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Eyler, Janet – 1978
A model is proposed and tested which suggests that students who come to school with more positive attitudes toward the political system generalize these attitudes to the school as a substitute political system. In turn, they seek out involvement in extracurricular and governance activities in the high school. To test this model, two attitude…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Classroom Research, Curriculum Design, Extracurricular Activities
Long, Samuel – 1977
The paper develops a theory of political alienation based upon interactions among three antecedent conditions. Political alienation is interpreted as combining feelings of inefficacy, discontent, cynicism, estrangement, and hopelessness. The factors evaluated for their contribution to political alienation are: (1) critical perceptions of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Data Analysis, Evaluation
Tolles, Robert E. – 1971
This report describes some of the major efforts undertaken by the Ford Foundation to provide decent housing. Their approach to the problem is said to have evolved through three interlocking stages: increasing the supply of housing through support for technical advisory services to non-profit groups engaged in building low and moderate-rental…
Descriptors: Facility Improvement, Financial Support, Foundation Programs, Housing Deficiencies
Hope, John, III, Ed. – 1976
The history of school desegregation in Prince George's County from 1953-1973 is documented in this report, presenting a detailed chronology and analysis of the forces and figures that affect realization of children's constitutional rights. Chapters include: an overview of Prince George's County, a racial profile of the schools 1953-64, HEW's…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Bus Transportation
Flax, Michael J. – 1972
This is a revised and expanded version of a previous report on urban indicators which introduces new indicators for 4 of the 14 quality of life categories covered in the previous report. It updates indicators for 9 of the 14 categories and employs the indicators to develop charts and tables which use the Washington, D.C. area as a illustrative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Support, Crime, Data Collection
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs. – 2001
This document examines employment and social policy in the European Union in 1999-2001. The document begins with an interview with Anna Diamantopoulou, the European Union's commissioner for employment and social affairs and the paper "Balancing Jobs, Cohesion, and Productivity" by Odile Quintin, the European Union's director-general for…
Descriptors: Coordination, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment
Green, Andy; Preston, John; Sabates, Ricardo – 2003
The effects of education on social cohesion at the societal level were examined. First, a theoretical analysis and critique of models in the existing international and comparative literature on education, social capital, and social cohesion was conducted. The analysis resulted in development of a new hypothetical model relating skills distribution…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Crime, Developed Nations
Feinstein, Leon; Hammond, Cathie; Woods, Laura; Preston, John; Bynner, John – 2003
Researchers investigated effects of adult learning (AL) on a range of measures of health and social capital and cohesion. Data from the National Child Development Study relating to almost 10,000 adults born in Britain in 1958 were used, with focus on changes in their lives between age 33 in 1991 and 42 in 2000. Findings indicated AL played an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Attitude Change, Citizen Participation
Benton, Hope – 1996
This book for children (ages 8 to 14) and the accompanying teacher/parent guide present the story of a young girl (who happens to have a physical disability and uses a wheelchair), her friends, and their experiences at summer camp as they search for a favorite horse. Information on the disability is presented subtly and incidentally to encourage…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attitude Change, Books, Childrens Literature
Vandercook, Terri; Medwetz, Laura; Montie, Jo; Taylor, Pam; Scaletta, Kurtis – 1997
This curriculum guide is intended to increase elementary students' awareness of their own and other people's perspectives, resulting in more open attitudes and flexible responses to diversity. Unique features include reflective questions for teachers, a focus on communicating content to families, and planned inclusion of students with…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cooperation, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Olesen, Henning Salling – 2001
Adult and continuing education are undergoing simultaneous processes of institutionalization (adding schools for adults) and deinstitutionalization (broadening the scope of interventions and focusing on learning processes inside and outside schools). Lifelong learning assumes that learning takes place in all spheres of life, including the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Citizenship Education, Continuing Education
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Public Welfare, Harrisburg. – 1999
This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of a 4-year federally funded project designed to provide effective practices in the delivery of educational services to Pennsylvania children and youth with deafblindness from birth through 21 years of age and to their families and service providers. Outcomes of the project included: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children, Deaf Blind
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Brown, William H. – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1997
Describes historical attitudes about the education of children with developmental delays by classifying the trends into four time periods: (1) forget and hide; (2) screen and segregate; (3) identify and help; and (4) include and support. Provides contemporary information about early childhood inclusion in the least restrictive environment…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attitude Change, Developmental Delays, Developmental Disabilities
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Hilliard, Asa G. – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Discusses the overlooked problems of privilege and oppression inherent in the American educational system. Argues that a national political commitment to a truly democratic society is required before inequity can be eliminated in education and all social institutions. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Education, Civil Rights, Concept Formation, Democratic Values
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Laden, Berta Vigil – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1998
Offers a case study of an organizational model for inviting Latino students into California community colleges and reports on the positive outcomes. Notes the ability of celebratory socialization to create bridges between education and the community. Contains 22 references. (YKH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Case Studies, Community Colleges
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