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Parent Involvement In Children's Reading Readiness Development, Ann E. Klein

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Before the days of community-supported schools, parents were the primary reading teachers of their children. This was, of course, if the parents could read themselves. Once schools became established, parents generally relinquished the responsibility for teaching their children to read to the schools. Despite the fact that today most parents know how to read, too often they take a very inactive role in their children's reading development.

Reading Deficiency And Behavior Problems: A Study, Neil T. Glazer

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Early in the 1973 school year, original research was conducted in a New England public school concerning the relationship between reading deficiency and disciplinary problems. A description of the research design and the results of the project were published in the Journal of the New England Reading Association. Since that time further studies have been conducted using a more sophisticated research plan and an expanded statistical analysis of the results. Even more significant than the continued research in the relationship between reading and behavior is longitudinal aspects of the study; the students that participated in the original 1973 study are …

A Mini Look At Some Maxi Ideas, Heath Lowry, Barbara Waters

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Time and again I have listened to busy teachers complaining that they don't have time to read the many current articles on IQ, open classrooms, class organization, learning theory, motivation, and use of traditional material which appear in professional literature. Therefore, I would like to consolidate many of these sources into one article which will give the reader some indication of the trends which seem to be taking place concerning these things.

Two Perspectives On Organizationally-Inspired Barriers To Innovation In Schools Of Social Work: Short And Long Term Strategies To Promote National Minority Group Representation, R. Louis Mcneely, John Oliver

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper focuses on conditions conceived to militate against innovation and change in organizations adhering to administrative principles found often in many workplaces. While these principles are not peculiar to schools of social work, these schools are singled out along with two related problems identified often by persons employed in these schools as ones for which few effective innovations have been implemented. These problems center upon how these schools may best achieve an adequate representation among faculty members, of minority group staff, and an adequate representation of substantive course offerings focusing upon the experiences of national minority group members. The …

Some Critical Questions In The Political Economy Of Social Welfare - The Carter "Welfare Reform" Proposals, L. K. Northwood

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The purpose of this paper is to discuss President Carter's welfare reform proposals, appropriately titled, "The Program for Better Jobs and Income." If these proposals are adopted by Congress, they will guide the Administration in its stance toward and its work with the lowest income sectors of the nation: the welfare poor--those who cannot work and must be supported by the government, and the working poor--those who are able to support themselves, but whose yearly income is less than the poverty level.

Consequently, the paper starts with an analysis of what the government documents have to tell us about the …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 5, No. 4 (July 1978)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction - ii
• Systems Theory - ROBERT D. LEIGHNINGER, JR - 446
• Interactionist Theory, Human Behavior, Social Work Social Work Education - RALPH SEGALMAN - 467
• Structural Functional Theory, Social Work Practice and Education - JOE HUDSON - 481
• Conflict Theories and Social Work Education - NORMAN N. GOROFF - 498
• Two Perspectives on Organizationally-Inspired Barriers to Innovation in Schools of Social Work: Short and Long Term Strategies to Promote National Minority Group Representation - ROGER MC NEELY, JOHN OLIVER - 508
• The Perpetuation of Institutional Racism Through Ethnic and Racial Minority Content in the Curriculum of …

Conflict Theories And Social Work Education, Norman N. Goroff

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

How one defines the world has consequences for one's actions in the world. Sociology has attempted to utilize the scientific method to help human beings understand their social world. However, in the process of its development, sociology has reflected the ideological bias of its practitioners. (Mills, 1943). Irving Zeitlin (1968, pp. vii) claims "Much of classical sociology arose within the context of a debate - first with eighteenth-century thought of the Enlightenment, and later with its true heir of the nineteenth century, Karl Marx."

The central theme of this paper is that social work education makes extensive use of conflict …

Medical Social Work Faculty: Clinicians Or Educators?, Richard M. Grinnell Jr., Nancy S. Kyte

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Within the health care field, medical social work has expanded rapidly over the past few years. In the United States, medical social workers comprise approximately 1.5 percent of the total medical schools' faculty. And, there is empirical evidence that medical social work faculty will increase substantially over the years to come.

However, we as social work educators know very little about medical social work facultys' opinions on how they perceive their overall function within medical schools. More specifically, if medical social work faculty are to function effectively in medical settings, we as a profession must know: if they perceive themselves …

Systems Theory, Robert D. Leighninger Jr.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Systems Theory has generated a lot of excitement in the last decade. It has also spawned more than its share of pitchmen, enough so that it is in danger of being discredited before its genuine potential in many fields of practice has been fairly tested. Wearing the double halo of Science and Corporate Efficiency conferred by its association with the aerospace industry and the Pentagon, it has been enthusiastically offered to Federal and State governments (Chartrand, 1971; Hoos, 1969 & 1972) as well as private individuals and organizations as a way of solving complex social problems like mass transit, crime, …

Interactionist Theory, Human Behavior Social Work And Social Work Education, Ralph Segalman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Much explanation of human behavior is based on assumptions about animal behavior. Two major contemporary theories, Behaviorism and Freudianism place major emphasis upon the human being as animal. Many middle-level theories have no reference to man's distinctive social characteristics. However, social explanations of behavior do have a heuristic advantage in the study of human functioning and "social pathology."

