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A Study Of Some University Residence Hall Coordinators' Attitudes Toward Homosexuality, Ann Renee Grober

Graduate Research Papers

Homosexuality has been in existence in many societies for many years. Ridicule and intolerance were generally expressed toward those who expressed their preference for or practice of it. Until recently, homosexuality has been considered almost everything from a mental illness to a pathological problem. As said by Kenneth Plummer (1982): Until the 197O 1 s, to talk of becoming a homosexual was to talk of etiological factors: chromosomes and heredity, strong mothers and and weak fathers, Oedipal failure and faulty conditioning--these, and many others, have been variously invoked as the cause for homosexuality. Changes in attitudes and beliefs regarding homosexuality …

Non-Verbal Components Of Assertive Behavior Used By School Administrators, Sandra Mitchell Woods

Graduate Research Papers

Assertive communication is the total message that is being sent or received between two or more people (Cooper, 1979). That total message consists of the spoken word and the non-spoken form of communication. Assertive nonverbal communicati_on, often referred to as NVC, has a source and a receiver and like the word communication; NVC has a wide range of definitions. One definition that seems to summarize many authors'. views is "Those attributes or actions of humans, other than the use of words themselves, which socially share meaning and are intentionally sent or interpreted as intentional as consciously ,sent or consciously received, …

National Educational Reviews: Implications For Speech Educators, Mary Bozik

Iowa Journal of Communication

One of the most noticeable trends in education has been the recent proliferation of educational reviews. The reviews are a result of a concern for educational excellence and have in turn caused a greater concern for the achievement of a quality education for all students. This article will briefly summarize a sample of the review findings and explore the implications of these findings for speech teachers.

1985 Old Gold, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the University of Northern Iowa.

A Comparison Of Selection Procedures For Transition Room Placements, Joyce Warren

Graduate Research Papers

This study seeks to identify and compare procedures that can be used to distinguish between students who are, and those who are not, ready and mature enough to enter a regular first grade. Kindergarten teachers' recommendations and individual children's test scores will be collected and analyzed. A follow-up first grade evaluation based upon teacher recommendations, test scores, and individual evaluations will be used to check earlier predictions.

Northern Iowa Softball 1985, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--UNI's Senior Leadership
--Quick Facts
--General Information
--Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
--Women's Softball Coach
--The University of Northern Iowa
--The Outlook
--Head Coach Meredith Bakley
--Assistant Coach Dr. Gene Bruhn
--A Short History
--Facilities
--Team Photo
--1985 Roster
--1984 Final Northern Iowa Softball Statistics (23-22-1)
--From the Files
--Year by Year Results
--1985 Northern Iowa Softball Schedule

Editor's Forward, Dan Destephen

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Iowa Journal Of Speech Communication, Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 1985 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

The Paideia Proposal: Implications And Challenges For Communication Instruction, Joseph Thomas Socha

Iowa Journal of Communication

In response to a growing national concern for reform of American public schooling at the basic levels, Mortimer J. Adler, on behalf of a distinguished group of scholars, educators and administrators published The Paideia Proposal. In Paideia, Adler demonstrates the need for restructuring of our country's basic education system and proposes a framework for this undertaking. A subsequent publication, Paideia Problems and Possibilities, addresses questions and issues raised by educators and provides further details of the proposal. A recent publication, The Paideia Program provides information about the curriculum. This essay examines the Paideia Project and identifies implications and challenges of …

Listening Bibliography, Mary Bozik

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Effective Inservice Programs, Harold Terry Ebert

Graduate Research Papers

It is important to find the characteristics of effective inservice programs. First, the belief exists that professional preparation of teachers is a continuing process and self-renewal must occur if educators are to stay up with the changing needs of their students (Brimm & Tollett, 1974). Why must educators constantly make changes? One answer has been pointed out by Champagne (1980) and Wood, Thompson and Russell (1981). They suggest that as soon as educators leave their preparation programs they can expect to be effective for only five to seven years. Educators can become obsolete very quickly, thus the need for renewal …

Considerations For Counseling Gays And Lesbians In "Coming Out", Robert Gene Galloway

Graduate Research Papers

A growing body of counselors and therapists are publishing books and articles to assist the helping profession in working with gay and lesbian clients. These professionals are part of a more open climate in dealing with gays and lesbians. An outcome of these more accepting attitudes is that the question of "curing homosexuality" is being replaced by concern for dealing with the presenting problems of the clients. This increased openness of counselors can be attributed to the removal of homosexuality from the list of psychiatric disorders over ten years ago, and to the concerns of the gay and lesbian community …

The Alumnus, V69n4, January 1985, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Director's MedLee
-- Alumni-Foundation News
-- Campus News
-- "We're going to have an exciting time"
-- Politics and the Media
-- Wrestling keeps its hold on Northern Iowa
-- Evolution of a curriculum
-- "As good as most and better than some"
-- Making beautiful music together

A Process Option For Speech Pedagogy, Donald Arenz

Iowa Journal of Communication

I have always been responsive to a student-centered approach to teaching. One of my earliest college experiences occurred in 1961 at Clinton Community College where I was a part-time student. I had a speech teacher named Dean Travis whom I instinctively admired. After an entire semester of "learning" to give speeches before the class with minimal direction from him, he explained his philosophy of teaching: "When I was starting out as a teacher, I tried to get up in front of the room and 'teach' speech. I tried that for six years and finally decided it couldn't be done. After …

On The Fortieth Anniversary Of Hiroshima, Leesa Cutler

Draftings In

In August 1985, the world recognized the fortieth anniversary of the greatest single human-made disaster in history - the exploding of the first atom bomb in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It is an expanding ripple of the tragedy that although those forty and under were not even born when the bombing occurred, they have lived in the ominous shadow of its implications all their lives. In his important work Hiroshima, John Hersey makes it clear that the bomb destroyed more than a city; it changed life on personal, natural, and societal levels. For any meaningful account of such …

