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A Report On The Aboriginal Teacher Aide Conference, Pundulmurra, May '74, Mount Lawley Teachers College, Education Department

Research outputs pre 2011

This brief report of the Aboriginal Teacher Aide Conference held at Pundulmurra Technical Education Centre, South Hedland in early May is presented so that the Headmasters and teachers at the aides' schools wi I I have some idea of the topics covered, the ski I Is taught and the general overal I result of the Conference.

Impact Of The Exemplary School Program In Mt. Adams School District #209, John M. Schmella

All Master's Theses

This study investigated the effects of an exemplary program on the academic achievement of grade three and four students in the Mt. Adams School District. Students in grades three and four were paired on a basis of sex, ethnic origin, IQ, age, and socio-economic status. Achievement was determined with the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. Students in the selected grades in 1971 were compared with students in the same grades in 1973. The test scores of the groups and sub-groups were given a test with the level of significance of .05. Forty-two of forty-four t tests showed the program had …

Analysis Of Content Of Four Reading Programs For Students With Moderate Intellectual Disabilities, Susan D. Peters

All Master's Theses

This paper presents a content analysis of four reading programs being used by the moderately intellectually disabled in three Intermediate School Districts in the state of Washington. The four programs analyzed were Distar Reading I, Edmark Reading Program, Language Master Card Programs, and Programmed Reading--Webster. The learning characteristics defined for this educational group were perception, discrimi­nation, mediation, retention, concept learning, generaliza­tion, transfer, problem solving, and motivation. Each program was analyzed as to its incorporation of each of the specified learning characteristics.

Educational Needs Assessment For Indian Children Living In The Yakima School District, Wayne O. Risner

All Master's Theses

This paper presents the process of conducting an educational needs assessment for Indian children living in the Yakima School District, Yakima, Washington. This study was designed to determine the educational needs of Indian children by involving the parents in the determination of those needs. A Parent Committee was formed to establish suspected needs and to evaluate data submitted from the school district, juvenile authorities, and interviews with members of the Indian community. The committee then made recommendations for future programs.

An Investigation Into The California Opportunity Program., Peter Judson Mackby

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the California Opportunity Program and to determine if the program was meeting its legislative mandate to assist students in resolving problems impeding success in regular classes.

PROCEDURES: Six school districts were selected from the one hundred twenty-four California school districts operating Opportunity Programs at the secondary level during the 1972-73 school year. The Opportunity Program in each school district included in the study was described on the basis of interviews with school district administrators, building administrators, instructional staff, students, and classroom observation. Data Here collected from each school district regarding student …

A Study Of The Factors Which Have Determined Access To Secondary School Education In Trinidad & Tobago, Lionel Lawrence

Master's Theses

Statement of the Problem

In Trinidad and Tobago, about twenty-five to thirty thousand children of the ten to eleven-plus age group, in their attempt to obtain a free place in one of the government or assisted secondary schools, present themselves annually to write the Common Entrance Examination, a selective examination administered by the Ministry of Education and Culture. School places have been available, within the decade, for about 3,000 to 6,000 new entrants from the primary schools, but recently the number has increased to over 10,000 with the introduction of a two-shift system in new. Junior Secondary Schools. ' These …

Social Studies And The Inquiry Process, Agnes R. Rice

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Appropriateness Of Selected Inservice Education Practices As Perceived By Secondary School Educators., Dushan Angius

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if differences existed between the perceptions of secondary school teachers and the perceptions of principals regarding the appropriateness of selected inservice education practices in the amelioration of specific instructional difficulties. Ancillary purposes of the investiga·tion were to determine if perceptual differences existed among teachers when they were grouped by experience, sex, and teaching assignment.

A Comparison Of Organizational Climate Of Schools Administered By Female And Male Elementary School Principals., K. Jessie Kobayashi

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare the organizational climate of schools administered by female elementary school principals with those administered by male elementary school principals as perceived by teachers. A comparison was made to determine differences in the perception of teachers of (1) organizational climate, (2) specific behaviors of each group of principals; and (3) specific behaviors of the staffs working with each group of principals. The population for this study was comprised of teachers in public schools which serve pupils in kindergarten through grade eight or any portion thereof. A random selection of fifteen staffs working with …

The Effects Of Teacher In-Service Training In Values Clarification On Attitudes Of Elementary School Students Toward Themselves, School, And The Teacher, Michael Nathan Coy

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of implementing a teacher in-service training program in values clarification on the attitudes students develop toward themselves, school, and the teacher.

PROCEDURE: Two kindergarten through sixth grade elementary schools served as the experimental and control groups for the study. Ten classes of third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students participated in the experimental group and eight third through sixth grade classes of students served in the control group. The teachers in the experimental school received sixteen days of in-service training in values clarification between August 31, 1973 and …

Towards An Interactional Theory Of Educational Therapy, Johanna R. Goldsmith Bauer

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: The development and presentation of theoretical assumptions about the interactional aspects of educational therapy for the severely dysfunctional pupil.

