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Adult Illiteracy: A Survey Of The Material And Teaching Preferences Of Local Tutors, Mary Margaret Byrom

Graduate Theses

An overview of adult illiteracy in the United States from an historical and current perspective is presented. Regarding current efforts at improving reading ability, a study was conducted of local tutors whose names were supplied by the Midland Need to Read program. A survey form was used to indicate 1) the experience level of the tutor, 2) the preference of tutors as to the ability of students they preferred to instruct, 3) the reading series they found most effective, and 4) interesting and effective supplemental materials. Findings indicate that tutors with prior teaching experience have more confidence in instructing students …

Dorchester: The Community Teaches, A Resource Book Of Information And Activities, Institute For Learning & Teaching, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Institute for Learning and Teaching Publications

We have prepared this manual of resources and activities so that Dorchester teachers and children can explore their community. We have done so in the belief that community studies can be a valuable addition to the curriculum. They involve children in thinking about and taking part in the affairs of their community. Through community studies, children in the process of becoming citizens can learn how to participate in and have an impact on their community. In this time of widespread apathy, despair, and resignation about community problems, education for citizenship is a top priority.

When children are learning about their …

Towards An Understanding Of The Creative Event: A Hermeneutic Perspective, Sahar Moheb Mashhour

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Neighborhood Criminals And Outsiders In Two Communities: Indications That Criminal Localism Varies, Daniel Baker, Patrick G. Donnelly

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

Most research on the mobility of criminal offenders examines distance travelled. This paper examines instead whether neighborhood boundaries are crossed. Comparisons of two neighborhoods in Dayton, Ohio, indicate community variations in criminal mobility. Juveniles from poorer, more transient neighborhoods are surprisingly less likely to stay in the neighborhood to commit their offenses than were adults.

Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 6, No. 2, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society Of America

Student Organizations

Magazine produced by senior seminar class in public relations with the Kelly Thompson Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America and students in the WKU Department of Journalism.

Regular features include:

• Reflections
• Business
• Art
• Community Service
• Reminiscing
• Curiosities
• Entertainment

This issue includes articles:

• Schabel, Christine & Robert Cook. Beech Bend Then
• Combs, Susan. Making Plans to Last a Lifetime
• Dickerson, Cynthia. Latching on to Communities - Latch Key Children
• Jones, LaMont. Romanza Johnson: What's Next?

A Comparison Of The Academic Success Of Ged Recipients And High School Graduates At Midland College In 1984, Barbara H. Gideon

Graduate Theses

Abstract not made available.

A Descriptive Study Of The Effect Of Social-Economic Culture On Student Achievement In Grades Two To Four In The Colorado Independent School District, Rita Joyce Hardegree

Graduate Theses

No abstract is provided.

Client Success Or Failure In A Halfway House, Patrick G. Donnelly, Brian E. Forschner

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

Halfway houses today are diverse entities. Seiter, et al. (1977) found that almost 60 percent of the houses in the United States are private nonprofit organizations. One-third were state operations with the remainder being federal, local or private profit organizations. The programs in the houses varied from those providing supervision and custody to those providing a full range of intensive in-house treatments for particular client needs. Some halfway houses handle only particular types of offenders (e.g., drug addicts) while others handle a wide range of offenders.

Latessa and Allen (1982) suggest that the sociodemographic and criminal history backgrounds of clients …

Using Wiseman Documentaries For Social Problems Courses, Patrick G. Donnelly

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

This report describes the use of seven films produced by Frederick Wiseman in a lower course in Modern Social Problems. The goals of the project were: to increase the student awareness and understanding of the day-to-day operations of several basic institutions in American society; to offer a creative and interesting undergraduate course; and to enliven cIass discussion. Since this was a course in social problems, faculty and students focused on the problematic features of the institutions portrayed in the films and on the social problems these institutions are designed to handle.

