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Developing A Guidance Program For Townsend High School, William T. Brickey
Developing A Guidance Program For Townsend High School, William T. Brickey
Masters Theses
Introduction: There has been some form or guidance since the earliest days of education. Guidance and education are practically inseparable since individual growth and development cannot be realized without both. The purpose of guidance is to promote individual understanding, to enable the individual to evaluate his circumstances and opportunities, and to plan his life in a way that he may better serve himself and a democratic society.
During the past few years guidance has come to occupy a prominent place in secondary education in the United States. This is apparent from the increase in the number or secondary school guidance …
Health Insurance Status Of Selected Rural Families In Sevier County, Tennessee, Willie F. Felder
Health Insurance Status Of Selected Rural Families In Sevier County, Tennessee, Willie F. Felder
Masters Theses
Expenses incurred as a result of illness or accident can be an insurmountable threat to the economic security of many families. While it is known that in Tennessee over 2,500,000 persons had some form of health insurance protection in 1962 (19, p. 27), no data are available, so far as the writer was able to ascertain, on how rural families in the state have attempted to make provision against the risk of extensive health costs.
Enrollment of selected groups of rural families in health insurance programs has been reported in a number of studies made in various sections of the …
Sociometric Tests Of Preschool Children's Preference Patterns, Margaret Elizabeth Vaughn
Sociometric Tests Of Preschool Children's Preference Patterns, Margaret Elizabeth Vaughn
Masters Theses
Introduction: Helping a child to become a socially adequate person is one of the objectives of nursery school education. The amount of acceptance or rejection a child receives from members of his peer group affects his social adjustment to the group and may carry over to his adjustment in other groups. A teacher who realizes the importance to a child of acceptance by others can guide the child toward more acceptance by the group or toward a better understanding of his position within the group. One of the ways of determining the degree of acceptance or rejection in a group …