A Call For The Study Of Negotiation, Ruth Hunt

Iowa Journal of Communication

How does one acquire the highly useful skill of negotiation? Unfortunately, many communication departments still do not teach negotiations and seem to discount its importance. The closest counterpart to such course might include segments of interpersonal communication courses dealing with conflict resolution in a most general sense, and courses on persuasion or argumentation dealing with social influence. While some claim these topics appear quite similar to bargaining and negotiation, much more is involved than conflict resolution or persuasion. As researchers Sawyer and Guetzkow conceded, "communication and persuasion" are "major elements in the process of modifying utilities," but a multitude of …

Front Matter - Table Of Contents - Preface

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Front Matter - Table Of Contents - Preface

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

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Iowa Journal of Communication

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Black Americans' Attitudes Toward Black English, Susan Margaret Schwieger

Graduate Research Papers

This study examines the attitudes which Black Americans hold toward Black English, otherwise known in current literature as "Negro dialect,'' or "nonstandard Negro English."

The Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Dual-Career Life Style And Suggested Therapeutic Coping Strategies, James Patrick Aspinall

Graduate Research Papers

The term "dual-career• life style, coined by Rapoport & Rapoport, is defined as a life style in which both heads of household pursue a career while still maintaining a family life together with at least one child (Goldenberg & Goldenberg, 1984). The term •career• usually refers to a job a person is committed to and requires commitment in terms of time and energy in acquired training. In a career, the person is "highly salient• and wants to develop and pursue a career by advancing in pay, position, power, and responsibility (Parker, Peltier, Willeat, 1981).

Editor's Forward, Dan Destephen

Iowa Journal of Communication

This edition of the Journal marks the end of my tenure as editor. I wish to express my appreciation to those who have volunteered their time and expertise by serving as associate editors for the Journal. A very special word of thanks should go to Laurie Burke who did the actual work of typing and formatting the contents of the Journal into the computer. Without her assistance, there would have been no Journal.

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Iowa Journal of Communication

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The Effectiveness Of Hypnosis Counseling, Doris Eide

Graduate Research Papers

The following paper is a review of literature concerned with the issue 11 Is hypnosis an effective counseling tool? 11 The paper focuses on four sequential and related topics: suggestibility, nonspecific treatment factors, efficacy, and locus of control. The paper presents both supportive and contrairdicated [sic] uses of hypnosis.

Using Motivation Constructs To Select Elementary Classroom Guidance Activities, Mary Kathleen Hunchis

Graduate Research Papers

Education Today: Manifestations of a Problem "Our nation is at risk," according to the National Commission on Excellence in Education.1 This report cites the following evidence, taken from a number of other studies, for the crises that exist in our schools today. 1. American students scored last on seven of nineteen academic tests comparing student achievement with other industrialized nations. 2. Compared to twenty-six years ago when Sputnik was launched, average high school student achievement on most standardized test scores has dropped. 3. An unbroken decline in the College Boards Scholastic Aptitude Test from 1963 to 1980 has been reported. …

A Review Of Selected Aspects Of Teacher Evaluation, Bill D. Maske

Graduate Research Papers

Over the years educational leaders have produced volumes of articles dealing with teacher evaluation. Since 1980 the literature has begun to increasingly focus on those components of effective teacher evaluation, which are specifically directed to instructional improvement. Current literature elaborates many factors that are important to the successful implementation of such evaluation systems. This paper examines twenty-eight post 1980 professional educational journal articles which review selected aspects of teacher evaluation. These aspects include, purposes for evaluation, obstacles to evaluation, focus for evaluation, and understandings required for effective evaluation.

Public High School Library Censorship, David Edward Hanneman

Graduate Research Papers

A primary responsibility of any administrator is to provide leadership and direction to the organization and its personnel. Often that leadership consists of anticipating problems and devising appropriate approaches to them before they threaten the organization. Today censorship of public high school library materials represents one of the major issues facing public school districts. This problem is spawned by a lack of tolerance between conservative and liberal individuals and organizations, both fighting for their own beliefs. To what extent censorship is handled effectively rests mainly with the direction given by the public school administrator before the censorship attempt arises.

The Iowa Children's Choice Award, Carolyn Jeanette Byall

Graduate Research Papers

The major purpose of this historical research was to compile a written record of the growth and development of the Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA). This purpose was accomplished through interviews and examination of the ICCA materials in the archives of the Iowa Educational Media Association (IEMA).

Distribution Of On-Campus Grades For Spring Semester 1985, Gerald D. Bisbey

History of Education Book Gallery

This report is the next in the sequence of such reports being sent each semester to give the University community information concerning grade distributions. These grade distributions are by instructional areas and/or programs rather than departments only. Thus areas such as Educational Media Center, Individual Studies, and Human Relations are also identified. By request, the Humanities and General Sciences areas have been retained with the appropriate departments.

Career And Educational Needs Of Adult Students, Alan Howard Long

Graduate Research Papers

The fastest growing segment of the college student population consists of adults age 25 and over. Adults are attending college in record numbers. The growth of this population is substantial. In 1974, adults comprised 39% of a total enrollment of 8 million, while in 5 years, their numbers had increased to 48% of 10 million total enrollment (Knox, 1979, p. 32). "Several factors have caused the burgeoning adult enrollment, job obsolescence and the subsequent need for retraining, increased numbers of women wishing to enter or reenter the job market, and the increased availability of leisure time" (Perrone, 1977, p. 27). …