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A Survey Of Elementary School Principals Attitudes Regarding The Effectiveness Of The Association Of Washington School Principals In Professional Negotiations, David Holmes Adams

All Master's Theses

This study was made to gain information pertinent to assessing the effectiveness of the Association of Washington School Principals in meeting the needs of its members who are elementary school principals. The study indicated that a majority of the respondents felt that Association was doing an adequate job. However, a significant relationship was found to exist between principals from small districts and the feeling of inadequate representation.

Due to the newness of this Association, it is recommended that a similar study be done in the future.

A Study Of The Middle School Principal And Principals' Associations, Laverne James Burlingame

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to discover which professional organization structure would best provide optimum conditions for Washington State's middle school principals to develop the middle school concept.

A questionnaire was used to determine if middle school principals desired the formation of a separate middle school principals' association. These principals indicated that they did not desire such an association. By majority, the middle school principals chose the Washington Association of Junior High & Middle School Principals to represent them.

Nongraded Education: A Modified Plan For Implementation In The Elementary School, Betty S. Cowan

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Nongraded education differs theoretically from graded education in administrative and curricular design. The nongraded program responds to individual abilities and achievement, and groups accordingly. The graded school is organized on the basis of age and group expectation, and prescribes curriculum which equates with grade level requirements rather than ability. This project presents selected details of both graded and nongraded education and a modified plan for implementation of a nongraded program.

An Experimental Study On The Effects Of The Study Skills Course Learn How To Study On Academic Achievement At The Oblong Junior High School As Measured By The S.R.A. Achievement Test, William S. Brown

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Faculty Attitude Assessment: A Tool For Media Services Planning, Douglas J. Elwell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Black Content In Schools: A Model Of Black Content In A School Of Social Work's Curriculum, Dorothy L. Baker, Alexander Richberg, Isaac White

Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of this study is, in general, to inform schools of social work of a method to include Black content within their curricula, and in particular to sensitize the faculty at Portland State University to the importance of including Black content into the school's curriculum.

In this research design, a select population was used as well as a specific body of knowledge from the Human Behavior and Social Environment sequence to develop a model to introduce Black content in the social work curriculum.

Population Education Through The Curriculum, Pat U. Boquiren

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Bilingual Bicultural Educational Civil Rights:The May 25th Memorandum And Oppressive School Practices., James V. Gambone

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This dissertation presents an interdisciplinary approach to the area of educational civil rights and bilingual/bicultural education.

Chapter 1 provides a compilation of legal precedents that can be used in challenging existing oppressive school practices. The second chapter deals more specifically with the reality of oppression. Words and formulations in Washington take on new dimensions when they reach Beeville, Texas. The third chapter examines the goals and definitions of current bilingual/bicultural programs. There is the strong suggestion that these programs will continue to be ineffective as long as they remain within the definitional framework established by the oppressor. The fourth chapter …

Child Language: Topicalization And Nominal-Pronominal Reduplication As A Function Of Language Universals, Language Development, And Language Situation, Eleanor Greet Cotton

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Nominal-pronominal reduplication, a frequently mentioned but seldom studied linguistic phenomenon often associated with lower class and minority group speech, is in actuality not a rarity but quite common in language worldwide. This phenomenon, exemplified by structures such as "My brother, he plays football" and "He plays football, my brother," exists in child language as a function of language universals, language development, and language situation. One of the relevant language universals, that of the process of topicalization, requires analysis beyond the sentence level and is commonly referred to as a speaker's choosing a topic of discourse and then commenting upon this …

A Cross-Cultural Study Of Conformity In Americans And Chinese., Lily C. Huang

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The present investigation intended to study conformity of Chinese and Americans in several different situations through three independent experiments conducted in Taipei, Taiwan and in Albuquerque, New Mexico, based on the paradigm adapted from imitation studies. From historical and anthropological analyses of Chinese and American cultures, as ·well as from more recent experimental studies, there were reasons to expect Chinese to be more conforming and their behavior more dependent upon environmental influences. Experiment One studied the effects of a model's task specific competence and general status on adult Ss' conformity in a survey-taking field situation. The results showed that Chinese …

Becoming A School Administrator:Socialization Processes During The Teaching Years., William Dumont Greenfield Jr.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study examined socialization processes which occurred during the teaching years of administrative candidates, Within the overarching conceptualization of candidacy as a process of role learning, the five lower-order concepts of anticipatory socialization, interpersonal orientation, perspective, situational adjustment, and organizational space were utilized to clarify phenomena occurring during the candidacy period of the administrative career.

