This study is concerned with the effectiveness of teacher aides in the eight Indianapolis Model Cities Schools as perceived by themselves and others. These paraprofessional personnel were hired for two basic purposes: (1) to provide additional help to teachers and children in the classroom, and (2) to provide career opportunities for a limited…

Initially, the committee whose members authored this monograph was commissioned to investigate the current thoughts and practices surrounding the certification of the curriculum worker. As evidenced by the papers contained here, the group's perspective broadened to include attention to the role, function, and preparation of the curriculum leader.…

This book reports some creative efforts and procedures to help members of different groups expand their perspectives of themselves and of other persons, and explore more fully their choice for action. While the book's focus is often on blacks, its intention is much broader in the area of minority relations. The specific experiments, experiences,…

This study explores teacher and principal role expectations in conventional versus alternative secondary school settings. A 59-item "Role Expectations Instrument" was to give to 472 teachers in 11 conventional high schools, each having a mini-school associated with it, and in five independent alternative high schools. In addition, 11…

Data from an urban (Houston, Texas) and a rural (Kansas) sample on the relationship between perceived job satisfaction and career stability of assistant principals are analyzed and compared with the results of earlier findings by Austin and Brown. There is a significant relationship between job satisfaction and career stability, as well as…

A study investigates the governance roles of trustees in four private colleges that were victims of fiscal pressures common to independent colleges and that did not survive. The primary concern is with the board's role prior to failure, the responsibility they bore for what happened, and the opportunities for service they may have overlooked.…

Analyzes the five factors in combination that appear to account for the mind-set in which the decision to launch the Challenger was made: (1) perceived pressure, (2) rigid conformity to perceived role requirements, (3) questionable reasoning, (4) ambiguous use of language, and (5) failure to ask important relevant questions. (NKA)

Found that white leaders exhibited more internal control and attributed good outcomes to personal attributes more often than did Black leaders. Self-concept data and sex-role orientation data were not helpful in interpreting findings. (Author/AS)

Explores the possibility that some adolescent females may feel threatened and anxious when exposed to role awareness programs that conflict with their feelings about themselves. Suggests counselors be aware of the need for student development programs and be sensitive to the reactions of students exposed to them. (JAC)

A developmental approach is taken, the current literature reviewed, and models are presented in a discussion of the coordination of inservice education, continuing education, and faculty development programs. Topics examined include: (1) higher education and role perceptions of institutions, faculty, and program coordinators; (2) collaboration of…

Contains eight articles related to counseling women and change, including: (1) the impact of traditional values on counseling women, (2) problems of midlife women, (3) women's victimization, and (4) counseling women to be whole persons. Also focuses on women as housewives, working women, and religious women. (RC)

Urban and rural school psychologists were surveyed on role diversity, role emphasis, continuing education, and job satisfaction. Rural school psychologists have a more diverse role, spend less time in traditional assessment activities, and are more likely to engage in activities involving them at the systems and community levels. (Author)

Three possible causes for the low porportion of female school administrators are examined: differences in male and female socialization, sex discrimination in hiring, and meritocracy. The authors describe two institutes designed to help women achieve higher administrative status and a research project which examines the careers and backgrounds of…

Describes a study of women in Australia enrolled in distance education programs that focused on the culturally different social setting they encountered. Portions of interviews are included that address issues related to gender, parenthood, career and employment, attitudes toward higher education, and motivation. (Contains 29 references.) (LRW)

Used a standard picture-ranking task to assess preschooler's attitudes about orthopedically handicapped individuals. Found that children as young as preschool age can hold a functionally related preference for a normal over a physically handicapped person. Children who held this preference interacted differently in social situations than children…