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- Creator:
- Kushida, Mitsuko Y.
- Description:
- In this project, the writer has investigated the portrayal of Japanese Americans in the state-adopted social studies textbook series The Social Sciences: Concepts and Values (Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1970), levels one through four. Because textbooks have influence on learners, they are a means of providing the Japanese-American student with the opportunity to develop a sense of personal dignity and an understanding of his society. For the Japanese Americans, the development of identity is a complicated one. In the process of acculturation and assimilation into the American society, the Japanese Americans are losing their identity. The historical background and contemporary conditions of Japanese Americans illustrate the need for the textbooks to assist Japanese Americans in their search for identity. The writer has evaluated the early elementary-level social studies textbooks in terms of six criteria. In general, the findings indicated that an attempt has been made in the Concepts and Values series to portray the Japanese Americans as part of the pluralistic nature of the American society. However, because of the infrequent content material (both pictorial and narrative), omissions of essential information and illustrations, some stereotypic material, and some inaccurate factual statements, the conclusion was reached that the Japanese-American learner will not adequately be assisted by the series of textbooks used in this study to promote his self-identity. Based on the findings of this project, specific recommendations are presented to help educators, concerned citizens, and Japanese Americans.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Blankenship, Charles Frederick
- Description:
- Taxpayers today are extremely concerned about the ever increasing taxes, both in education as well as in the operation of the various governmental agencies. For the most part in the past five years, the majority of the taxpayers have been voting against against all tax increases, especially in the field of education. Besides being unable to keep up with the spiraling price increases, the tax payers have been dissatisfied with the end products of the public educational system. Many feel that the schools are too lax in the enforcing of discipline. Others feel that the schools are failing the students and society as a whole, by not teaching courses which are relevant to living in a society on a day to day basis. This as well as numerous other dissatisfactions with the educational systems, have led many to look into the feasibility of the voucher system, and to incorporate a system to make the instructors more accountable for the learning which takes place in their classrooms. In 1 California, the provisions of the Stull Bill reflects this latter concern. At the same time while these educational alternatives are being considered and implemented, another alternative has arisen in the spot light on the stage of education. (See more in text.)
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Steele, Lorren Kenneth
- Description:
- This study was designed to investigate the relationship between an integrating mental process, inferred from commitment to three or more years of filing an Accounting of tithable and non-tithable resources, and Ss' integrating or polarizing responses to dissonance-producing issues on a questionnaire designed for this purpose. A review of the literature supported the assumption that dissonance theory could explain “inconsistency-maintaining," or integrating, behavior as well as “inconsistency-reducing”, or polarizing, behavior around dissonant ideas. Four 1 x 2 Chi-square analyses were made of the data based upon the predictions of two hypotheses and in answer to two questions. The frequency of integrating and proportion of high integrating responses were expected to be greater for those who Accounted than for those who did not. No significant relationships were found at the .01 or .05 levels of confidence between the two groups, but all of the trends were in the expected direction. This study was conducted at a quasi-experimental level due to the personal nature of the relationship between the Es and Ss requiring more relaxed controls. Conclusions are limited accordingly. Continued research is needed with larger samplings of the population and greater control of the variables to confirm or disconfirm the trends in the above research.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hoover, Gerald W.
- Description:
- This paper was designed to serve as a manual for the general organization and administration of a deaf-blind work-study program. It includes a step-by-step procedure that is adapt able for most programs serving the deaf-blind. Neither specific curriculum nor job analysis has been included because they are available commercially. The primary tenets for establishing a work-study program are spelled out in Public Law 90-230 and Public Law 94-142, which states that handicapped children s hall be educated with the goal of accomplishing an effective transfer from the educational setting t o t he social and economic structures of the community. A work-study program can be very valuable in reaching this goal. A major problem with most work-study programs for the handicapped is the stress placed on specific work skills. The program presented in this paper instead stresses the following objectives to acquire skills that will lead to the more important goal of maximum independence: 1. Self-awareness. 2. Appropriate interaction with others. 3. Emotional security and stability. 4. Appropriate health and hygiene practices. 5. Communication skills. 6. Orientation and mobility skills. 7. Work skills. 8. Leisure time skills.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Cronlund, Philip E.
