An analysis of the problem solving process reveals at least three options: (1) finding the cause, (2) solving the problem, and (3) anticipating potential problems. These methods may be illustrated by examining "Oedipus Tyrannus," a play in which a king attempts to deal with a problem that appears to be beyond his ability to solve, and…

This guidebook uses a question and answer format to recommend ways by which principals can manage 48 "conflict points" that often occur in a school setting. A preface describes conflicts as being natural and pervasive in the secondary school context. Although the principal is regarded as the responsible agent to reduce dissonance, the challenge…

The Teenage Health Teaching Modules (THTM) program is a health education curriculum for adolescents. Each THTM module frames an adolescent health task emphasizing development of self-assessment, communication, decision making, health advocacy, and self-management. This module indicates ways in which early adolescents can develop skills in…

The Parent-Teacher-Student Network Model was developed to aid in development of open communication among parent, teachers, and students. A description is given of this model for parent-teacher-student conferencing which was designed to allow participants to discuss educational goals, resolve conflicts, plan strategies for achievement, and evaluate…

Evidence is accumulating that experiences of children within the violent family are fundamental causes of the continuing problem of family and societal violence. To examine attitudes and values as a function of experience with family violence, 114 male undergraduate students completed a questionnaire assessing general demographics, and several…

Mediation and mediation-arbitration (med-arb) are two forms of third-party conflict intervention that can affect integrative agreements in labor-management negotiation. In an attempt to evaluate the relative value of each of these two methods, 160 volunteers, almost all business students, were randomly placed into a mediation triad, a med-arb…

Outlines a model which describes the processes that a learner goes through in attempting to solve problems, and suggests ways to assist students in reaching a solution when they are confronted by an apparent impasse. (JR)

The author identifies the essentials of an educated person as: basic skills, common learnings (family relationships, social group status, property and trade, government and law, ethnic differences, ethics, sexuality, conflict resolution, and natural phenomena understanding), understanding of leisure time, and career education. (EA)

A newspaper's reporting and documenting of a local issue is used as a curricular starting point in many subject areas. (Author/KM)

Presenting testimony on a joint resolution to extinguish any Mashpee Wampanoag right, title, or interest to certain lands in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, these hearings include Senate Joint Resolution 86, the proposed bill, and statements by seven representative spokesmen. This action, as represented here, is premised on recognition that…

The papers include: the college president, 25 years ago and now (Henry L. Ashmore); pressures on the presidential family (Clare S. Mackey); strategies for coping (James Bond); remaining an academic leader and being president (Arliss L. Roaden); role of the chief executive in institutional self-renewal (John A. Marvel); on leadership and management…

Members of the Church Council of Greater Seattle decided that the school desegregation plan adopted by that city in 1977 is workable and will help to end racial inequalities in education. This curriculum guide on desegregation issues is intended for use in a 2-9 week series of adult education classes in area churches. It is divided into nine…

Because negotiation channels creative energy and uses student ideas for the benefit of the school, it can create an environment more conducive to teaching and learning than the repressive environments that cause petty irritations, repeated disruptions, violence, and vandalism. (Author/IRT)

Describes the successful efforts, it is stated, of one high school in reducing the incidence of intergroup conflict: the school, consisting of approximately 1800 students with large segments of blacks, Puerto Ricans, Italian Americans, and Jews, was plagued in 1968 by major outbreaks of intergroup violence. (Author/JM)