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Kipper, Philip – Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1986
Fixed and moving-camera videotaped versions of a scene were shown to adult participants to test hypothesis that perspective changes produced by television camera movement provide viewers with information about the environment being viewed not available to viewers of fixed images. Moving-camera viewers better understood and remembered a scene's…
Descriptors: Adults, Discriminant Analysis, Environment, Hypothesis Testing
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Chi, Peter S. K. – Rural Sociology, 1986
Examines 218 black migrant farm workers to determine applicability of Index of General Well-Being, compare level of mental health with that of the general population, and assess and identify variations in subjective well-being. Finds lifestyle, social support, housing conditions, age, sex, and education influence subjective well-being. Discusses…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Environment, Health Needs
Cohen, Marc J., Ed. – 1994
This comprehensive report shows how hunger is interrelated with other social ills, including powerlessness, violence, poverty, environmental destruction, and discrimination. More than a billion people are too poor to afford an adequate diet and other essential of life such as health care, housing, sanitation, safe water, and education. In the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Environment, Ethnic Discrimination
Park, Susan Kay; Simmons, Jim – 1995
This document is an interactive, intergenerational guide designed to help organize group or individual study of "Causes of Hunger." The guide includes activities, worship aids, Bible studies, and a resource list--all adapted for classes, weekend retreats, and evening meetings. The guide is divided into nine sessions to be used with a variety of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Environment, Ethnic Discrimination
Berinstein, Paula – 1999
This volume tells stories about the tools we use, but these narratives are told in numbers rather than in words. Organized by various aspects of society, each chapter uses tables and statistics to examine everything from budgets, costs, sales, trade, employment, patents, prices, usage, access and consumption. In each chapter, each major topic is…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Business, Communications
Fox, Robert W.; Mehlman, Ira H. – 1992
Using text, graphics, satellite imagery, and data this publication with accompanying teacher's guide seeks to illustrate three main points concerning world population: (1) rapid world population growth is placing untenable immigration pressures on the United States; (2) immigration and U.S. population growth patterns generally are regionally…
Descriptors: Environment, Environmental Education, Evaluation Methods, Global Education
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1992
This publication discusses the effects of the physical environment on the maturation of children in developing nations. Part 1 examines the conceptual framework of a strategy for environmental improvement that includes the social, economic, and political underpinnings necessary for the success of such an approach. Part 2 discusses the quality of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Office of Secondary Instruction. – 1987
This course of study is aligned with the California State Science Framework and provides students the biology content needed to become scientifically literate and prepared for post-secondary science education. The course of study is divided into four sections. The first section provides an overview of the course and includes a course description,…
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Botany, Classification
Privorotsky-Kabat, Grazyna – 1993
The set of materials for development of listening skills in Czech is designed for students with advanced language proficiency and is intended to be used with cassette tapes (not included here) to supplement other instructional materials. It consists of 20 units grouped into 2 levels (advanced and advanced plus). At each level there are 10 units,…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Athletics, Competency Based Education, Culture
Sass, Charles R., Ed. – 1988
This book investigates a variety of contemporary issues, both domestic U.S. concerns and those of an international focus that involve the United States. The introduction develops the context of the book by discussing the Reagan legacy, the 101st Congress, the Supreme Court, and the making of the U.S. federal budget. The domestic policy issues of…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Civil Rights, Crime, Current Events
Reder, Stephen; Cohn, Mary – 1984
The second phase of a study of the impact of English language training programs on adult Southeast Asian refugees involved on-site visits to 22 intensive programs in eight metropolitan areas: San Diego, Seattle, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Northern Virginia/Washington, DC, and Stockton, California. Programs represented a wide…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Costs, Educational Quality, English (Second Language)
Morehouse, Ward – 1981
Part of a series of working papers intended to stimulate research, education, dialogue, and political action in favor of a more just world order, this monograph relates technology to four major global issues--energy, environment, employment, and equity. The objective is to determine the kinds of technological choices that can be made regarding…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Energy
Campbell, Sally R. – 1979
This guide presents units involved in unifying the student's views of energy, environment, and economic issues in making decisions required of the citizen. Goals, concepts, and background information are presented at the beginning of the booklet. A pretest of relevant knowledge is provided. Other units include: (1) example discussion questions;…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Ecology
Biomedical Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project, Berkeley, CA. – 1975
This student text presents instructional materials for a unit of social science within the Biomedical Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project (BICP), a two-year interdisciplinary precollege curriculum aimed at preparing high school students for entry into college and vocational programs leading to a career in the health field. This particular unit…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Education, Cultural Awareness, Environment
Jones-Quartey, K. A. B., Ed.; And Others – 1974
The document comprises a collection of speeches and seminar reports arising from the 25th anniversary celebration of the Institute of Adult Education at the University of Ghana. The theme of the celebration, introduced in the first chapter, was Adult Education and Man's Environment--the Next Quarter-Century. The second chapter comprises the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Cultural Background
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