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Hospital Research and Educational Trust, Chicago, IL. – 1970
This basic handbook for personnel development through training and continuing education within health care institutions describes the techniques involved in developing programs, from needs determination to evaluation. It covers how to make a skill inventory and a survey of learning needs; how to state learning objectives; how to design a specific…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies, Discipline Problems, Educational Needs
Doll, Russell C. – 1969
The investigation in this study of inner-city elementary schools identified two main causes for successful learning environments. The strongest influence was thought to be the principal. An analysis of "problem oriented schools" showed that successful principals were prone to act independently of bureaucratic directives, and that they heeded…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Selection, Classroom Techniques
Lurie, Ellen – 1970
Contents of this manual center on and develop action check-lists for parents concerning the following topics: how to help your child do better in school; how to make sure all children learn to read--sample questionnaire: parent survey of reading achievement; how to use state and federal funds to force educational reform in your school; how to take…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Control, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
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Johnson, Stephen M. – Developmental Psychology, 1970
The purpose of this study was to examine self-reinforcement as an agent of behavior change with children who were deficient in desired attention behaviors. Twenty three first and second grade school children were taught through external reinforcement procedures to raise their level of attention on a simple discrimination task. Subjects in one…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Change, Behavior Standards, Behavioral Science Research
Wolfe, Richard O. – Small School Forum, 1982
Now is the time for an image change in small school education. Based on the 1981 Coleman Report, small school education overflows with advantages: low student-teacher ratio, opportunity to view each student in a holistic way, and the ability to control the behavior of the student body as a whole. (LC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discipline Problems, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Hyman, Irwin A. – Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 1981
Paper presented at the 66th Convention of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, October 23, 1980, Baltimore, Maryland, expresses concern about the future of education and the growing problem of school violence. Suggests corporal punishment amounts to child abuse and does little to help students learn problem-solving techniques.…
Descriptors: Corporal Punishment, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Economic Factors
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Brownell, Mary T.; Smith, Stephen W.; McNellis, Janet R. – Exceptionality, 1997
Reflects on the findings of a survey (reported in an earlier article in this issue) of 93 teachers who left their special education teaching positions. How the data was collected is discussed as well as the factors for leaving, including lack of administrative support, significant student discipline problems, high case load, excessive paperwork,…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Data Collection, Disabilities, Discipline Problems
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Flicker, Eileen S.; Hoffman, Janet Andron – Young Children, 2002
Describes a classroom management approach called developmental discipline that incorporates observation with knowledge of the individual child, situation, and child development to guide appropriate behavior. Discusses factors associated with behavior problems and how teachers can work with parents to apply developmental discipline techniques and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Classroom Environment
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Velez, William – Sociology of Education, 1989
Explores the determining factors which influence the dropout rates among Hispanics by analyzing and comparing Chicano, Cuban and Puerto Rican student populations. Factors identified include confrontation, accelerated role taking, social background, school environment, sociopsychological motivation, and immigrant status. Suggests that school…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Cubans, Discipline Problems, Dropout Characteristics
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Cummings, Anne L.; Curtis, Karen – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1992
Examines cognitive elements used by 29 student teachers in solving problems involving instruction, discipline, supervisors, and time demands. Assesses relationship between problem types and teachers' strategies. Examines effect of experience and knowledge on problem-solving processes. Links problem-solving decisions to task environments…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills
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Litke, C. Del – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1994
Traces development and implementation of a 4-day school week at an Alberta junior high school that extended the school day 40 minutes, resulted in more classes taught in a shorter time period, and decreased student discipline problems. Describes parent and community reactions. Includes recommendations for planning educational change. (LP)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Discipline Problems
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Sheets, Rosa Hernandez – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2002
A qualitative study of four Chicano high school students involved in a range of disciplinary actions revealed students' feelings of alienation, substantive differences in student and teacher perceptions of misbehavior, student perceptions of injustices in rule applications, poor classroom management and instructional techniques, the basis of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discipline Problems, High School Students, High Schools
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Beachum, Floyd D. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2005
The purpose of this study was to assess pre-service teachers' support for character education and analyze their perceptions of character as an effective deterrent to negative school behaviors. In addition, the author of this study sought to ascertain pre-service teachers' opinions regarding the importance of character education in undergraduate…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Discipline Problems, Education Courses, Discipline
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Carless, David – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2004
Although task-based teaching is frequently practiced in contemporary English language teaching, it is underresearched in state school settings. This article contributes to filling this gap in the literature by using qualitative case study data to explore how a task-based innovation was implemented in three primary school classrooms in Hong Kong.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, State Schools, Language Teachers
Brown, Valerie L., Ed.; Buttolph, Katherine, Ed. – 1993
This legal compendium focuses on the difficult and volatile issues of student discipline in cases of both academic and nonacademic misconduct. Part I lists non-academic codes from University of Michigan, Yale College, Vanderbilt University, University of Iowa, City University of New York, Baylor University, Columbia University, George Washington…
Descriptors: Cheating, Civil Liberties, Codes of Ethics, College Students
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