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Inner-City Education: Are We Failing?, William H. Dreier, John M. Earls
Inner-City Education: Are We Failing?, William H. Dreier, John M. Earls
Faculty Publications
These collected papers and reports; many taken from the Professional Education Seminar at the University of Northern Iowa; concentrate on the failure of inner-city education. A number of essays attempt to analyze the role of teachers; administrators; and communities in the failure of inner-city education. Also; there are several field reports on specific cities. Teacher preparation for working with disadvantaged black students in an urban setting is discussed at length. (Editor/JW)
Foreign Studies: Teacher's Guide, James Hantula
Foreign Studies: Teacher's Guide, James Hantula
Faculty Publications
Foreign Studies; an elective course for junior and senior students; is a study of selected Asian cultures; including the nations of China; Japan; and India; and of African cultures; including the nations of Nigeria; Ethiopia; and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Asia and Africa are studied from the American cultural viewpoint with emphasis upon the three concepts of culture; ideology; and the comparison of traditional and modern society. This teacher's guide is divided into four main sections. 1) An outline of content is presented from which many generalizations are developed. These generalizations provide the framework for the development of …
The Effectiveness Of College-Level Instruction In Freshman Composition. Final Report, Ross M. Jewell, John Cowley, Gordon Rhum
The Effectiveness Of College-Level Instruction In Freshman Composition. Final Report, Ross M. Jewell, John Cowley, Gordon Rhum
Faculty Publications
This final report of a two-stage project describes an effort to determine whether students receiving instruction in freshman English composition perform better on standardized tests than students who do not receive similar instruction; when both groups are in college the same length of time. The second phase of the experiment detailed in the report involves 1;040 matched pairs of students from the University of Northern Iowa; the University of Iowa; Kent State University; the University of Colorado; and Northern Illinois University. Using the Cooperative English Tests: English Expression (COOP); the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) English Composition Test; and a …