Structural Functional Theory, Social Work Practice And Education, Joe Hudson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The theoretical framework of structural functionalism in sociological theory does not consist of a single, unified, and consistent exposition. Different writers make different emphases, use somewhat different terminolog, and include different phenomena under a variety of similar terms. Rather than attempt to deal superficially with a wide variety of theorists writing out of this perspective, we will focus primarily on the central concepts in the work of perhaps the most eminent proponent of this approach in current sociological work - Talcott Parsons - and, in turn, discuss the relevance of this framework for social work education and practice.

The Perpetuation Of Institutional Racism Through Ethnic And Racial Minority Content In The Curriculum Of Schools Of Social Work, James E. Herrick

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The author asserts that the effect of assimilation of ethnic and racial minority content into the curriculum of schools of social work may perpetuate institutional racism.

Social work education as well as the purpose of the profession itself are viewed as basically one of helping people adjust and accommodate to the dominant and racist institutions of our society. Consequently, the author argues, incorporation of ethnic and racial minority, content into curriculum that serves such a function is likely to serve ends to which it was not intended.

Five suggested areas of change in the mission of social work education are …

Western News, June 29, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Aid in Reading Offered through "Project Help", University Chosen as Training Center, Student wins Japanese Scholarship, Pilot Radio Program Made Here, Campus Watch Bulletin, High School Students Attend Seminar, Special Seminars Set, Opportunity Offered Amateur Film-Makers, How to Speed Up the Checkout Line

Western News, June 22, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Trustees Accept Paper Recycling Pilot Plant, Student Services Building Named for Faunce, Tuition and Fees Moved Upward, Trustees Give Approval to Year-End Adjustments, Mitchell Tells Board of Guidelines, Board Approves Revised Grievance Procedure, Rizzolo Wins Top National Award

Western News, June 22, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Trustees Accept Paper Recycling Pilot Plant, Student Services Building Named for Faunce, Tuition and Fees Moved Upward, Trustees Give Approval to Year-End Adjustments, Board Approves Revised Grievance Procedure, Mitchell Tells Board of Guidelines, Rizzolo Wins Top National Award, New Department Chairmen Named

Western News, June 15, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Trustees Will Meet Friday, Guide to Shakespearean Festival Offered, Many Off-Campus Courses Offered this Summer, The Best Place to Study French…, Campus Improvement Forms Available, Grant Will Help Recruit Women and Minorities, Change Dates for Howard Street Closing, Special Day Planned for Students Over 25, Writers Featured in Videotape Programs

Western News, June 8, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: University Will Close July 3-4, Elderhostel Attracts 45 Participants, Howard Street Crossing Will Be Closed, President's Club Will Gather Here Friday, Air Force Librarian to Lecture, Arena Theatre Named for Director, Campus Beautification Aided by Grants, Narrative Helps Visually-Impaired "See" Films’, Kalamazooans Win Bentley Scholarships, Money Available for Instructional Projects

Western News, June 1, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Patron's Choice Series Announced, Faculty and Alumnus Named to Task Force, Trustee Ludlow Elected Science Foundation Officer, Professional Development Leaves Awarded, University Publication Earns High Rating, Pictorial History of Western Published, Nature Area Being Developed, Announce Long Range Planning Committee, Foucault Pendulum Discussed in Journal, Wetnight Reports Gifts and Grants for April

Bulletin: Western Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog 1978-1979, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• University Calendar • Accreditation • Councils • Admission, Registration, Advising • Degrees • Degree Requirements • General Education Requirement • Student Planned Curriculum • Undergraduate Curricula and • Approved Majors • Major and Minor Requirements • Teacher Certification • Student Fees • Academic Regulations • Student Academic Rights: Policies and Procedures • Student Services • Student Financial Aid and Scholarships • Miscellaneous Information • The Honors College • Librarianship • College of Applied Sciences • College of Arts and Sciences • College of Business • College of Education • College of Fine Arts • College of General Studies • …

Faculty Publications 1976-77, Western Michigan University

Faculty Contributions (1950-1981)

Faculty Publications 1976-77 is the fifteenth major compilation of the publications of the Faculty of Western Michigan University and is designed mainly to apprise the Faculty of the University of the breadth of writing of their colleagues.

