Public relations and fund-raising are those functions of management which engender public understanding and support for the agency's aims and services. These two functions are closely interrelated in that the agency's public relations effectiveness influences its ability to raise funds and, conversely, its fund-raising operations have a direct…

There appears to be a general realization in the Southwest that the fact that English is not the mother tongue for large numbers of American Indian children has implications for the method and materials by which English should be taught to these children. TESL (teaching English as a second language) methods are generally considered superior but,…

This document discusses techniques for teaching Shakespeare at the secondary level. It is suggested, by way of innovation, that a teacher working with a Shakespearean drama (1) ask each of his students to select and bring to class a magazine or newspaper picture of a contemporary person (e.g., an athlete, a politician, a police officer, a nurse…

The Pupil Observations Survey Report (POSR), a 38-item rating scale, was administered to pupils of 26 female student teachers in secondary schools. Social class origin of the teachers was assessed using the short form of the McGuire-White Index of Social Status. Pupil social class was operationally defined in terms of the social class of the…

This intergroup institute was comprised of thirty secondary school teachers of the City of Chester, Pennsylvania who were chosen because of the need for teachers to be trained in the attitudes and skills most useful for desegregation, so that they may be change agents among the faculty; others needed assistance because of special problems in their…

This essay attempts to assist the educational administrator with race relations problems. By tracing the legal implications, judicial support for school desegregation is placed in perspective. Potential financial incentives for communities desegregating their school system are then discussed. Illustrations of communities' transportation and school…

The nature of the relationship between a teacher's knowledge of certain principles of adult teaching, his application of those principles in classroom practice, and the resultant level of satisfaction reported by his adult students was studied. Agroup of 1,596 adults in 100 university classes were the subjects. A theoretical framework adapted from…

In this program, the courses "Psychology of Learning" and "Principles of Teaching" have been combined and there has been a pooling of professional talent in structuring the program components. In the first phase of the program, the student observes the child in many experiences and concentrates on the learning act. In the second phase, the future…

The teaching of adults often presents different problems and demands from those facing teachers in primary or secondary schools. The contributions in this book provide a general text to aid and stimulate anyone teaching adults or in any way concerned with vocational or non-vocational adult education. The chapters, all compiled by experts in their…

As a result of suggestions made in approximately 10 regional inservice workshops conducted in the State of Tennessee for Adult Basic Education (ABE) personnel, three institutes were conducted to instruct participants in guidance and counseling, instructional materials, and reading. Each institute was designed as a Teacher Training Institute, and…

A self-instructional program for teaching elementary descriptive statistics was developed. The program consisted of 35 mm. slide-and-tape presentations of twenty half-hour lessons. To test the effectiveness of this approach, students majoring in elementary education were divided into four treatment groups. One group used the self-instructional…

This book is a collection of 15 original articles on the rapidly growing area of cognition. It presents seminal studies in such areas as schizophrenia, dyslexia, blindness, curriculum and teaching, child development, learning disabilities, language, problem-solving and body awareness. Some articles represent work of a pioneering nature while…

The purpose of this study was to determine if (1) kindergarten reading readiness can be enhanced by differentiated instruction in visuo-motor (V-M) skills, (2) the Gesell Developmental Placement Examination is effective for inter-class grouping, and (3) developmental growth can be accelerated with differentiated instruction in V-M skills.…

In order to apply appropriate modes of instruction based on readers' learning characteristics, including modality preferences, the diagnostician must evaluate the reading abilities of the individual pupil on tests of word recognition, psycholinguistic abilities, and learning modes. The Dolch Basic Word Test is a tool for evaluating word…

The mathematical models of this paper were developed as an outgrowth of working with the Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring project (Project CAM) which was conceived as a model and application of sampling procedures such as those used in industrial quality control techniques to educational measurement. This paper explores mathematical modeling…