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A Proposed Program For Improving School-Community Relations In The Okanogan School District, James Willard Derting Jul 1965

A Proposed Program For Improving School-Community Relations In The Okanogan School District, James Willard Derting

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to recognize the need for an effective school-community relations program; (2) to review, through professional literature, the methods by which schools in various communities have improved their public relations program; (3) propose a program that could be used in Okanogan School District, and to arrive at a summary and certain concluding statements.


A Proposed Improvement In The Enumclaw Senior High School Instructional Materials Center, Carroll Patrick Gorg Aug 1964

A Proposed Improvement In The Enumclaw Senior High School Instructional Materials Center, Carroll Patrick Gorg

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to develop an instructional materials center for Enumclaw Senior High School which will centralize all instructional materials, serve to improve the learning environment, and be adaptable to trends in education such as individual study.


Coaching And Training Of Junior College Distance Runners, Eldon Claude Odle Aug 1964

Coaching And Training Of Junior College Distance Runners, Eldon Claude Odle

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to investigate the theories, techniques, and methods of training and coaching of distance runners. To do this, the ideas advanced by the leading authorities in the field will be investigated and an attempt will be made to formulate a usable program for the development of college freshman and sophomore distance runners.


The Superintendent's Role In Public Relations, Charles E. Evans Aug 1963

The Superintendent's Role In Public Relations, Charles E. Evans

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to (1) recognize the merit of a public relations program, (2) investigate the role of the superintendent in the program, and (3) analyze some of the techniques involved in supporting such a program.


Anxiety And Fear In Personality Structure, Robert Robert Mickelson Aug 1963

Anxiety And Fear In Personality Structure, Robert Robert Mickelson

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem to be studied is the effect of anxiety and fear on the personality. Concern with this problem stems from the fact that on many occasions anxiety and fear blocks a person's free approach to experience and often anxiety and fear prevent one from building sound interpersonal and intergroup relations.


The Public School Instructional Materials Center, Milton Robert Christison Jun 1963

The Public School Instructional Materials Center, Milton Robert Christison

Graduate Student Research Papers

This study will review literature concerning the concept of the Instructional Material Center in the individual public school. It will seek answers to the following questions: tlhat is the origin of such a concept? What are the arguments for and against such a concept? Is it possible to list the facilities and services needed in a school's Instructional Materials Center? What are the relationships between each school's Instructional Materials Center and instructional materials units at other levels?


Ways In Which The Elementary School Can Improve And Safeguard The Mental Health Of Children, Caroline L. Yock Aug 1962

Ways In Which The Elementary School Can Improve And Safeguard The Mental Health Of Children, Caroline L. Yock

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to obtain information concerning (1) the meaning of mental health as it relates to elementary school children, (2) the relationship between mental health and learning, and (3) ways in which the elementary classroom teacher can affect mental health.


A Civil Defense Plan For Jason Lee Junior High School, Norman C. Geer Jul 1962

A Civil Defense Plan For Jason Lee Junior High School, Norman C. Geer

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was (1) to review the current literature on Civil Defense drills and practices and (2) to incorporate an efficient Civil Defense Plan for Jason Lee Junior High School, Tacoma, Washington.


Current Coaching Trends In Track And Field, Charles Cecil Baker Aug 1961

Current Coaching Trends In Track And Field, Charles Cecil Baker

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this paper to collect and present developments since 1956 in coaching, technique of performance, and equipment in most of the major track and field events.


Development Of Economic Principles For The Secondary Schools: A Review Of The Literature, Charles John Guntley Jr. Aug 1961

Development Of Economic Principles For The Secondary Schools: A Review Of The Literature, Charles John Guntley Jr.

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study to (1) ascertain how and what was currently being studied in the area of economics in the public schools, (2) survey some of the methods suggested as fulfilling the need for economic education, and (3) attempt to compare the efficacy of teaching economics as a separate discipline and as an integral part of other social studies courses.


Factors Influencing The Choice And Purchase Of School Building Sites, Dale F. Krueger Aug 1961

Factors Influencing The Choice And Purchase Of School Building Sites, Dale F. Krueger

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem was to study the selection of school building sites and relate the findings. The author wished to (1) discover the factors involved, ( 2) the criteria for, and ( 3) procedures employed in purchasing school sites.


An Honors Suppliment To The Curriculum In American History For West Valley High School Juniors, Nell Caroline Paschen Aug 1961

An Honors Suppliment To The Curriculum In American History For West Valley High School Juniors, Nell Caroline Paschen

Graduate Student Research Papers

In a search for ways of perpetuating essential values in a free society, citizens and educators have come to realize that their greatest resource lies in the talents of young people. Leadership of society must be developed from the excellent minds of students in the schools. This leadership will be nurtured by inducing an insight into human relationships and by giving an understanding of the background of cherished American institutions. This work is based on the conviction that teachers of social studies are conscious of an obligation to fill the needs of gifted students for enrichment in breadth of subject …


Federal Aid To Education, Wallace Loe Jul 1961

Federal Aid To Education, Wallace Loe

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem was to study the area of federal aid to education from the historical point of view. The writer wished to answer these questions: (1) How long have we had federal aid to education? (2) What kinds of federal aid to education do we have?


An Investigation Of The Use Of Television To Improve School-Community Relations, Don Erwin Patterson Jul 1961

An Investigation Of The Use Of Television To Improve School-Community Relations, Don Erwin Patterson

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to determine how school-public relations could be improved through the use of commerclal television and (2) to suggest a program of action.


The Organization And Administration Of The Noon-Time Program At Pasco High School, Russell A. Wiseman Jul 1955

The Organization And Administration Of The Noon-Time Program At Pasco High School, Russell A. Wiseman

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to establish a program that would enable Pasco High School students to more adequately make use or noon-hour leisure and to facilitate their wiser use of leisure time in the future. To more clearly picture the program organized and to understand the historical material, various terms were introduced tor clarification so as to discriminate concepts and ideas advanced by various authors. Education terminology in many cases differed, but the intention of the writers was generally the same. The ideas of the study were framed in light of those statements.