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Topsfield Foundation, Pomfret, CT. Study Circles Resource Center. – 1993
This discussion guide offers suggestions for conversations about sexual harassment. Its purpose is to help readers use dialogue to understand the legal definition of sexual harassment and to clarify and develop their own and others' definitions of acceptable behavior between men and women in the workplace, on campus, or wherever people gather. An…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Behavior, Behavior Change
Thapa, Bijaya; Bajracharya, Hridaya; Thapa, Renu; Chitrakar, Roshan; Lamichhane, Shreeram; Tuladhar, Sumon – 1996
In 1995, the International Consultative Forum on Education for All commissioned case studies in developing countries as part of a mid-decade review of progress in expanding access to basic education. This paper examines the progress of Nepal's Basic and Primary Education Master Plan (BPEP), which aims to increase female participation in formal and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy
Schnell, Jim – 1996
This paper defines a spiritual youth camp as a consciousness raising group. The camp, founded in 1956 as a community church camp, has been independent of any religious denomination since disassociating from the founding community church in 1986. Communication processes are described as they relate to primary aspects of the camp experience. Primary…
Descriptors: Camping, Communication (Thought Transfer), Consciousness Raising, Cross Cultural Studies
Panckhurst, Fay; And Others – 1987
A questionnaire survey canvassed the views of 72 New Zealand educators, in order to identify gaps or deficiencies in services and to establish priorities for development. Respondents were asked to comment on special education system strengths, growing points, desirable policy directions, and special interests. Four issues emerged as central to…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Methods
Philps, R., Ed.; Shannon, A. G., Ed. – 1983
This book contains papers presented at a conference on educational promise, performance, and expectations. Papers included in this volume are: (1) "Education in Australia: We Get What We Deserve" (S. Ball); (2) "The Size and Scale: What is Expected" (J. G. Owen); (3) "The Search for Educational Quality and Equality: A U.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
League of United Latin American Citizens, Washington, DC. – 1986
Six articles discuss various aspects of the English Only Movement while affirming the inalienable right of language minority individuals to equal educational opportunity and due process under the law and the right to maintain cultural and linguistic ties to their native heritages. Congressman Don Edwards considers bilingual ballots, explaining…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Civil Rights
Kelly, Rita Mae – 1989
An examination of policy studies in the twentieth century shows that there has been a movement away from an earlier concern for a policy science of democracy. Traditionally, political scientists in the United States have wanted to do good, and for most of them, doing good has meant studying regimes and the state in order to promote liberal…
Descriptors: Action Research, Advocacy, Behaviorism, Citizen Participation
Stewart, Twyla; And Others – 1987
A group of three conference papers, all dealing with ways to improve teacher effectiveness, is presented in this document. The first paper, "Improving Teacher Effectiveness" (Twyla Stewart), describes the efforts of the Center for Academic Interinstitutional Programs at the University of California, Los Angeles. The program focuses on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Teachers, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Surlin, Stuart H.; Berlin, Barry – 1989
A study was conducted to determine whether there was a significant difference in perceptions and values between Canadian and American television audiences. Respondents were first and second year college university students at the University of Windsor, Ontario, and Canisius College, Buffalo. Two types of personal values were looked at: general…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
Shapiro, Joan Poliner; Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll – 1987
This paper indicates the need for women's studies ethics courses and the examination of student concepts of morality. It proposes the ethical study of social problems not usually considered in undergraduate classes and illustrates the importance of the study of historical perspectives and situational ethics in the teaching of complex contemporary…
Descriptors: Altruism, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Kling, Rob – 1982
Common assumptions concerning the impact of computers on society fail to recognize the complexity of the social settings into which computer technology is introduced or the roles computer applications play in those settings. This paper identifies common ways of conceptualizing computing and points out their weaknesses. The author then discusses…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science
Morse, Dean – 1976
Selected and edited from approximately 100 lengthy open-ended interviews with older black men and women and young Puerto Rican men and women in New York City and Newark, New Jersey, transcripts are presented in which 12 of the older black men and women and six of the young Puerto Ricans describe their work experiences and how they were related to…
Descriptors: Age, Attitudes, Blacks, Case Studies
Erwin, Barbara, Comp.; And Others – 1982
This description of the Regular Education Inservice (REGI) effort in fiscal year 1981 includes a summary analysis of data from the REGI projects and a state by state compilation of project abstracts. Following the summary analysis of the REGI effort, project abstracts are organized by state or territory. Within each state or territory section,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Tenfjord, Jon – 1980
For nearly a generation, teachers have taught Norwegian school children through songs, explanation, films, and reading about children from other cultures with international understanding as an ideal. Now, however, with nearly 80,000 foreign workers in Norway, incidents of racism and discrimination (such as insults and mobbing in schoolyards) are…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bias, Change Strategies, Childrens Literature
Gagnon, Marc – 1974
A report is presented of research on the attitudes of French-speaking adolescents toward the English language and culture. For the purposes of this study, Shaw and Wright's definition of attitude was accepted, that is, an evaluative reaction of the affective order. The four parts of the study describe the following: (1) the preparation of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Biculturalism
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