The city of Exeter is in a rural area of Tulare County near the center of the San Joaquin Valley, California. The economy is agriculturally oriented with an emphasis on citrus. Exeter Union High School, located in the city of Exeter, is a single hi . . .

In the history of American education, patterns of pedagogy have always reflected the values and self-assessments of the larger society which fostered and sustained them. Though initially rooted and set in theocratic values, by the end of the eight . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of additional time allotment in a remedial reading class on a selected group of students in grades two through five in Wasco, California. The study was designed to find the effect of the additi . . .

Since the main focus of this study is on parentchild relationships as portrayed in the folktales of East and West Africa, Germany, Scandinavia, Turkey and Japan, this introduction will be divided into three parts. The first section will explore som . . .

"Vocational education" is a term which has long been an integral part of education's vocabulary. When mentioned, the words frequently bring to mind such things as a "dumping ground" in the school for those students who are less academically incline . . .

The purpose of this paper is to study selected aspects of the use of educational television in early childhood education. In order to understand the need and purpose for such a study, it is necessary to have some background information about early . . .

It was the purpose of this investigation to study the development of relational position concepts of four-year- old disadvantaged children as influenced by opportunities for block manipulation with verbal naming of the position by an experimenter. . . .

Project Follow-Through is a federally-funded five year effort to sustain and supplement in the early grades the gains made by low-income children who have had a full year's experience in a Head Start or Preschool program. In Fresno, California, th . . .

The question of how best to provide an environment which enhances the probability of a superior education for children in the schools has plagued educational leaders for decades. Governing boards and their administrative agents have long pondered . . .

Mexican Americans are a segment of the rural poor. These low income people face uniquely complex problems. Often they do not speak English; their children are virtually un- touched by existing school programs; their lack of job skills and the incr . . .

On September 1, 1924, F. J. Lee, General Overseer of the Church of God,"'" wrote: "In making up the program for the Assembly, I thought it would be well to have something concerning the young people . . . This is what Charles W. Conn, a former Gen . . .

Since 2007, the California State University (CSU) system has partaken in two initiatives in the past: Access to Success and the Graduation Initiative 2015. These initiatives laid the foundation for the most recent initiative, the Graduation Initiati . . .

During the years until World War II public school education retained many of the moral and spiritual teachings which were found in the earlier private schools. There was much leniency toward prayer and Bible reading in the classroom, as well as towa . . .

There are various ideas concerning what role guidance should play within the school organisation. One point of view* which stresses the individual in his uniqueness, is concerned with helping youth develop self-concepts involving realistic self-und . . .

Since the early 1950's much research has been carried on relative to creativity demonstrated by human subjects. The work of" many behavioral scientists has opened new avenues of thinking regarding the make-up of human intelligence. J. Paul Guilfor . . .

A few years ago a college degree was the key to a wide variety of career positions. Today, it is not uncommon to hear of the glutted job market in fields such as teaching, social welfare and engineering. Students are looking for positions which wi . . .

In recent years mankind has been involved in major social problems. In the United States involvement with social problems has existed within persons and within groups, and between persons and between groups. The energies of our populace, whether m . . .

The assumption is generally made that through re-staffing of teachers, re-grcuping of children and utilization of a variety of teaching techniques, there will result an improvement in pupil achievement, professional performance, and attitudes of b . . .

The assumption is generally made that through re-staffing of teachers, re-grcuping of children and utilization of a variety of teaching techniques, there will result an improvement in pupil achievement, professional performance, and attitudes of b . . .

The process of bringing work and laborer together goes back in man's history beyond the records of civiliza- tion. The first large-scale "employment" of people was probably through the institution of slavery. The first source of labor supply . . .

Before an educator can teach any subject successfully he must have some theory as to how his students learn. This theory can be developed from a study of the psychologies of learning that are applicable in education. After carefully considering th . . .

The assumption is generally made that through re-staffing of teachers, re-grcuping of children and utilization of a variety of teaching techniques, there will result an improvement in pupil achievement, professional performance, and attitudes of b . . .

This study was undertaken to determine the validity of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) for the prediction of success or failure while on probation. The subjects for this study consisted of 32 male adult probationers in San Francisco Count . . .

Improvement of what goes on in the classroom has been the eternal goal of teacher training institutions and inservice programs for teachers working in the classroom. The Stull Bill and all its implications for goal setting, writing the objectives, . . .

With the tightening of the job market it is becoming increasingly apparent that prospective employees must become diversified in order to qualify within selected job areas to provide increased opportunities for employment. One specific job area wh . . .

