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Download full textMontgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. – 1982
Instructional units with suggested resources and appropriate activities for teaching environmental design to students in grades 6-12 are presented. An overview of program goals and suggested environmental awareness exercises and projects is followed by six illustrative units. The first unit (grade 6) focuses on environmental awareness and…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Community Study, Design
Goldmeier, Harold; And Others – 1976
This document presents information gathered by the Massachusetts Committee for Children and Youth as it developed and tested various approaches for assessing the health and social needs of children under 6 years of age. The first section of the document is a summary of findings and general recommendations for action by the U.S. Office of Child…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Case Studies, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Durrance, Joan C., Ed.; Vainstein, Rose, Ed. – 1981
This collection of papers presented at an institute on public libraries and adult services at the University of Michigan contains a tribute to Professor Rose Vainstein (retiring Margaret Mann Professor of Library Science at the University), an institute program schedule, and a set of essays and discussions on the theme of the institute. The essays…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Community Information Services
Dzierlenga, Donna; Friedlander, Jack – 1981
Practical information is provided, in a question and answer format, for community college officials who are planning to conduct a community needs assessment. A brief discussion of the usefulness of needs assessment surveys to the college planning process is followed by descriptions of eight steps to be followed in planning and conducting a survey:…
Descriptors: Bias, Community Colleges, Community Needs, Community Study
Scott, Robert A. – 1980
An extensive library listing of 65 institutional indicators is designed to alert administrators of higher education to a number of appropriate signals of institutional vitality. Some indicators reflect financial condition in general, while others signal specific features of the educational environment. Regular monitoring of these indicators can…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Check Lists, College Administration, College Environment
Erickson, Robert; Lowrie, Jane – 1978
This handbook for secondary teachers contains activities, exercises, and strategies designed to make more obvious and concrete the opportunities local communities and states provide for students to learn about and to participate in global affairs. A major objective is to help high school students develop the competencies needed to identify and to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Organizations, Community Study, Cultural Background
Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, VA. – 1978
This study of the present and future library needs of residents of Stafford County, Virginia, with emphasis on the North Stafford areas, includes a review of demographic statistics and recommendations for library services. The currently increasing population is highly dependent on the automobile for transportation, and recommendations for library…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Organizations, Community Resources, Community Study
Norfolk Public Library System, VA. – 1978
This study of the community of Norfolk, Virginia, and its public library system concentrates on an area of the city with a large Black community. The city planning process is explained, and the Model City Program described as a prime example of planning in such areas. The situation and programs of two agencies--a storefront public library and the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Branch Libraries, Community Characteristics, Community Study
ANGELL, ROBERT C.; BARTH, WILLIAM P. – 1968
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE 1964-66 ACTIVITIES OF A COOPERATIVE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE (ALABAMA). DURING THE 2-YEAR PERIOD SCHOLARS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TWO INSTITUTIONS HAVE ESTABLISHED A NEW SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER AT TUSKEGEE, INCLUDING A SURVEY RESEARCH OPERATION WHICH…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Study, Cooperative Programs, Data
Dreier, William H. – 1975
The paper reviews about 25 major studies printed since 1920, and in turn, these refer to some 75 other studies about rural churches, their location, numbers, ministers, denominational arrangements, and supporting population per church on a county level. On the role of rural social science in Theological education, one study reports that the pastor…
Descriptors: Church Role, Churches, Clergy, Community Study
Winget, W. Gary – 1974
This project describes the proposed design and management of systems for supplying child care and supportive services in the East Metropolitan Area of St. Paul, Minnesota, and addresses the general problem of the increased need and demand for formal child care services. The stated goal of the project is to assure child care services which are…
Descriptors: Child Care, Community Study, Consultation Programs, Day Care
Capron, Barbara J. – 1971
The CMAS, a detailed taxonomy of questions that is used to analyze "Concepts of Inquiry" materials, is described in ED 067 308. A brief summary of the sequential K-12 Cleveland program is given in ED 064 223. Materials for the course are interdisciplinary with a subject matter base of geography focusing on investigating communities. The…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Study, Concept Teaching, Content Analysis
Ruderman, Florence A. – 1968
In 1960, the Child Welfare League of America began the Day Care Project to survey research to clarify and revise day care services. A three stage program assessed attitudes and practices in seven communities. Stage I tapped community opinions (namely, working mothers) on child welfare issues. Stage II utilized field techniques to survey…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Caregivers, Children, Community Attitudes
Farber, Irvin J.; Wexler, Norman – 1969
The Classroom on Wheels was an experimental program involving a series of trips by Junior High School Students to places of interest in the city. Randomly selected groups of students were tested before and after to evaluate the program's effectiveness in terms of pre-program objectives. These including helping students to increase their liking for…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Community Study, Enrichment, Enrichment Activities
Swanson, Austin D.; And Others – 1970
Wages in the private sector are generally determined by labor supply and demand. In education, wages are frequently conditioned by political processes leading to severe irrationality in the salary policies of the institution. Hypotheses were tested that saw a school district's salary level as a function of the community's socioeconomic, cultural,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Study, Multiple Regression Analysis, Salary Wage Differentials
