The decade of the sixties saw the appearance of more formal curriculum development efforts in industrial arts than had occurred in its total prior history as a school subject. This paper seeks to explore, analyze, and compare these curriculum development efforts and to suggest priorities for future development, dissemination, and research…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of recommendations and a plan of action presented by the Indian National Seminar on Population Education. Population education has been rapidly emerging as a new but important phase of the total program dealing with population planning. The report makes a clear cut…

For knowledge of organizational communication to increase, new concepts must be developed and correlative or even causal relationships between communication concepts and other organizational variables must be established. Here, meanings of "organization,""information,""communication," and "other organizational variables" are explicated, and three…

A study to determine some conditions to be used to communicate desired instructional outcomes to students in order to produce learning was conducted. A commercial game called "Think-A-Dot" consisting of a series of flip-flops encased in plastic was employed as the learning task. Three independent variables were experimentally…

This paper for educational administrators and researchers, and theorists begins with a discussion of the role of intellectual paradigms in the development of science, and outlines some of the general social science paradigms that have been dominant in organization theory. A classification scheme is constructed, based on Udy's organizational…

As a result of compiling a recent comprehensive review of information on community college students, the author of this paper identifies areas where further research is needed. First, community colleges should be acquainted with who is not attending college. Knowledge of the needs and interests of potential students is necessary for program…

These papers written by University of Michigan scholars, represent a culling of the rich and diverse research recently completed or underway that deals in some way with the broad topic of women and sex roles in society. The papers were presented at a conference sponsored in the spring of 1975 by the Center for Continuing Education of Women, which…

Surprisingly little work has been done to develop a valid rhetoric of scientific and technical discourse. What little work has been done has not kept pace with the changing needs of scientific and technical disciplines. Research is needed, specifically, on the rhetoric of technology assessment, on visual communication, and on technical manuals.…

A subjective approach to the views of pupils is a prerequisite for understanding teaching and learning processes in the school. (Author)

The present crisis in the relationship between man and nature is the result of man's incorrect perception of the environment. Both research and education have the task of promoting, through an interdisciplinary approach, a correct perception of the structure, dynamics, and evolution of the environment so that people can manage it properly and…

Reviews the research on teleconferencing which shows that the unique characteristics of this technique stem from its setting, learners, and interactive audio capability. Additional research into the interrelationship of these characteristics is needed. (JMF)

Criterion development is seen as the perennial issue in evaluation research. No other problem persists in the same way or makes the college or university more vulnerable to outside criticism. The need for subjective agreement among users and interpreters and for giving evidence of validity regarding eventual educational outcomes is noted.…

Research on teacher effects should be reconceptualized by a psychological model which incorporates human learning and information processing perspectives. Exemplary areas of research include teacher decision making strategies, student cognitive processes, and teacher-student interactions in the classroom. (CP)

Discusses the need for an Indian point of view in Indian studies programs. Describes and evaluates a graduate seminar on American Indian history at the University of Nebraska which combined oral history with more traditional historical methodology. For journal availability, see so 506 696. (DB)

Details four alternative perspectives for conceptualizing the interpersonal communication process, emphasizing their implications for the theorist and researcher of interpersonal communication. (Author)