The main focus of study in this paper was the actual use and practice of games in the teaching of kindergarten children. One way to assess the practical use of games is an analysis of the actual use in kindergarten programs of games as a method of . . .

"Teachers struck in Minneapolis, Minn., Muskogee, Okla. , and Butte, Mont., as Los Angeles teachers voted over- whelmingly to quit their classrooms This quotation is the first sentence of an article in the April 20, 1970, U, S. News and World . . .

The importance of a positive self concept and the relationship between self concept and academic success is being widely discussed in the field of education. The idea of implementing programs that will foster positive self concepts into the yearly . . .

The Board of Trustees of the Selma (California) Unified School District in September of 1973 authorized a Community Congress on Education. The Community Congress was constituted to involve a broad cross section of the people of the Selma area. Invitat . . .

This is a comparative study of the roles of the secondary school principal in Thailand and in the United States. This investigator serves in Thailand as a school principal and manager. Sithammarat Suksa is the name of that school. It is one of the . . .

One of the most important and characteristic forms of human behavior is language; its importance in human affairs has been recognized since the beginning of history.When each of the social sciences developed, it encountered language problems within . . .

We in this country currently live at a time and in a land that rings of a strange paradox. Tulare County, California, could be considered a prime example of this present day contradiction. On the one hand, it is a county that has been consistently am . . .

"The application of knowledge for socially useful ends often is preceded by the theoretical development of a science." Successful theoretical development in the sci- ences has led academic psychologists to search for the basic laws governing l . . .

The acquisition of verbal strength starts long before the child begins his formal education, and the schools have little or no control over individuals or institutions who influence his language development. In the home, for example, a child learns . . .

With the growing emphasis being placed upon the creatively gifted student and the field of creativity in general, teachers are increasingly being asked to help their students realize their creative potential. Considerable research has been publish . . .

The purpose of this study was to develop a home intervention program for preschool developmentally disabled children. The importance of early intervention, and procedures being followed to provide inter- vention and their effectiveness were inves . . .

The identification and assessment of the self concept is a subject that has received considerable attention in theoretical writings and related research. Attention to this specific subject has not been limited to contemporary studies. Behavioral s . . .

American education must accept the professional task of recognizing and accepting culturally different students who enter our schools and promote an appreciation for these diverse cultures in this culturally diverse and complex society. Wayson (19 . . .

This study was predicated upon the assumption that a better understanding of teacher and student attitudes toward elementary school subjects would assist educators in viewing more realistically the complexity of the educational experience in which . . .

This is an era of accountability, and science is an enigma to the general populace. Beginning with the first Sputnik in 1957, there was an almost overwhelming stress on science education. However, starting about 1968, the glow began to fade, and it . . .

The culture of the United States today puts a great amount of importance on sex. Contained in this society are people who buy, via sexualization, be it a new car or a type of deodorant, and at the same time "clear-cut information on typical contem . . .

The pattern of attendance in American higher education is undergoing significant changes. Each year fewer students who graduate from high school in the spring enter college immediately in the fall and continue their enrollment on an uninterrupted . . .

Education today is being held accountable for its many programs and activities it is using to educate its students. Community colleges' educational and vocational programs are constantly evaluated by using their graduates' successes as a measuring . . .

As early as 1925, Frederick Maurice Hunter, Superintendent of Schools, Oakland, California, indicated that principles of good school administration require the building principal to be the officer-in-chief of his school. The principal was to be rec . . .

The need for counselors to justify their existence in today's (1974) secondary school programs is for the most part unnecessary. School counselors have become accepted and integral members of the school staff. Evidence of this acceptance can be fou . . .

The past decade has seen tremendous progress in the understanding of mental retardation, early identification and diagnosis, education and training, prevention and treat- ment, and research. However, most mentally retarded persons are said to . . .

Open education, the integrated day, the develop- mental classroom, informal education: these phrases refer to an educational movement that began in England and that is now growing in the United States. The traditional classrooms which exist in . . .

Vocational placement is a necessary goal for our modern educational system. Placing the right person on the right job is a matter of coordinating educational and vocational planning carefully and accurately. Personality characteristics are impor . . .

This nation, thousands of miles in width and breadth, attempts offer an education to children and youth of every economic, ethnic, and cultural background. The enormity of the task to provide quality educational opportunity for every child in Am . . .

A major area of interest to today's educator is the influence of early environment on the child's school achievement. Literature in early childhood education is involved in the debate over assumptions about the relationship between various stages of d . . .