This resource booklet is intended to present a new set of tools and procedures for making meetings more participative. It is aimed at anyone who plans programs, meetings, conferences, classes, workshops, seminars, or conventions--from corporation presidents to managers to youth group leaders. Unit 1 identifies some of the issues and problems…

Simulation--a teaching strategy which enables students to vicariously test both their powers of observation and decision making abilities--is suggested as a device to prepare students for the rapid changes they are likely to encounter as adults. Guidelines are offered for developing classroom simulations in this paper. Social and cultural topics…

The document examines three kinds of human relations training techniques and their possible application in preparing American personnel for the cross-cultural aspects of overseas assignments. The objective is to describe each technique, examine it with respect to possible use in area training, and summarize experimental evidence of its…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CLASSES OF COGNITIVE PHENOMENA WAS INVESTIGATED, I.E., THE MOTIVATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THE DEGREE OF PERCEIVED ROLE DISPARITY OF TEACHERS. ONE ELEMENT OF MOTIVATION, CALLED "ORIENTATION FOR CHANGE," WAS RELATED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROLE DISPARITY, INCLUDING "OPTIMISM" OR THE EXTENT IN WHICH THE…

AMONG A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING THE DISADVANTAGED ARE (1) THE DIALECT GAME, IN WHICH THE CHILD'S SLANG, "HIP" TALK OR MISPRONUNCIATION IS USED AS THE BASIS FOR LEARNING MORE CONVENTIONAL TERMINOLOGY OR FOR CONVEYING MEANINGS TO HIM WHICH HE OTHERWISE WOULD NOT GRASP, (2) THE HELPER PRINCIPLE (6TH-GRADERS CAN BE HELPFUL…

This document contains three module clusters on participatory governance of education and the teaching profession, written for use by teacher education institutions as instructional packages for practicing teachers pursuing graduate studies. In a general overview of the module clusters, a rationale for the program of study, cluster structure,…

New measures of sex role style assess the respondent's self-attribution of sex-typed interpersonal characteristics. In light of claims that androgynous roles are related to behavioral flexibility, the current study investigated the relationship between sex role orientations and performance in interpersonal situations. Males and females in each of…

The document provides an annotated list of 130 games and simulations for elementary and secondary economics courses, outlines procedures for using games, and reviews research studies on social science games and simulations. It is presented in five chapters. Chapter I lists selection criteria: the simulation/game must use the role playing features…

This study investigates the effects of social relationships curricula and sex differences on reading readiness and imaginativeness. The subjects were ninety-six 5-year-olds from four kindergarten classrooms. In the pre- and post-assessment phase of the study the children were administered the Gates MacGinitie Reading Readiness Skills Test and the…

Based on a program developed at Augustana College, South Dakota, the booklet--one-fourth of which consists of appendixes--presents activities designed to be used in workshops aimed at creating positive attitudes toward handicapped children among regular classroom teachers. Among the activities are those which simulate the reactions and feelings of…

PLAY WHICH INVOLVES NATURAL MOVEMENT HELPS THE CHILD TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND ABOUT HIMSELF. AN EXPANSIVE AND VERSATILE USE OF SPACE FOR LIVING INCREASES WITH EXPLORATION. FREEDOM TO MOVE IS INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL, AS WELL AS PHYSICAL. NEW EXPERIENCES ARISING OUT OF CURIOSITY AND INTERACTION WITH HIS OWN FAMILY AND OTHER…

Role play is discussed as an aid to the implementation of New Careers programs in human service agencies. Goals of the New Careers programs include: (a) expansion of health, education, and welfare institutions, (b) meaningful jobs for the underemployed, (c) advancement opportunities for all human service agency employees through in-service…

Simulation games, antedated by war games such as CHATURANGA and chess, are still in an early stage of their design, development, and use for the classroom. Evidence of their learning advantages is little and uncertain; but their users, students and teachers, are enthusiastic; and they may become an integral part of the K-12 curriculum. Simulations…

This book examines in depth the proper use of case studies in training managerial decision makers and defines the conditions under which one method of preparation and presentation is to be preferred to another. The first part defines the varying types of case study and their comparative advantages. The second part examines the process of decision…