This study was designed to investigate the relationship between selected paternal child-rearing dimensions and the sex-role preferences of four-year-old nursery school children. The IT Scale for Children was used to assess the sex-role preferences of 50 boys and 50 girls and the Child-Rearing Family Practices Inventory was administered to their…

To obtain a realistic understanding of the supervisory role perception of the elementary principal, a 10-item questionnaire was sent to 400 elementary principals and teachers throughout Texas. They rank ordered both real and ideal role dimensions and agreed that the role is not what it should be. Principals now serve as disciplinarians but do not…

A project was undertaken at Florida Technological University in 1974-75 to establish a procedure for determining discipline productivity factors for the internal allocation of instructional faculty resources. A theoretical model for faculty allocation was developed, independent of discipline, and student credit-hour productivity factors were…

This book contains a widely used method for structuring learning in a positive environment. The material is presented in a workshop format. Each unit should be read and worked on for one week; the teachers should then meet to exchange ideas. Unit 1 discusses behavior, and informs the reader that if he/she wants to influence a change in behavior,…

The subject of this bulletin is achieving better discipline through the use of contingency management. Part 1 discusses the basic beliefs of behaviorists and the basic principles of behaviorism. It states that all human beings do what they do in pursuit of some variety or combination of tangible reinforcers, social reinforcers, and intangible…

Development of the Child Raising Opinion Questionnaire to assess the attitudes of Mountain-Plains parents toward children was undertaken due to the inadequacy of other instruments in this area. Important factors in the development of the instrument were the parenting attitude of acceptance/rejection, the ability to perceive the child's…

This chapter deals with due process in student suspensions, including the implications of the Goss v. Lopez decision. In the Goss case, the Court essentially said that prior to the imposition of any suspension an informal hearing must occur in which the student charged has the opportunity to present his side of the controversy and thereupon…

This statement of student rights summarizes Monterey Peninsula College policy regarding classroom conduct, student records, student affairs, off-campus freedom, and discipline procedures. It was adapted from the text of the "Joint Statement on Student Rights, Freedom." The types of misconduct for which students are subject to college…

An informal survey of colleges and universities was conducted in the Summer of 1967 to ascertain what positions they had taken with regard to the use of drugs by students. All of the institutions involved reported that they were aware of an urgent need to develop approaches for dealing with the problem, and were attempting to acquaint students…

In this paper several court decisions relating to student rights and privileges are considered, particularly in the light of student unrest that is now extending to junior colleges. An individual's rights are guaranteed and protected by the federal Constitution which states that: no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due…

This illustrated book was written to encourage and share with teachers the means to develop independent learners in their classrooms. It is suggested that teachers start learning activities by scheduling a daily period when children may freely use materials and interact with others. One section of the book is devoted to organizing and helping…

The 24 case studies presented are built around common classroom and coordination problems encountered by student teachers in distributive education (DE) during their field experiences. Each case is presented in a brief narrative or dialogue form and is followed by several questions designed to promote an analysis of the problem and suggest…

To meet the needs of society today, universities must balance their traditional specialty education with interdisciplinary approaches based on a problem-solving orientation. Utilizing this viewpoint, some of the issues and/or problems facing universities in promoting interdisciplinary education are analyzed in this speech. Issues which may retard…

This report contains 4 addresses given at a conference on higher education and the law in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and includes 2 supporting documents. The first address: "An Overview of the Interaction," by Richard A. Thigpen, discusses: (1) how constitutional standards are made applicable to public and private institutions of higher education; (2)…

The selected annotations in this bibliography were compiled from articles in college and university law reviews and journals, other specialized law journals and from educational journals and periodicals. Topics covered include student discipline, academic freedom, faculty tenure, political speakers, collective bargaining, student rights, financial…