A Computer-Based Simulation Model For Public School Finance In New Mexico, Lawrence L. Huxel

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The two major purposes of this study were: (1) to adapt the National Educational Finance Project's computer based simulation model for public school finance to New Mexico, and (2) to demonstrate the potential usefulness of the adapted model in the study of New Mexico public school finance.

Sculpture For The Secondary Level, Joanne Beckett Peekema

Dissertations and Theses

The goal of this thesis was to illustrate that secondary students, when motivated to express themselves, can effectively apply to their own work those elements of design relevant to sculptural form.

This unit sought, first, to develop in secondary students a knowledge of sculptural techniques for handling terracotta; second, this unit sought to inspire or motivate the secondary students by utilizing a subject of great interest to them, their own images; third, this unit sought to bring together the students' understanding of the material and their motivation for self expression -- to transform their ideas into three-dimensional works of art; …

Problems Of Assessing Bilingualism In Children Entering School., John Wesley Hollomon

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Recently, much emphasis has been placed on bilingual education, but little has been placed on the problems inherent in the assessment of the bilingual communicative competence of children at the time they enter school. It was often assumed that, because a Spanish surnamed child came from a home in which either or both parents spoke to him in Spanish, he entered school speaking both Spanish and English, perhaps, more Spanish than English. Since the causes and effects of bilingual schooling are to be found outside the school, it was important to take these into consideration. The extent to which the …

No. 81 1973 April

International Journal for Business Education

SIEC Historical Documents

The Bulletin, Moorhead State College Graduate Catalog, 1972-74 (1973), Moorhead State College

Graduate Bulletins (Catalogs)

No abstract provided.

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1973-1975, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1973-1975 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and a summary about its extension division.

Teaching A Foreign Language In The Country: The Non-Native Speaker In The Country Where The Language Is Spoken, Georgia Lee Martin

MA TESOL Collection

This project concerns itself with the psychological realities of a non-native teaching a foreign language in the country where the language is spoken. Included are my personal reactions and experiences of eight weeks spent teaching an intensive course of Spanish to North American university students of anthropology in Silvia Cauca, Colombia. Various aspects such as advantages, disadvantages, teaching modifications because of the fact that one is a non-native speaker, personal feelings and student reactions to the fact that they have a non-native teacher are touched upon. The reactions and feelings of other teachers who have been in the same teaching …

Solid Casting In Aluminum And Concrete Using The Multiple-Piece Plaster Mold: A Method Of Introducing The Adolescent Student To The Indirect Method Of Sculpture, Donald Leroy Sandblast

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis deals with an investigation of the feasibility of using the multiple-piece plaster mold as a vehicle for teaching the indirect method of sculpture to the adolescent student. It is based upon the assumption that the students involved in the processes described will have had previous experience with the tools, techniques, and materials to be used. The investigation centered around the ability of the students to express themselves through the development of a sculptural form. The teacher's role was to assist the student identifying, expressing, and evaluating his individual goals against those goals established by the teacher. Instructional goals …

The Vocational Preference Inventory As A Measure Of Probable Teaching Effectiveness, Landon A. Fitch

All Master's Theses

This paper is a report of a study investigating the potential of the Vocational Preference Inventory as an instrument to predict the probable effectiveness of students preparing to be teachers. The Vocational Preference Inventory was given to effective teachers and to student teachers who were rated most and least effective by their college supervisors. The resultant profiles from the Vocational Preference Inventory scores were compared. The profiles and the profile interpretations of the effective teachers and the most effective student teachers were much more similar than those of the effective teachers and the least effective student teachers.

