sexual behavior;…

The outcomes of postsecondary developmental education programs in the state of Ohio are the focus of this report. Directors of over 50 developmental education programs funded partially by state funds were asked, in 1976, by a Subcommittee of the Ohio State-wide Advisory Committee on Developmental Education, to report on any efforts made to assess…

The Arizona superintendent of instruction established five statewide committees of thirty persons each to identify and prioritize the educational needs of the state. Each of these committees was composed of representatives of one identifiable group--parents; persons in business, industry, and labor; teachers; school administrators; and local…

Four enabling objectives and related learning experiences are outlined in this package (one of a series developed for use at the high school level). It is designed to help the student learn about the valuing process, to increase his knowledge of the forces which affect the work-related values that he and society hold, and to examine these values…

Learning experiences in this package are designed to help the student to examine the place of work in his own life and to verbalize about life style as related to his present and projected career needs. Five enabling objectives and related learning experiences are outlined to help the student become familiar with the variety of career patterns…