Describes a study of teacher effectiveness in college departments of sociology, anthropology, and social work. Five types of teacher effectiveness were found to be potentially useful for student, faculty, and administrative purposes. They include teacher task responsiveness, respect for students, teacher capability, student development, and…

Discusses observational and experimental research on four urban and rural community schools in Poland. Topics discussed include school organization, standards, educational problems, school-home relationship, and educational objectives. Concludes that community school students perform better in many cognitive and affective areas than do students…

A teacher educator gives reasons why the vocational agriculture teacher should become involved in preparing his students for Future Farmers of America (FFA) contests and some steps and precautions he should take to successfully integrate FFA contests into the instructional program. (MF)

Findings obtained over a three-year period at the University of Kentucky are reported that indicate a need for continued study in many schools before a final judgment can be made. These results suggest that the expense and effort required by the PCAT probably cannot be justified. (LBH)

Identifying the factors that seem to influence the academic success of black children in elementary and secondary schools is the purpose of this review. (Author/AM)

A questionnaire surveying more than 1,000 business, political, education, and military supervisors revealed that they valued skill performances and human relations as the two most critical components of subordinate success. (Author)

Subjects in a T-group tend to decrease reactive attributions. They are perceived as having learned to act, rather than observe and react. T-group change is conjecture. Some learning transfer from group to external environment is expected. (MFD)

Focus is on two areas: (1) the factors available to the selection committee when students apply for admission into graduate programs, and (2) those factors emerging after admission, resulting from students' meeting program-imposed requirements for graduation. Program variables are shown to be more important than admission variables. (Author/LBH)

Self-esteem was found to have a moderate relationship with, but not a strong independent effect on, school achievement and behavior for a sample of 530 12-year olds. (Author)

Reports on seven findings of a study concerning the factors in maintaining a dynamic teaching career. Compares a study concerning successful business executives and concludes that success is attributed to attitudes rather than skills. (JK)

Data on achievement gains in urban schools were analyzed to identify those schools with achievement consistently higher or lower than schools with similar characteristics. Only one school showed unusually high achievement gains. Efforts to identify and reward schools based on achievement may be erroneous and may decrease morale. (Author/VM)

Investigated academic achievement of Mexican-American students and conflict in values with Anglo-American culture. Mexican and Anglo-American students, their parents, and teachers reported their adherence to traditional school values and evaluated the importance of field independent behaviors to success in school. Attitudinal differences were…

There are discrepancies between the school performance of mainstream students and ethnic minority students. In educational anthropology there have been two explanations, cultural difference and cultural discontinuity. The articles in this special issue explore the relationships between these two schools of thought. (VM)

Research on personal traits of Black managers shows the following: (1) upper-level managers score higher on self-actualization, masculinity-femininity, and self-assurance; (2) there is no difference in personal traits between successful and unsuccessful managers; and (3) there are no apparent differences in personal or management styles among the…

A model for the organization of multitype library networks was tested on the l43 networks in the United States with public, academic, school, and special library members. Eight indicators of organization and their interdependence were measured: planning, governance, funding, communication and delivery, configuration, administration, evaluation,…