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Smith, Joan K. – 1978
The National Education Association (NEA) was significantly influenced by Margaret Haley's early 20th century probe into its power structure. As a reformer committed to the democratic process, Miss Haley became an active member of the NEA in 1900. At this time, the organization was dominated by a group of male educators (college presidents,…
Descriptors: Administration, Biographies, Decision Making, Democracy
Wayson, William W.; Pinnell, Gay Su – 1982
To understand and deal with student behavior, we must understand that most behavior is caused by objects and events in the world around the student; that students have learned personal ways of relating to those objects and events; and that in a setting like a school it is easier and more productive to alter those objects and events than to change…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns
Lazarine, Dianne – 1981
Integrating concepts of basic citizenship education with community involvement, this experiential curriculum provides a means for developing decision making and critical thinking skills within the existing fourth grade social studies curriculum. The 11 lessons, translated into into Spanish, cover the following concepts: responsibility in the care…
Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Kirkness, Verna J.; More, Arthur J. – 1981
The objective of the University of British Columbia's Native Indian Teacher Education Program (NITEP) is to increase the number of native Indian certified teachers by developing an alternative program of teacher education more appropriate to Indians' cultural heritage and educational background. Open only to students of Indian ancestry, NITEP…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Studies, American Indians, Canada Natives
Riley, Roberta D.; Robinson, Bryan E. – 1980
According to legislation, a teacher center governing board should be composed of a majority of elementary and secondary teachers, including those from the special and the vocational fields; representatives from local institutions of higher education; and the school board. A simulation game, designed to provide board members with an understanding…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Gideonse, Hendrik; And Others – 1981
School site budgeting may be said to exist when the school board and central office administration provide principals, in consultation with staff and sometimes community representatives, with an opportunity to prepare a budget for the allocation of resources at the school level. The objectives of school based budgeting include achieving more…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Board Administrator Relationship
Armstrong, Ellen C.; Dykes, Marie Draper – 1978
The functions of support services participating in higher education institutional change are to provide information, power, and adaptability. An illustration of these support service roles in implementing institutional change at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is discussed. The implementation of a new academic calendar was designed to increase…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies, College Administration
McPartland, James M.; McDill, Edward L. – 1977
This report was prepared as part of the School Organization Program, a program focusing on authority-control structures, task structures, reward systems, and peer group processes in schools. It contains five papers delivered at an American Education Research Association Symposium. The papers examine current research on the effects of school…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Demography, Educational Benefits, Educational Research
Ortiz, Flora Ida – 1980
This study looked at the occupational positions that constitute educational administration and analyzed how they are characterized and structured. Data were collected between September, 1974, and April, 1979, principally from southern California school districts. The method of data collection was ethnographic observation in schools and interviews…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Assistant Principals, Career Ladders, Educational Administration
Seib, Kenneth – 1979
The notion that the university teaching profession is not the working-class is discussed. It is suggested that the failure of faculty to recognize that they are laborers could prove disastrous within the next decade. Universities and colleges are faced with declining resources, lowering enrollments, growing bureaucracy, and bleak prognoses for the…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, College Administration, College Faculty
OLMSTEAD, JOSEPH A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE GOAL-ORIENTED. HIGH-LEVEL LEADERSHIP MUST DEFINE ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND CHANNEL ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. STUDIES WERE MADE BY HUMRRO IN MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND SMALL GROUP EFFECTIVENESS. IT WAS FOUND THAT POTENTIAL SQUAD LEADERS, SELECTED FOR ABOVE-AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE AND…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Environmental Influences, Evaluation, Goal Orientation
Vincent, Jack E. – 1980
This monograph presents the computer printout of an analysis of data on international cooperation over a three-year period. Part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their power in analyzing international relations, this monograph presents data on the application of discriminant function analysis of combined…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Vincent, Jack E. – 1980
This monograph presents the computer printout of an analysis of data on international conflict over a three-year period. Part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their power in analyzing international relations, this monograph presents data on the application of discriminant function analysis of 'underdog'…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
Vincent, Jack E. – 1980
This monograph presents an analysis of data on international cooperation over a three-year period. Part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their power in analyzing international relations, this monograph presents the computer printout of data on the application of second stage factor analysis of 'underdog'…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Ashley, William L.; And Others – 1980
A study of adaptation to work as both a process and an outcome was conducted. The study was conducted by personal interview that probed adaptation with respect to work's organizational, performance, interpersonal, responsibility, and affective aspects; and by questionnaire using the same aspects. The population studied consisted of persons without…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Employee Attitudes, Entry Workers
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