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Kalil, Ariel; Chen, Jen-Hao – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008
Recent data have shown that children of immigrant noncitizens experience more persistent and higher levels of food insecurity than the children of citizens following welfare reform. However, little is known about the range of factors that might explain different rates of food insecurity in the different populations. In this study, the authors used…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Mothers, Citizenship, Status
Turner, Mary Jane – 1979
As part of the Basic Citizenship Competencies Project, this guide is intended for parents and suggests ways to assess what they can do to help their children practice and develop competent civic behavior. The objective of the entire project is to assist educators, parents, and community leaders in identifying basics, clarifying goals, making…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education
Gerbich, A. I. – Soviet Education, 1978
Describes a study (1969-76) which revealed student's lack of knowledge of Soviet law. Action taken to remedy this situation included elective activities, student attendance at court trials, film-lecture series, work with delinquent teenagers, and parent education. An outline of a semester plan in legal education is included. (KC)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Comparative Education, Educational Research, Elective Courses
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Slaughter-Defoe, Diana T. – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2005
In this paper the author argues that during the Civil Rights era, during that time of great concern regarding Black American voting and citizenship rights, ideas about rearing young Black children in the United States were explicitly introduced to guide parent education programs. Early emphases on deficits linked to educability, shifted to themes…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Educational Research, Civil Rights, United States History
Los Angeles City Schools, CA. – 1971
This handbook is designed to assist teachers and administrators in improving the instructional program by providing practical and specific suggestions for evaluation of instruction in community adult schools. General criteria for evaluation in all subjects are divided into the following categories: I. Classroom Organization and Management; II.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Programs
OHLIGER, WILLIAM – 1967
SPEECHES BY CONSULTANTS AND REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES AT THIS 1967 ADULT BASIC EDUCATION WORKSHOP AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY STRESS A PRACTICAL AND CONCRETE APPROACH TO DEALING, NOT ONLY WITH SPECIFIC SKILL NEEDS IN READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, AND EVERYDAY LIVING AND CITIZENSHIP, BUT WITH UNDERLYING CULTURAL, PERCEPTUAL, AND EMOTIONAL…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adults
Los Angeles City Schools, CA. – 1963
In this guide to the evaluation of instructionin adult education, the stated purpose is to aid adult school administrators in making purposeful classroom visitations in ongoing programs to improve instruction. The subject areas treated are academic subjects, business education, citizenship education, distributive education, fine arts, music,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Basic Education, Business Education, Citizenship