Administración Comunitaria Del Reciclamiento De Desechos: El Sirdo, Marianne Schmink

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

A comienzos de 1978, un grupo de famílias esperaba que le adjudicaran una de las casas comprendidas en un proyecto de viviendas económicas en Mérida, una ciudad de la costa sudeste de México. Algunas casas contaban con un sistema de drenaje nuevo llamado SIRDO (Sistema Integrado de Reciclamiento de Desechos Orgánicos), y las familias interesadas en vivir en la manzana experimental donde se instalaría el SIRDO, podrían ocupar su casa inmediatamente. Tres años más tarde un otro grupo de familias de una comunidad situada en el populoso Valle de Mexico resolvieron ensayar el sistema en su propio vecindario. Las mujeres …

Community Management Of Waste Recycling: The Sirdo, Marianne Schmink

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

At the beginning of 1978, a group of families were awaiting access to low-cost housing in Mérida, a city on Mexico's southeastern coast. Some units were equipped with a new drainage system called SIRDO (Integrated System for Recycling Organic Wastes), and families interested in living in the experimental block where the SIRDO was to be installed could be given housing right away. Three years later, families in another community located in the crowded Valley of Mexico decided to try the system in their own neighborhood. Women have played a crucial role in learning to manage the technical, economic, and social …

A Study Of The Career Maturity Of Low Socio-Economic Teenagers, Margaret Saunders

Graduate Theses

This experiment was a comparison of the pre and posttest scores of low socio-economic teenagers on Cirites' Career Maturity Inventory and the Gordon occupational Checklist. The experimental group was exposed to learning modules with emphasis on personal relations, problem-solving techniques, and decision-making methods. A MANOVA test revealed no significant differences between the pre and posttests on either the Career Maturity Inventory or the Gordon Occupational Checklist. There is an indication that these Subjects may need development in other areas as their career maturity is within the normal range. The results of the Gordon Occupational Checklist show a very narrow view …

A Formative And Summative Evaluation Plan For The Carver Cultural Center, Beverly Jean Ihinger

Graduate Theses

No abstract made available.

An Assessment Of Two Behavioral Group Strands (Self Help Skills And Communication Skills) Of The Behavior Characteristic Progression System, Betty M. Condray

Graduate Theses

The Behavioral Characteristic Progression (BCP) System consists of a matrix of over 2,500 behavioral areas or strands. Each strand is composed of up to 100 progressive steps or characteristics, ranging from minimal performance to normally accepted adult behavior in that area. This study reports on a reassessment of five profoundly retarded, eight severely retarded and six moderately retarded subjects randomly selected from the population' of a Behavior Modification Unit of Big Spring State Hospital. Each subject was assessed initially with-the BCP in late Fall, 1974, or Summer, 1975. Eight self help skills strands and five communication skills strands were selected …

Public Affairs, Community Service And Personal Care: The Three Faces Of Social Work, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This paper was written for a faculty seminar at the School of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where at the time the author was an Assistant Professor. It makes the case that contemporary social work at the time was an uneasy mix of three very different approaches: A public affairs perspective addressing broad social policy issues; a community services perspective extending to agency management, planning and financing; and a personal care perspective built on psychotherapy, social casework and group work. At the time, many schools of social work were struggling with a legacy of strong support for the personal …

A Study Of The Career Education Needs Of Freshman And Senior Students In The Midland Independent School District, Randall S. Braddock

Graduate Theses

This study examined the career education needs of students and obtained information that will be beneficial to those involved in implementing career education into the existing curriculum at the local level. The major problem which this study addressed was the need to gather and evaluate information about learners in terms of their career education needs. Specifically developed for this purpose, the survey test of the Texas Career Education Measurement Series was used to identify student strengths and weaknesses in each of the 9 Basic Learner Outcome Categories for Career Education (Appendix E) and 26 sub-categories. The test was administered to …