Western News, May 25, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Faculty Receive Promotions, Trustees Table Fee/Tuition Increases, Staff Training Officer Named, Tenure Granted Fifteen Faculty, Alumni Relations gets New Assistant Director, Appoint New Director for Regional Center, Holiday Hours for Libraries Announced, Spring Production Salutes Dr. Zack York, Closing Events for Diamond Jubilee This Week, Assistant Director of Registration Dies, Options for Directory Listing Explained

Western News, May 18, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Miller Auditorium's Fall Series Announced, Alcohol Institute Will Meet Here, Summer Hours Are Coming Soon, Pres. Bernhard Gets Honorary Doctorate, Student Art Exhibition Begins Sunday, Graduate Dean Candidate Coming, Film Will Show Downtown Art Works, Assertiveness Workshop Will Be June 3, Watercolor Exhibition at Miller Auditorium

Faculty Recognition Dinner 1978, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Recognition Dinner

May 12, 1978

Honored Retirees:

• Francis W. Allen
• Martin Cohen
• Kenneth B. Engle
• Louis A. Govatos
• Edwin Grossnickle
• Paul B. Horton
• Albert H. Jackman
• Haym Kruglack
• Elizabeth M. Lennon
• Jean Malmstrom
• Thomas W. Null
• Eleanor Y. Walton
• Mildred M. Winslow
• Zack L. York
• Lewis M. Yost

Western News, May 11, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Honors College Offers Chicago Trip, Recruiting is Best in Decade, Course for Office Personnel Starts Today, Final Speaker in Retirement Series Announced, "Street Drugs" is Topic for Lecture, New APA Officers Elected, Edward R. Murrow is Subject of New Book

Western News, May 4, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Trustees Make Personnel Appointments, Estimated Fall Enrollment Given to Trustees, Faculty Senate Will Meet Tonight, Dr. Jean Malmstrom to Retire, Lindemans Mark Their 60th Anniversary, Faculty Recognition Dinner is May 12

Community Assessment Scales: The State Of The Art, John F. Else, Samuel E. Walker

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Community development activities are founded on the assumption that citizens have some concept of a "good community" toward which they want to move. Attention needs to be given to how community developers can determine citizen values and attitudes about the type of community that they want. Community assessment scales (CAS's) have been used as one means of measuring community attitudes and desires.

This paper explores the state of the art of the development and use of CAS's. The conclusions are that there has been only minimal use of CAS's and that there are many conceptual and methodological problems with the …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 5, No. 3 (May 1978)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Community Assessment Scales: The State of the Art - JOHN F. ELSE & SAMUEL E. WALKER - pp. 299
• Models of Poverty and Planned Change: A Frame Work for Synthesis - DAVID S. WALLS - pp. 316
• Maintaining Goals in a Mutual-Benefit Association - JAMES R. HUDSON - pp. 327
• Living and Acting in an Altered Body: A Phenomenological Description of Amputation - MARY JO DEEGAN - pp. 342
• Blacks in the American Criminal Justice System: A Study of Sanctioned Deviance - TERRY JONES - pp. 356
• Systemic Perspectivism: A New Basis for Evaluative Research - RICHARD …

Systemic Perspectivism: A New Basis For Evaluative Research, Richard A. Ball

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Evaluative research has not kept pace with developments in the theory of social planning and the philosophy of science. If evaluation is to contribute to social planning, evaluators must recognize that planning is a political process. The method of systemic perspectivism may be able to provide a means of combining the virtues of general systems theory with a perspectivistic view of objectivity, allowing for a transactive planning which involves the public.

Living And Acting In An Altered Body: A Phenomenological Description Of Amputation, Mary Jo Deegan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Adults with recent amputations are often perceived as suffering from post-operative depression and phantom limbs. These states are frequently seen as failures in "adjustment" since there are often few physiological involvements which curtail daily functioning. This perspective is seen as compatible with major American values of pragmatism, individualism, and a mechanistic medical model. We suggest here that problems in daily living and the phantom limb are not "mental" aberrations but rather reflections of a radically altered lived experience. The performance of the actor is significantly changed and can be discussed as a function of changed experience, and style. This persppctivedraws …

Blacks In The American Criminal Justice System: A Study Of Sanctioned Deviance, Terry Jones

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Almost since the beginning of Black history in America there have been differences of opinion as to what the role of Blacks should be in reference to the criminal justice system. In the beginning these differences centered around the issue of cooperation or resistance to the slave system and a criminal justice system that guaranteed slavery durante vita. Now, while the issue is no longer slavery, Blacks continue the debate over cooperation versus resistance to the criminal justice system. What should the role of Blacks be in reference to the criminal justice system? Can Blacks be of greater assistance to …