- Description:
- There is a well re cognized need for specialized training for house parents in residential schools for the deaf, and there is increasing interest in the preparation and duties of the se staff members. Surveys have indicated that there is little negative reaction to job preparation but there is some conflict in regards to the job expectations of the house parents and thusly the extent and nature of the preparation required. An attempt was made to resolve these differences by Clatterbuck, Roth and Epperson in 1960 in their report to the Conference of Executives. The recommendation of this report was that the Converence set up a certification plan for houseparents.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Van Wassenhove, Robert Eugene
- Description:
- The project reported herein was written in part due to the relative unavailability of literature by which students can study the local history of Antelope Valley. Textbook material dealing with this region is nonexistent. Land of the Free, presently used as a state junior high school American history text, contains no mention of this area; nor does We the People, a new state adoption. Textbook publishers cannot be held entirely at fault since the textbooks are intended for use primarily on a nationwide basis and in-depth regional or local history is impractical. Local historical society publications were available but lacked organization and continuity needed for classroom use. As a result of this dearth of material, the author developed an original local history unit of study. This project was written in part as an attempt by the author to create pupil interest and involvement in national history through a study of local history. Local history has the advantage of interest since students can develop a feeling of "belonging" whereas national history may seem too abstract. Hopefully, junior high students who would be introduced to a history of their local area would then transfer this involvement to their study of history on a national level. (See more in text.)
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
107. A survey : deaf adult interest in adult education in North Dakota and present services provided
- Creator:
- Galloway, Jaime D.
- Description:
- Adult education for the deaf is not a new trend in the United States and there are several successful programs. However, there continues to be a notable lack of successful adult education programs for the deaf in many areas of the United States in comparison to the number of adult education programs for "normal" hearing adults. For successful adult education programs for the deaf, many factors must be considered. Participation by the deaf adults in planning and developing adult education programs for the deaf is a crucial element and a paramount factor if adults education for the deaf is to succeed. The purpose of this survey was to determine what adult education classes the deaf adults in North Dakota are interested in and to ascertain whether or not these interests are currently being met by the universities, colleges, junior colleges or vocational/trade school s in North Dakota through organized adult education programs for and by the deaf adults of North Dakota. The conclusions drawn from this survey were (1) that the deaf adults in North Dakota are interested in a wide variety of adult education classes, (2) that the universities, colleges, Junior colleges and vocational/trade schools do provide adult education programs, (3) that the existing adult education programs in North Dakota, in general, do not provide interpreter, notetaker, or counseling services for the deaf, (4) that deaf adults are not actively involved in planning and developing adult education programs and (5) that the majority of the deaf adults in North Dakota are not currently enrolled in adult education programs.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Mossler, Ronald Allen
- Description:
- The dimension of reflection-impulsivity has been of interest to educators and experimenters in the quest to remediate deficient learning styles. A review of relevant literature on reflection-impulsivity is presented, along with a proposal for future study. Reliability and validity are discussed concomitantly with the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF), the most often used measure to classify cognitive tempo. The MFF stratifies the majority of children as reflective or impulsive: Reflective children are characterized by long response latencies and high degrees of accuracy on the MFF; impulses are characterized by high latencies and low accuracy. These cognitive strategies are discussed in relation to the school setting. As fast-inaccurate problem-solving strategies have been found to be inhibitory to optimal learning, procedures need to be devised to remediate impulsivity. Modeling is discussed as one possible intervention procedure. Implications and suggestions for research are discussed, along with a specific design for future investigation. It is hypothesized that natural teacher models will have a transmissible effect on the cognitive disposition of their students. Most importantly, if reflective teachers are found to naturally change deleterious problem-solving strategies of impulsive students, specific intervention procedures could be implemented to efficaciously redirect maladaptive learning styles.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Dreger, Dorothy S.
- Description:
- The purpose of this project is to provide the elementary public school administrator with basic information about deafness, its relationship to the deaf child, particularly in the area of education, and to suggest possible guidelines and procedures for mainstreaming deaf students into the educational program of the school. This will be carried out in the form of a professional paper. A bibliography will be included with particular references called to the attention of the reader as being considered specifically useful in the context of the subject.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Bowers, Janet Lynn
- Description:
- This project is a series of lesson plans designed to teach first-level properties of Pascal's triangle using the discovery teaching method. The teacher is supplied with all of the materials, references and instructions necessary to successfully teach the unit. The project was originally designed for general mathematics students but has since been expanded to include materials for junior and senior high school students. The major premise which permeates this project: is that learning mathematics is much more than mastering the fundamental skills of the subject. Mathematics education should be an effort to get students to think, analyze, see patterns and draw conclusions from data around them. Students who are exposed to mathematics teaching which is based upon this underlying philosophy enjoy this part of their education more and are better prepared to make good decisions in their adult lives.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Boltz, Robert Howard
- Description:
- �A journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step.� Introduction. The purpose of this project is to trace the development of telephone communication for the deaf-blind. Material available on such development can be found only in isolation as news releases, items of correspondence. Hence, there is a need for a project of this type. Most of the material covering this topic can be found in the library of the National Leadership Training Program in the Area of the Deaf directed by Jones, Ray L. at California State University, Northridge, formerly San Fernando Valley State College. Data in the form of news releases and newspaper clippings of quotations from magazine advertisements and books, of quotations from unpublished correspondence and reports have a lot of bearing on this project. Its being a new and unique field accounts for the very brevity of its history. It can be partly attributed to the fact of the deaf-blind population being in a vast minority.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Pursell, Linda Brooks
