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Fiene, Richard – 1981
This paper suggests that community psychology may be going through an identity crisis because of its lack of empirical demonstrations of community intervention effectiveness, and an ecologically valid intervention research base. Although the majority of research in community psychology has used an individualistic paradigm that conceptualizes…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Ecological Factors

Paget, Kathleen D.; Nagle, Richard J. – School Psychology Review, 1986
An ecologically-based model is offered to guide the assessment activities of school psychologists at the preschool level. The uniqueness of the preschool population, the multidimensional structure of the assessment process, and the connection between assessment results and the intervention strategies are emphasized. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Ecological Factors, Environmental Influences

Kidd, N. A. C. – Journal of Biological Education, 1979
Presents a set of simulation models for use in teaching population dynamics. These models are designed specifically for use with a programmable pocket calculator, and can be used to demonstrate growth of populations with discrete or overlapping generations and also to explore effects of density-dependent and -independent mortality. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Computer Programs, Ecological Factors
Naess, Arne – Ecologist, 1988
Presented is support for the basic tenets of the Deep Ecology Movement. Answers several criticisms concerning mysticism, nuclear war, and destiny. Provides a platform and two models for the philosophy of Deep Ecology. (CW)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecological Factors, Ecology, Environmental Education
Elbedour, Salman; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1993
This paper reviews the limited research on children and war and concludes that the dynamic interaction among five processes within an ecological framework is most important: (1) the child's psychobiological makeup, (2) disruption of the family unit, (3) breakdown of community, (4) ameliorating effects of culture, and (5) the intensity, suddenness,…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Influences, Ecological Factors, Emotional Disturbances
Savas-Ulkuer, Nurper – 1986
A longitudinal research project was initiated in the spring of 1988 in Ankara, Turkey in selected gecekondu settlements. A gecekondu is a hastily constructed dwelling used to house newcomers to large cities. Gecekondu dwellers are predominantly disadvantaged, rural people who have migrated to the fringes of urban areas and whose children usually…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Ecological Factors, Foreign Countries
Alexander, Karl L.; Griffin, Larry J. – 1975
This paper is a critique of the utility of Bidwell and Kasarda's "socio-ecological" model of school district-level academic achievement. The paper is considered to show that this model is seriously misspecified due to its omission of aggregate levels of academic ability. Based on achievement test data from the 24 school district of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Characteristics, Conceptual Schemes, Ecological Factors

Johnson, G. M. – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1991
This discussion of ecological approaches to special education suggests that the relative neglect of the ecological approach is partially a result of the apparent incompatibility between ecological theory and conventional scientific approaches. It is suggested that ecological theory and positivism may be reconciled by broadening and developing…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Ecological Factors, Educational Environment, Educational Methods

Isaksen, Scott G.; And Others – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1993
This paper reviews trends in research into creativity and describes the Profiling Project which is examining Creative Problem Solving (CPS), an ecologically based process model used to define problems, generate ideas, and refine solutions. Research into five dimensions of CPS are proposed: the situational outlook, personal orientation, outcomes,…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Ecological Factors, Interaction Process Analysis
Rideout, Bruce E. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2005
The author measured endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) in college students following their involvement in a 2- to 3-week environmental problem module focused on global environmental problems and energy issues. The module included readings, discussion, and a writing exercise, and was presented during 3 sequential semesters within a…
Descriptors: Models, College Students, Environmental Education, Comparative Analysis
Wardle, Francis – 1992
This paper advances a model to explain the development of a healthy biracial identity among biracial children and adolescents. This model integrates five ecological components: family, community, minority context, majority context, and group antagonism. At Stage 1, from age 3 through age 7, young children explore individual and racial differences,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Ecological Factors, Family Relationship

Hurst, James C.; McKinley, Donna L. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1988
Discusses the value of diagnostic classification systems to counseling professionals. Describes the Ecological Diagnostic Classification Plan, an approach to diagnosis that includes the environment as a possible cause of pathology and target of intervention. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Career Development, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling

Hanif, Muhammad – Science and Children, 1990
Directions for the construction of a model bog habitat are provided including examples of plants and animals which may be suitable. Activities that use this model are suggested. Background information on the ecology and chemistry of the bog is included. (CW)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Culturing Techniques, Ecological Factors, Ecology
Evans, William H.; And Others – Diagnostique, 1993
Issues related to the ecological assessment of students with mild to moderate disabilities are examined. The paper discusses targeting student behavior according to its context and in relation to present and future socioenvironmental demands; aspects of an ecological assessment model; and thoughts on incorporating aspects of ecological assessment…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Ecological Factors
Koppel, Bruce; Schlegel, Charles – 1979
The principal sociological frameworks used in energy research on developing countries can be appraised in terms of the view of the energy-rural development problem that each framework implies. "Socio-Technical Analysis," which is used most in industrial and organizational sociology and in ecological anthropology, is oriented to the decomposition…
Descriptors: Correlation, Developing Nations, Ecological Factors, Energy