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An Historical Study Of The Adoption Of The Fifth-Year Requirement For High School Certification In California, Calvin Richard Boyes
An Historical Study Of The Adoption Of The Fifth-Year Requirement For High School Certification In California, Calvin Richard Boyes
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
This is an historical study depicting how California came to adopt the requirement of a fifth year of preparation for secondary teachers. It is hoped that through a better understanding of such a milestone event those interested in teacher education will be able to view current educational problems with greater insight. This insight should include the knowledge that California's fifth-year requirement, though being the first in the United States, was just one of the steps in the development of better certification in this State and the nation. Through remembering how this one significant event_ the adoption of the fifth-year requirement, …
The Effect Of The Severely Mentally Retarded Child On His Family, Carolyn Mary Fowle
The Effect Of The Severely Mentally Retarded Child On His Family, Carolyn Mary Fowle
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The general purpose of this study is to attempt to determine whether or not the presence of a severely mentally retarded child has deleterious effects upon the family. The hypothesis that a retarded child tends to have a disintegrating effect upon his parents’ marriage has frequently been stated, but there has been little systematic research concerning the relationship of severely retarded children and the marital interaction patterns of their parents.
A common belief in the area of mental retardation is that the presence of a retarded child in family has an adverse effect on the other siblings. This is one …
Differences In Team And Standard Approaches To Counselor Education, Patricia Baker Mallars
Differences In Team And Standard Approaches To Counselor Education, Patricia Baker Mallars
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
It was the purpose of this study to evaluate the effectiveness of counseling by comparing results of a counseling tema approach with those of a standard counseling approach. The criterion of effective counseling was client, counselor, and supervisor satisfaction with the counseling experience. The following background questions were raised. Would the perceptions as experiences in the two counseling practicum approaches be measured as significantly different? What in both approaches would be common perceptions among the student counselor, his client, and the student counselor supervisor of what constitutes a satisfying counseling interaction? What common perceptions of the counseling experience would be …
Development Through Community Effort Of An Early Training Program For Culturally Disadvantaged Children, Rita Williams Emery
Development Through Community Effort Of An Early Training Program For Culturally Disadvantaged Children, Rita Williams Emery
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Each year children of seasonal worker who reside in the labor camps of the Patterson-Westley area enter kindergarten unable to learn. They are disadvantaged by comparison with children from the middle-class homes in the community. The organization and development of Del Puerto School for Pre-Kindergarten Children was a community effort to alleviate some of the cultural deprivation experienced by the children.