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Climbing Toward Self-Esteem: Ropes Program Provides Catalyst For Personal Growth, Kimberly J. Sawtelle

Kimberly J. Sawtelle

Ropes program offers at-risk youth participating in Options, the SAD 46's alternative education program, an opportunity to participate in trust, self-esteem, and team-building exercises at Camp Winnebago.

Student Perceptions Of The Relative Importance Of Selected Attributes Of An Institution Of Higher Education: A Conjoint Approach, John Fraas, Ronald Paugh

John W. Fraas

A study investigated the relative importance of certain college attributes to the freshmen of Ashland University, a small, private university in Ohio. Five institutional characteristics were examined: availability and variety of financial aid, dorm life (living conditions and food quality), quality of education (quality of teaching, career relevance of the curriculum, and overall institutional reputation), student-faculty relationships and interaction (availability of faculty to students, faculty promotion of student development, and degree of faculty advice given to students on personal as well as academic matters), and campus social life.

Conjoint Analysis: A Study Of The Effects Of Using Person Variables, John Fraas, Isadore Newman

John W. Fraas

Three statistical techniques -- conjoint analysis, a multiple linear regression model, and a multiple linear regression model with a surrogate person variable -- were used to estimate the relative importance of five university attributes for students in the process of selecting a college

Designing Learning For Adults, John A. Henschke Edd

John A. Henschke

At-Risk Youth In Suburban Nebraska, John W. Hill

John W. Hill

No abstract provided.

Critical Pedagogy And Chinese Education, Irving Epstein

Irving Epstein

No abstract provided.

Play In The Kindergarten Curriculum, Gayle Mindes

Gayle Mindes

Evaluation Of The In-Service Education Ordinance And Programs For Industrial Vocational Teacher In The Republic Of China, John A. Henschke Edd

John A. Henschke

This study inquires the attitude of administrators and teachers in the republic of China industrial vocational school toward Inservice Education Ordinance enacted in 1985. It also recommended that adult learning theories and strategies be adapted for implementing inservice education for industrial vocational teachers.

Use Of Appropriate Learning Techniques For Teaching Adult Residents In A Correctional Setting, John A. Henschke Edd

John A. Henschke

There is a high degree of educational need in a correctional setting. In one states, 60% of the total number incarcerated are unable to read and write. The increase of that population is of some concern. In 1925, state and federal prisons held 79 people per one-hundred thousand inmates, and in 1985 the number had risen to 201 per one-hundred thousand. If adult education has as one of its goals a contribution toward enhancing the quality of individual lives and society in general, then the way in which correctional residents are taught is important. During the 1989 winter semester, a …

Identifying Appropriate Adult Educator Practice: Beliefs, Feelings And Behaviors, John A. Henschke Edd

John A. Henschke

The literature of adult education provides a broad spectrum of characteristics necessary for adult educators to practice in this emerging field. It was the purpose of this study to take some major steps toward developing an assessment instrument indicating the beliefs, feelings and behaviors adult educators need to possess. The instrument emphasizes the teacher's personal and contextual identification, actions and competencies in the classroom, and philosophical beliefs for guiding practice. Two major groups totaling six hundred adult educators were used to test and refine the instrument: faculty in an Adult Basic Education/General Education Development/English as a Second Language Program in …