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Considine, David M.; Haley, Gail E. – 1992
This book argues that people live simultaneously in two different cultures. Values of the first culture are imparted to children through curriculum in the nation's public school classrooms. The second culture is the world of mass communication that promotes consumption, instant gratification, and impulse. The clash between these cultures confronts…
Descriptors: Advertising, Agenda Setting, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing
Smyth, Donna M. – 1992
First-year physical educators may abandon the goals promoted in teacher education programs and face "reality shock" in the workplace called school. This case study examines the perceptions of Mr. Miller, a beginning physical education teacher with no formal induction program available to him, and the effect of school culture on his…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Case Studies, Context Effect, Education Work Relationship
Robisheaux, Jo Ann – 1993
This study used qualitative research methods to investigate instructional and noninstructional interactions of Hispanic and non-Hispanic teachers with Hispanic American students. Two monolingual non-Hispanic teachers and two bilingual (Spanish and English) teachers at two public elementary schools were participants. The teachers had similar…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Cultural Awareness
Dubin, Fraida; Olshtain, Elite – 1986
The guide for developing curricula and instructional materials is intended for use in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction and instruction in other second/foreign languages. It presents an overview of the course designer's task and some available techniques. First, assessment of educational needs and relevant societal factors is…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Course Organization
Johnson, Robert C. – 1992
This review examines African American students' access to science and mathematics education, their status and achievement in these fields, factors influencing achievement, and strategies to address the current situation. African Americans are highly underrepresented in the scientific and technical fields. This situation should be corrected because…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Afrocentrism, Black Education
Linn, James – 1987
A symposium on schools as part of a network of learning facilities took place in Segovia, Spain, in December 1986. Participants from 14 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries met to share the implications of network cooperation for educational buildings and their management. The physical isolation of schools…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education, Educational Complexes
Bottani, Norberto; And Others – 1993
The educational indicators in this report show how education systems in the 24 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) resemble each other and differ. This edition, the second, builds on the 1992 volume, with more up-to-date figures and coverage of a wider range of subjects and countries. The 38…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
Snow, Catherine E.; And Others – 1991
This document is a report of a symposium whose participants are involved with the Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development, a project engaged in a longitudinal study of 80 low-income families with preschool-aged children in Boston (Massachusetts). The project was designed to identify possible success factors for children from…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Early Experience, Educational Environment, Educational Theories
Hepburn, Mary A., Ed. – 1983
This bulletin of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) sets forth the philosophic grounds for democratizing schools and the evidence from research as to why this task should be undertaken. In the first part of the booklet, a brief NCSS position statement indicates that schools should practice democracy and be able to instruct through…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role
Persaud, Ganga – 1983
Data from four separate case studies examining socialization and moral education in the elementary schools of Jamaica, Argentina, Uruguay, and Venezuela are compared and analyzed. The analysis is intended to help national officials, university personnel, and community leaders interpret what is happening in relation to moral values and the…
Descriptors: Church Role, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
Weiss, Helen; Weigel, Margaret – 1980
Designed for use in the intermediate grades, this interdisciplinary unit helps students examine traditional and modern roles of women. Fourteen lessons focus on women's activities in colonial America, reasons for women's discontent, the women's rights movement of the 1800's, changes in the roles of women, enfranchisement of women, women's role…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Feminism, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Washington, DC. – 1986
The scope of this bibliography encompasses the social and psychological aspects of genetic disorders. The bibliography lists selected English-language articles and books from the professional literature along with audiovisual materials produced by both voluntary organizations and professional filmmakers. The entries are organized by the following…
Descriptors: Adoption, Audiovisual Aids, Clergy, Clinical Diagnosis
Randlett, Alice Schmatz – 1989
A study examined the view of literacy as a socially constructed phenomenon situated within a culturally reproductive milieu. Within the context of one medium-sized comprehensive high school in a small city in the Midwest, the focus was on the daily classroom practice in teaching and learning to read and write. Four separate classes--two low track,…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, English Curriculum
Knox, Alan B. – 1987
Adult continuing education practitioners in the United States can improve their planning and decision making by developing an understanding of major societal influences on their programs. One way of understanding local influences is to learn about such influences on educational programs for adults in other national settings. This monograph is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Rogers, David – 1981
This report describes the New York City public school system's experiences with decentralization since 1970. The report includes an introductory chapter explaining the conditions that led to the adoption of decentralization; analytical case studies of eight New York City decentralized school districts; and two concluding chapters on findings and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Board Administrator Relationship, Case Studies