Aoa: A Personal Approach To Environmental Education, Michael J. Naylon

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

MESFI (Minnesota Environmental Sciences Foundation, Inc.) is field testing materials for a community-based environmental course of study. Program emphasis includes clarification of values and examination of logistics necessary to the maintenance of communities in order that they might meet social needs. The approach is individualized, providing a means of studying the impact of one's lifestyle on the environment. Emphasis is placed on development of case studies, small group discussion, and cooperative problem-solving. Use of graphics as a form of summary is stressed. The Area of Affect (AOA) is a method of mapping participant activity, range or environmental impact within the …

The Client-Centered Counselor In The Pastoral Setting, Joseph Roland Armshaw

Graduate Theses

A role conflict exists for the priest in the contemporary Catholic church. He must act as an official minister of an authoritarian church in his spiritual role and at the same time as a counselor that meets the needs of his parishioners in his secular role. Therefore, "How authoritarian must he be?" and "How per missive can he be?" It is proposed in this study that the modern Catholic priest can find an answer to this dilemma when he applies Rogers' client-centered counseling theory to his pastoral role. Rogers' theory is based on the dignity, worth, and trustworthiness of the …

A Survey Of Social Service Agency Training Needs For Program Development And Coordination, Jon Jay Garlinghouse

All Master's Theses

This research study investigated social program development, social program coordination, and related training needs among Kittitas County social service agencies. A survey of 16 social service agency representatives demonstrated need for social program development and social program coordination training. A college-sponsored, community-based training program was recommended.

Worcester Model Cities Resident Attitude Survey, Else Wiersma, Floyd J. Fowler Jr., Center For Survey Research, University Of Massachusetts Boston, The Joint Center For Urban Studies Of The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology And Harvard University

Center for Survey Research Publications

In January of 1972, the staff and resident representatives of the Worcester Model Cities neighborhood contracted the Survey Research Program to work with them to conduct a survey of neighborhood residents. The purpose of the project was to collect data that would assist those in the Model Cities area to systematically measure residents' perceptions and feelings, to identify problems and needs, to plan programs, and, perhaps, at a later date to have a basis against which to measure change.

The project, as it was designed and as it was carried out, was a joint effort. A committee of residents and …

Learning Nucleus May Be A Leaven For Larger Community, Frances Crary

Green Revolution

No abstract provided.

Holiday Activities For Youngsters, O. Evans Scott

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

"Only those who have Hie patience to do simple things perfectly acquire the skill to do difficult things easily" (Schiller).

SCHOOL holidays, eagerly anticipated by children should be a time of joy for all.

Mothers can not drop everything to entertain their children and bored children crying "what can I do?" and getting in her way often cause a mother to dread school holidays.

Some Simple Christmas Cake Decorations, O. Evans Scott

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE last few weeks before Christmas are so busy for the housewife that she will welcome these ideas for decorating the Christmas cake effectively in a short space of time.

Cleaning Lace, G Liddlelow

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

"FARM AND HOME" readers who have read Mrs. Glaskell's novel "Cranford" will recall the delightful account of the lace washing episode.

While it is not the general practice today to wash lace in milk this method has much to commend it.

Latent And Manifest Function Of The Theory And Research Of Bronislaw Malinowski, M. J. Daniels

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

1948 Election Platform Of The Communist Party, Communist Party Of California

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

1948 election platform for the Communist Party of the U.S.A. the outlines promises to wipe out fascism, ensure an economic bill of rights, fight attack on labor and living standard efforts, ensure civil rights, amongst other concerns.

Issued by: Communist Party of California

Room 701 942 Market Street San Francisco California EXbrook 2-2996

Redwood Bulletin Vol.2. No.1, Trade Union Section

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Pamphlet issued by Trade Union Section of the Communist Party in Eureka commenting on disorganization in city elections, hiring-hall principle, and cooperation of different trade unions.

Redwood Bulletin: For Social and National Security

California Recruiter - September 1938, California Recruiter

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Newspaper, California Recruiter published September 1938, featuring articles "Foster Calls for Mass Party in California", "Forward to the Party Builders Congress!", "Let's Grow in The Rural Areas"; articles on Anita Whitney drive to recruit Negro members, induction of new members and recruitment methods.