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Download full textSouthern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1987
In fiscal year 1987, the Southern Rural Development Center was involved with 40 projects, task forces, symposia, conferences, workshops and other activities, focusing specifically on the rural problems of the region and supporting the community development efforts of 29 land-grant institutions in 13 southern states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Trends, Community Characteristics
Fasthorse, Lydia; And Others – 1983
Designed to supplement book 1 of the Rough Rock fourth grade Navajo social studies program, the language arts supplement parallels the social studies lessons for each chapter of the student text. The lessons presented stress creative writing skills allowing the students to use their imagination and freely express ideas and feelings, creating a…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Creative Writing
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1982
This report presents the findings of research and public hearings on the development of racial isolation in Miami, Florida. Maintaining that Miami's black community is isolated from the city as a whole, and that the sense of black isolation and frustration precipitated the civil disturbances in Miami in May of 1980, the report examines the causes…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Black Community, Blacks, Community Characteristics
Hennings, Patricia – 1978
This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on procedures for selecting a community is the second in a set of six modules on consumer education related to housing. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Community Characteristics, Competency Based Teacher Education, Consumer Education
Texas Univ., Austin. Center for Social Work Research. – 1977
A curriculum examining various aspects of the Mexican American culture was designed for a training program conducted by the Texas Department of Public Welfare for its case workers and other personnel. Intended to heighten awareness of the cultural variables affecting the relationship of Mexican American clients to case workers and to the…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers, Community Characteristics, Coping
Gose, Frank J. – 1979
A study of the educational needs to be met by the Verde Campus of Yavapai College (YC) involved surveying seven populations. Responses were returned by 88 non-retired community residents, 96 retired members of the community, 191 members of the business sector, 240 current students, 208 former students, 19 faculty members, and 261 high school…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adults, College Faculty, Community Characteristics
Wilson, Roger; Salas, Dennis – 1978
The overall objective of the Dine Teacher Corps Project is to demonstrate the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary approach to the development and implementation of a bilingual/multicultural training and inservice training program for educators who will be cognizant of and responsive to the unique educational needs of the Indian child. The five…
Descriptors: Administration, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education
BLUM, ZAHAVA D.; ROSSI, PETER H. – 1968
DRAWING UPON RECENT STUDIES OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE BASIC CLASS-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POOR. THE POOR ARE DESCRIBED SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS, HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS, DELINQUENCY, AND SEX AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS. OTHER CORRELATES OF SOCIAL CLASS POSITION WHICH ARE DISCUSSED INCLUDE THE…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adjustment (to Environment), Aspiration, Behavior Patterns
TRELOAR, WILLIAM PURDY – 1960
TO ASCERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS OF SELECTED FACTORS INHIBITING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION TO COMMUNITY SIZE, ENROLLMENT, EXPERIENCE OF THE DIRECTOR, AND FULL- OR PART-TIME DIRECTORSHIP, 200 RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES MAILED TO ALL ADULT EDUCATION DIRECTORS IN MICHIGAN WERE ANALYZED. DATA WERE ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO THREE PROBLEM AREAS--(1)…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Characteristics, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Yeshiva Univ., New York, NY. Ferkauf Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences. – 1967
This conference report contains a summary of the proceedings and the text of two papers. The paper by Gertrude S. Goldberg, "Research Issues Evoked by the Moynihan Report," presents the critical response to that report and notes the issues raised by it. She discusses the alleged pathology of the Negro family, the relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Mothers, Blacks
Tachiki, Amy, Ed.; And Others
A documentary collection of the experiences of Asian Americans from a multitude of perspectives, including a scholarly focus and also containing contemporary expressions, comprises "Roots: An Asian American Reader." The volume is said to be designed to meet the needs of Asian Americans by providing a compilation of materials in readily…
Descriptors: American History, Asian Americans, Asian History, Asian Studies
French, Laurence – 1975
This paper investigates the isolation of the local black community within the social/cultural perspective. A profile of the community is given in terms of data collected from personal and family interviews. Personal interviews assessed how the Appalachian black viewed his group. Among the 13 variables studied are: trustworthiness, religion, work…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Community, Black Culture, Black Influences
Liu, Ben-Chieh – 1975
The empirical results of a 1970 study designed to assess the quality of life in 243 metropolitan areas are provided in this booklet. The quality of life components include 123 variables related to overall economic, political, environmental, health and education, and social conditions. The booklet is divided into five sections which explain the…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Health Services, Community Resources, Community Study
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. – 1968
In an attempt to explore the little-known world of children's play, and to open up channels of communication and understanding with children, the following are offered to teachers and teachers-in-training: (1) 11 topics for reading, discussion, and research (with bibliographical materials) on the playlore of children; (2) techniques for studying…
Descriptors: Child Language, Childhood Interests, Children, Childrens Games
Park Forest Public Schools District 163, IL. – 1970
This teaching guide contains the main idea of the unit, five sub-generalizations with suggestions for closely correlated learning activities, and references to instructional materials. The main idea of the unit is that "People from many difference groups work together to make the city a better place to live." Some of the supporting ideas…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Study, Concept Teaching, Cultural Awareness