It is strongly …

A Thesis On The Formulation Of A Manual On Education Development/Change, Howard Bertram Taylor

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

The Pedagogic Training Of A Law Faculty, Frank R. Strong

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of The Science Education Program For Perspective Secondary Science Teachers At The University Of New Mexico., Dixie James Jones

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This investigation was a case study for the purpose of comparing the science education program for prospective secondary teachers at The University of New Mexico with selected guidelines established by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) and published by the AAAS in a 1971 pamphlet entitled Guidelines and Standards for the Education of Secondary School Teachers of Science and Mathematics. The guidelines dealt with student competencies in 1) understanding of science, 2) the processes of science, 3) the history of science, 4) the metric …

Black Studies And The Enhancement Of Self-Concept As It Relates To Achievement Level In Negro High School Students, David L. Fisher

Dissertations

This study had as its primary purpose the investigation of the effect of black studies courses upon the self-concept of Negro high school students, Specifically, it was intended to determine if selfconcept enhancement followed completion of black studies courses and if this enhancement effect was further related to prior academic achievement, A secondary purpose was to determine if self-concept enhancement was related to the sex of the student, There were two subsidiary purposes. One was to see if different black studies courses had different effects upon the self-concept of the students and the other was to determine if the four …

A Survey Of The Recommendations Of Selected Teachers For The Preparation Of Teachers For Junior High And Middle Schools., Jeanne Buress Hubert

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of the study was to survey teachers currently employed in junior high or middle schools to determine their recommendations regarding the undergraduate and graduate education of teachers who wish to teach in the middle grades, and to develop a model program derived from their recommendations, as well as the recommendations of principals and authorities in the field.

The Effects Of Positive And Negative Teacher Behavior On Student Rating Of Teachers, George Smith Ticknor

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Some Aspects Of Navajo Orthography, Wayne Stanley Holm

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Navajo has been written, in various forms, for more than a century, but practical orthographies have been available for less than fifty years.

Navajo literacy programs have been conducted in the past by various interest groups, but the current effort differs from its predecessors in that it has the support of a growing number of young Navajo educators. Vowel length, tone, ar1id nasality are phonemic in Navajo. The current practical orthography makes use of doubled vowels to mark length, an acute accent to mark high tone, and a cedilla or "nasal hook" to mark nasality. The orthography makes it fairly …

A Writing Seminar For Speakers Of Black English, Patricia Ann Geuder

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the Problem

The problem was to incorporate the findings of sociolinguistic research in Black English into a writing seminar for lower socio-economic Black students entering an institution of higher learning. This seminar was to be linguistically and pedagogically sound, efficiently structured, and motivationally effective with the result that the written dialect of Standard English would be comprehended and produced during the first term of each student's entry into the institution. The purpose of the study was to investigate the efficacy of the use of contrastive analysis methodology as a means of reducing both the kinds and numbers of …

Multicultural Curriculum Training With Pre-Student Teachers In Language Arts., Martha Weidman Hubble

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Despite serious attempts to increase the educational success of minority groups, culturally diverse learners continue to fail to acquire the educational skills that allow for comforts afforded the majority culture. With stress on developing native and English language skills, important cultural aspects of minority groups' heritages have not been the primary concern. This study relates to two problems in multicultural education1 (1) the inability of teachers to relate to and understand. the culturally diverse learner, and (2) the dearth of teaching materials based on the minority group members' cultural heritages.

Randomly selected from 29 secondary education pre-student teachers in language …

Replication: A Teaching Technique And Its Impact On Student Open-Closedmindedness, Dale H. Decker

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The problem for the study was the lack of research on the effect of the empirical replication technique on student closed-mindedness. The replication technique requires the student to repeat, or replicate, studies originally conducted by social scientists. In this sense, replication is roughly analogous for the social sciences to what laboratory experiments are for the natural sciences. Additionally, the relationship between college student adjustment-maladjustment and open-closed-mindedness were explored while controlling for sex and academic achievement.

The control group (N=61) attended two lectures and a discussion section per week which dealt with introductory social science materials. The experimental group (N=85) was …