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Mauk, Johnathon Douglas – 2000
This study focuses on the ways composition pedagogy emerges out of and gives way to the dynamics of space. At one level, the study describes the attempts of one community college instructor to create a writerly space for his students, and at another level, it describes how those attempts resonate with broader conceptions of academic space.…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Human Geography
Foster, Karen B. – 1997
The success of the Champaign County Nursing Home Child Care Center (CCNHCCC) in Illinois provides a model for the establishment of child care centers in nursing homes. Needs assessment, financial support, licensing, staff hiring and training are all important factors that need to addressed in the start up and running of such a program. The…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Frail Elderly, Institutional Cooperation, Intergenerational Programs
Hanoun, Rasmiyah Abd El-Kader – 2001
This paper considers the impact of the Palestinian second uprising on the emotional and psychological aspects of the lives of Palestinian children. It attempts to shed light on changes that occurred in children's behavior during the Intifada. Children ages 6 through 16, living in villages and refugee camps, completed a questionnaire which looked…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Children, Community Support, Comparative Analysis
Goldman, Stephen B. – Urban Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Family Environment, Handicapped Children, Minority Groups
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Conners, Dennis A. – Theory into Practice, 1983
Research dealing with the design of the school physical environment and its effect on stress in students and teachers is examined. The design of both the school's overall environment and the individual classrooom unit may affect student and teacher attitudes and student achievement. (PP)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education
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Greenberg, Marshall G.; Frank, Ronald E. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1983
Using their own 1978 national survey sample, the authors describe the social and demographic characteristics, psychological needs, and television viewing behaviors of persons who exhibit each of 14 patterns of leisure activities. The patterns were isolated through factor analysis and clustering techniques. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cluster Analysis, Demography, Factor Analysis
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Christian, Barry T. – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Proposed a practical reinforcement hierarchy for classroom-based behavior modification programs. The seven-level hierarchy ranged from primitive consequences (Infantile Physical Contact and Food) through the more abstract consequences (Praise and Internal Self-Reinforcement). Suggestions were made for using the hierarchy in teacher consultation…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Teacher Cooperation
Nixon, Mary – Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 1982
Conclusions from studies dealing with student responses to declarations of children's rights provide a basis for discussing concomitant responsibilities of children, parents, teachers, and psychologists in the school setting. Although there are implications for other areas, chief concentration is on safeguarding children's rights concerning school…
Descriptors: Children, Confidentiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Parents
Marville, Ade – College Board Review, 1981
Some concerns of foreign students are discussed including recruitment malpractice, the need for financial assistance and/or student employment, psychological problems, and the unwillingness of some trained foreign students to return to their countries of origin. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Financial Needs, Financial Problems, Foreign Student Advisers
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Greenglass, Esther R.; Devins, Reva – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1982
A study among female, unmarried undergraduates showed that while the majority planned on both career and family, the priority was family; career commitment was a predictor of educational, career, and family plans; and, as women aspire to the full-time career model, they tend to show more stereotypically masculine traits. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, College Students, Females
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McKibbin, Michael; Joyce, Bruce – Theory into Practice, 1980
A study of a group of 21 teachers focused on the relationship between their psychological states and their utilization of professional growth activities and programs. The study's objective was to generate a practical way of applying Maslow's Theory of Personality to the study of staff development. (JN)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
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Falender, Carol A.; Mehrabian, Albert – Journal of Psychology, 1979
Presents a framework for characterizing the emotional impact of day care environments, using pleasure, arousal, and dominance-submissiveness dimensions to predict children's emotional reactions to day care and to separation from their parents, their active involvement in day care, and the extended effects of day care on their cognitive…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Arousal Patterns, Child Care, Cognitive Development
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Logan, Donald; And Others – Counseling and Values, 1977
The Benton High School values clarification program is an orderly sequence of structured group activities directed toward clarifying students' values and decisions as part of a one-semester elective sociology class open to all juniors and seniors. Evaluation indicates program participants moved toward a stronger belief in internal control in…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, High School Students, Humanistic Education, Program Descriptions
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Patton, James M.; Townsend, Brenda L. – Roeper Review, 1997
Identifies gifted African American children's sociocultural and psychological needs that should be considered when promoting their inclusion in general education settings. Strategies are discussed for creating inclusive environments for these learners, including promoting leadership and prosocial skills, switching linguistic and cultural codes,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
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McMahon, Linnet; Dacre, Viv; Vale, Janet – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Considers the need for developing a theoretical framework for therapy in family centers. Examines the contribution of concepts of "emotional containment" and "holding" from parent-infant relationship theories to management and therapy. Explores how workers' anxieties can be managed so reflective practice and therapeutic…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Disturbances, Emotional Experience, Emotional Problems
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