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PDF pending restorationUnited Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome (Italy). – 1972
The report represents a preliminary study of a three-month consultantship intended to review field experiences in selected Latin American countries for teaching rural families home management/consumer education concepts and to collect materials based on experiences. A detailed account is presented of the projects visited in Mexico, Argentina, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Consumer Education, Course Descriptions
Bartlett, Peggy – Rural Sociologist, 1990
Discusses research methods for studies of rural or agrarian households. Explores seven principles and general observations stemming from qualitative rural research. Discusses issues and characteristics of rural culture, society, families, and individuals as research subjects. Offers additional lessons regarding gathering, treatment, and analysis…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Individual Characteristics, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology
Download full textBertram, Charles L.; And Others – 1975
This paper describes procedures used to stratify and refine an original sample of 951 families with preschool children living in the Appalachia area, for a study to provide information on the target audience for Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Home-Oriented Preschool Education Program (HOPE). The procedure was to force-match the sample…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Field Studies
Shively, Joe E.; And Others – 1975
This document contains the plans for conducting the field studies of Appalachian parents of young children which are part of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Home-Oriented Preschool Education Program (HOPE). HOPE is an integrated approach to education for preschool and kindergarten children being developed by AEL's Marketable Preschool…
Descriptors: Child Development, Demography, Early Childhood Education, Field Studies
Tarleau, Alison T. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1981
Reviews and assesses rural child welfare and rural child welfare services as they exist today. Reviews the literature showing the rural social worker is probably most successful as a generalist who deals with a child as part of an interlocking system involving the school, family, and community. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Economic Factors, Field Studies
Shively, Joe E.; And Others – 1975
This study examines the effectiveness of three levels of reading materials (second, fifth and eighth grade) and two types of illustrations (decorative and instructional) on Appalachian parents' ability to complete a prescribed set of home teaching activities. The study was used in the development of parent materials for the Appalachia Educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Field Studies, Home Programs
Christopherson, Victor A. – 1975
This paper investigates family patterns and value orientations of rural blacks with regard to twelve categories of behavior, among which are education, health, recreation, occupation, housing patterns, and ethnic attitudes. Data presented are based on 100 interviews, and impressions from non-structured interviews with community leaders, public…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Education, Black Employment, Black Organizations