PURPOSES: To provide a conceptual framework for the study of educational therapy as practiced and to develop a baseline for further research into psycho-educational strategies and their outcome.

METHOD: An examination of systems and communications theory literature for models applicable to the educational-therapist-pupil dyad and of the use of field observations of educational therapists' behaviors.

FINDlNGS: An application of communications theory models and observations of educational therapist teaching behaviors seem to suggest the following theoretical assumptions: Initial, or first order …

The Equalizing Effects Of Federal Aid Among California Elementary And Unified School Districts, Lyndon Gerald Furst

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to provide information regarding the degree to which federal funds tend to equalize the disparities in fiscal capacity among California elementary and unified school districts.

The Impact Of S.B. 90 On Fiscal Equity, Equalization Of Educational Opportunity, And The Purposes Of Expenditures Among California Schools., Louis Paul Martini

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The court case of Serrano vs. Priest has brought school finance to the forefront in California politics. Senate Bill 90 was enacted as the legislature's initial response to the problems raised in that decision. The purpose of this study was to determine whether S.B. 90 had an influence on fiscal equity, equalization of educational opportunity, and purposes of expenditures among selected California school districts.

A Study Of The Effects Of A Creative Thinking Skills Program On Intermediate Grade Educationally Handicapped Children., Lawrence Wesley Sharpe

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the Problem: The problem of this study was to determine if the verbal and figural creative abilities of educationally handicapped children can be appreciably enhanced through an educational environment using brainstorming and programmed instruction techniques

Communication Within The Academic Community At The University Of The Pacific: A Descriptive Study 1973-1974, Richard Frank Sebok

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify communication concerns and develop recommendations for improving communication within the academic com- munity at the University of the Pacific.

The subjects were 165 randomly selected members of the academic commun- ity of the University of the Pacific. The sample represented the following academic categories: university president, academic vice-president, deans/ provosts, crpartment chairmen, and faculty.

Data were gathered with a survey instrument designed by the author to specifically elicit communication information for the study. The instrument contained 60 items with a response continum of strongly agree (SA), agree (A), disagree (DA), and strongly …

Sex-Role Stereotyping As A Function Of Counselors' Judgments, Susanna Nieman Grossman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine counselors' expectations as they pertain to sex-role stereotyping of both males and females. This study represents an attempt to partially replicate the research of Braverman et al. (1970).

The subjects were 120 high school and community college counselors randomly selected from California public schools and 60 counselors-in-training randomly selected from five California public and private universities.

Data were gathered with the Stereotype Questionnaire. It is composed of 38 bipolar items each describing a characteristic attribute of an individual. Each counselor and counselor-in-training completed one of three forms--adult, male, or female. Data were …

James Pinckney Kinard Papers - Accession 8, James Pinckney Kinard

Manuscript Collection

The James Pinckney Kinard Papers consist of family history charts of the Kinard family and related Kuhn and Summer families, and a Kinard family history, personal correspondence including letters to and from his wife Lee Wicker Kinard (1873-1963), their daughter Nelle Kinard, and other family members, business correspondence, financial papers, literary manuscripts, scrapbooks, and photographs pertaining to Kinard’s student days at the Citadel, his personal and family affairs, his teaching career, his presidency of Winthrop, and his efforts to get his literary manuscripts published. This collection consists primarily of correspondence and offers an informative insight into the personal lives and …

Newsbulletin Vol. 1, No. 13, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

The Langston Letter December 7-13, 1973, Langston University

Langston Letter

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 1, No. 12, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Novacrat, December 1973, Nova University

The Novacrat

No abstract provided.

0203-1 Committees On: Criminal Justice, School Election Laws, Federal And State Lands, Personnel, Education, Health, Environment, Welfare, And Institutions, Land Use, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

0207-1 Recommendations For 1975, Committees On: Health, Environment, Welfare, And Institutions; Administration Of Justice; Education; Banking; Water, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

A History And Development Of Omaha Parochial Schools, Charus Komutdang

Student Work

To understand any system of education, one must understand its history and development. Educational systems must be based on the culture and needs of the people as well as the economic and social conditions of their country. No educational institution can adopt the system of any other. Nevertheless, the struggles and successes of other school systems may be helpful in solving the problems of a given school system.

Newsbulletin Vol. 1, No. 11, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 1, No. 10, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

More About The Human Needs Assessment Survey, Dale E. Roth

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 1, No. 9, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Preparing Teachers For The Cross-Cultural Classroom, Judith Kleinfield

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.

The Langston Letter November 2-8, 1973, Langston University

Langston Letter

No abstract provided.