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Ornstein, Allan C. – 1974
This book is divided into four chapters. The first examines the concepts and issues related to understanding social systems and how the schools can be viewed as a social system. The differences between centralization and decentralization, as well as systems-analysis and management-control approaches are also explored. In the next chapter, we are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Community Involvement, Decentralization
Kaplan, Irving; And Others – 1970
This volume is one of a series of handbooks designed to be useful to military, and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries. The emphasis is on objective description of the nation's present society and the kinds of possible…
Descriptors: African History, Area Studies, Economics, Education
Blutstein, Howard I.; And Others – 1970
This volume is one of 62 in a series of handbooks designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries. This handbook seeks to supply an integrated and comprehensive exposition and analysis of the entire…
Descriptors: American History, Area Studies, Courts, Developing Nations
Hendricks, Glen L. – 1971
As the size and diversity of the Hispano-American population of New York City has increased, a new tripartite pluralistic cultural situation based upon categories both physical and cultural has been emerging. A politicization of ethnicity is being played out in New York City schools. While Puerto Ricans are legal citizens of the United States,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cultural Pluralism
National Committee on United States-China Relations, New York, NY. – 1971
Three years after the publication of the first "Annotated Guide to Modern China" this second expanded bibliography of books and periodicals has been published. The intended readership is the non-specialist who desires an introduction to modern China. One section gives other reference works for more extensive study. Several others are…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Asian History, Chinese Culture
McPhee, William N.; And Others – 1972
This is a final report, for administrative purposes, of studies to be published in the general category of mathematical theory of social groups, with emphasis on the large groups typical of educational communities. Since the study of the large and complicated structures of high school and college communities is difficult by purely empirical…
Descriptors: Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Group Norms, Group Structure
Markley, O. W.; And Others – 1972
This research note combines three papers that suggest roles for the National Institute of Education (NIE). The first paper concludes that the work sponsored by the NIE should depart from past educational research in two ways: (1) educational issues should be examined in the context of broad societal issues and problems and (2) exploration of those…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Development, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Berry, Jack – Community College Frontiers, 1979
Reports on a part of a series of television programs, entitled "Man and Environment," that was developed at the City College of Chicago, that sought to reveal the anthropological and ecological makeup of a small suburban community, Broadview, through interviews with town residents. Discusses possible effects on the community. (MB)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Human Geography
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Walsham, Geoff; And Others – Information Technology for Development, 1988
Describes two research projects in the United Kingdom to illustrate a social systems approach to the evaluation of computer-based information systems which encompasses organizational, social, and political factors. The relevance of this research to a developing country context is discussed and implications are drawn for research, education, and…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Needs, Evaluation Criteria
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Pfadt, Al – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This article describes how a social systems approach to psychopathology can be applied to treatment goals in group psychotherapy with mentally retarded individuals. Treatment models blending behavioral and psychodynamic interventions are covered. Suggestions for maintaining cost-effective linkages between mental health and mental retardation…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Modification, Cost Effectiveness
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McLeroy, Kenneth R.; And Others – Journal of Health Education, 1993
Highlights some ethical issues that have begun to receive attention in health education and argues for greater emphasis on ethical dimensions in public health policies. Using selected moral principles, the article examines issues of individual responsibility, biases in interventions, societal obsessions with health, and the role of the health…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Ecological Factors, Ethics
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Wehman, Therese – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1998
Considers two factors that have influenced the level of parent/family participation in early intervention services: (1) an increased focus on families in both state and federal early intervention legislation and the incorporation of social systems frameworks for better understanding of child, parent, and (2) family functioning. Also summarizes…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Family Programs
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Sefa Dei, George J.; Asgharzadeh, Alireza – Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, 2001
Introduces the anti-colonial discourse as a guiding framework for forming alliances and partnerships among anti-oppression activists in academia and the larger society. Asserts that the anti-colonial discourse seeks to reclaim a new independent space strongly connected to other theories, such as Marxist, feminist, and deconstructionist. Describes…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Colonialism, Critical Theory, Feminist Criticism
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Lora-Kayambazinthu, Edrinnie – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2003
Minority languages in both industrialised and developing countries have seldom been considered as objects of serious study. The discussion recognises that linguistic minorities are not homogeneous in nature. Apart from their sociolinguistic settings, they also differ in their historical, cultural, and natural backgrounds which makes it difficult…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Economic Development, Language Planning, Linguistics
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Plum, Catherine – History of Education Quarterly, 2005
In this article, the author discusses how the municipal authorities eliminate the names of all schools in eastern Berlin in 1990 to formalize the spontaneous purge of school identities. She added, that the renaming of primary and secondary schools at this historical juncture provides a unique vantage point for examining what the democratic turning…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Organizational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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