This guidebook to learning procedures in cultural sensitivity and ethnographic data-gathering is designed for professionals and preprofessionals whose duties involve ethnics. It is specifically suggested for use by "intermittent" ethnographers (those who may use weekends and vacations to study ethnic enclaves both within large cities and in the…

A gulf exists between what is known about administration and how this knowledge is used to improve administrative practice. A pilot project, to provide one bridge from theory to practice through an operational model, applies systems analysis to the administration of school districts. The completed operational model, developed in the Maryvale…

To test the effectiveness of the minicourse (an instructional microteaching package) in changing specific teacher behaviors, 20-minute pre- and postminicourse video-taped recordings of each of the 48 participating teachers' classroom lessons were made and were scored by trained raters. Further, to insure rater objectivity, delayed postcourse video…

In this bulletin a detailed description of a geologic region in Oregon is presented with numerous illustrations, both plates and schematic diagrams. Maps of the region as well as maps of various excursions are included in the booklet. A geologic-time unit table is presented covering the Cenozoic Era. Three excursions with included side-trips are…

The records, findings, and recommendations of 15 opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) were synthesized and analyzed so that individual OICs and other manpower programs could benefit. A detailed review of the final reports of the OICs and three field visits were made to collect data. To facilitate comparison, each of the chapters contains…

This study tested the feasibility and appropriateness of the process of further developing and strengthening available curricular materials along specified dimensions in an elementary school social studies unit. (DAG)

Describes a college level exercise in physics for measuring the earth's resistivity. (SL)

Focuses on specific problems of being a female field researcher in relation to general methodological issues such as the establishment and maintenance of rapport and research relationships. Observations from twelve research studies are used to exemplify these problems. (Author/AM)

Describes observation research conducted by the author in a state institution for the mentally retarded. Discusses the moral and ethical dilemmas that occurred when the author witnessed routine abuse to patients by the institution's attendants. (BSR)

Willard Waller fused social theory and field observation techniques. In work still relevant 55 years after its appearance, he viewed school in its societal context. This study develops a theory of schooling based on his work and that of his successors. (LHW)

The methodology of participant observation in evaluation research is described. The author cites examples of its use and includes references to additional sources of information. The characteristics of participant observation, appropriate circumstances for use, and specific techniques of this method are examined. (Author/DWH)

This paper deals with use of field research in an investigation of diffusion and use of information in environment of working poor. Highlights include discussion of field research and identification of conceptual themes (gaining entry, field researcher's role, anxiety in field research, rapport, reciprocity, empathy, maturity). Forty references…

Intended for use in introductory college-level physical geography courses, this self-guided field exercise involves students in searching their immediate environment for examples of fourth-order landforms that are replicas of large landforms. (RM)

A method of contour-line mapping using small contour intervals and a large scale is appropriate in teaching several mapping principles and requires use of a few, simple tools and elementary mathematics. (Author)