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a tutoring program, involving retired persons as tutors and second and third graders as tutees, on the attitudes of the tutors and the tutees toward the program and toward each other. A second purpose was to determine whether such a program would affect the tutees' attitudes toward reading as well as develop their sight word vocabulary skills. There were two main aspects to this project. The first was the preparation of tutoring materials packets to be used by retired persons in tutoring second and third graders in reading. These packets contained tutoring guides, drill materials, games, plans to be used during each tutoring session and additional activities. The second aspect was the utilization of these packets during sixteen hours of tutoring. The study was designed to involve at least thirty tutor-tutee pairs. However, due to an unwillingness on the part of retired persons to become involved, the final project resulted in only three working pairs. A Pretest-Posttest design was employed. Tutors and tutees were administered the semantic differential on the concepts tutoring and self. Tutors were administered the semantic differential on the concept children and tutees were given the semantic differential on the concepts reading and retired persons. The small number of subjects prohibited the author from making any conclusions based on the study. However, the posttests for both tutors and tutees showed more positive attitudes than the pretests. In addition to this the three tutees all made significant gains in their sight word vocabulary skills.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Johnson, Robert Lee
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to explore some of the social aspects of deaf parents during the time their deaf or hearing children are with them. The study attempted to gather data in several areas, but mainly in communication and its effects on their upbringing. Ten families of deaf parents and their deaf children were compared with ten other deaf families and their hearing children. All of these parents interviewed were within the Greater Los Angeles area. The writer is indebted to these families for their patience and willingness to cooperate in this research
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- White, Kristine Ann
- Description:
- This study explored the relationship of field-dependence and independence to the block play process in four year-old boys and girls. Field-dependence/independence was evaluated through the Preschool Embedded Figures Test. The Bender Gestalt was used as a check for any perceptual difficulties. Block design development was assessed through semi-structured individual block building, using wooden unit blocks. A positive correlational relationship (P<.OS) was found to exist with females who tended also to be more field-independent than mates at this same age level. Positive results were also found for females' ages and block building skills and females' ages and field-independence/ dependence. The history of field-dependence/independence is discussed, as is block play. The discussion section includes some possible explanations of what may have accounted for the research results. Educational implications are also included.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Armstrong, Jeanne Gloria Medeiros
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to evaluate the growth of the children in the academic area of Mathematics and in the area of self-concept in a sixth grade bilingual (Spanish and English) bicultural classroom at Rose Avenue School in Oxnard, California, to determine the positive or negative effects of the Spanish-English bilingual bicultural program. The design used was a pretest posttest descriptive study. Twenty-nine children took at least part of the battery of tests. The battery consisted of the Individual Computational Skills Test, the California Test of Basic Skills and the self-concept test which was developed by O' Melveny Elementary School in San Fernando, California. A posttest was given for the Individual Computational Skills Test, the California Test of Basic Skills and the self-concept test. Fifteen children took both the pretest and posttest for the Individual Computational Skills Test. The pretest, posttest and the t. test scores for the children were significant beyond . 01 for Math achievement. The pretest and posttest and t scores for self-concept were not statistically significant. The limitations of the study were two-fold. First, the amount of time that was available to conduct the research was limited.. Second, there was the fact that there was no control group previously established that matched the cultural, linguistic and educational backgrounds of all of the children involved in the study.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Wittenberg, Hazel
- Description:
- This study is concerned with In-Service Education and its effect upon teacher change. The program under study is sponsored by the Los Angeles Unified School District, through its Special Education Branch, at Salvin School. The Los Angeles Unified School District has received a grant from the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, under P.L. 90-230, EHA VI-C to develop a program to integrate handicapped and non-handicapped children in a model early childhood program. The program Dual Educational Approach to Learning (DEAL), integrates handicapped and non-handicapped children aged three through eight in an early childhood program. It is an open structure program providing a divided day between a formal period and an option period. The approach is based upon the concept that children, though different individually, have common needs whether they are handicapped or non-handicapped. The in-service class for teachers was a workshop which combined observation with participation and involved an in-depth exploration of many facets of the model early childhood program. The program objective was to encourage teachers to use whatever portion of the DEAL approach which was feasible in their own schools and to interest other teachers at each school in the curricular approach. The class represented also a pilot effort at dissemination of program information, an effort which is to be implemented in 1975. The writer was a participant both in the classroom with the children and, later, in the in-service class with teachers; the project is a follow-up study on the results of the in-service class. Questions were directed at the teacher’s view of the results of the program and the extent to which they, subsequently initiated and become involved with some aspects of the DEAL Program in their own schools.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Baer, Deborah Rose
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two methodologies; self-discovery and discovery-colloquium, on the science process achievement mean scores of a sample of third grade students. Further, the study attempted to derive from Piaget's theories a number of general principles to use as a framework in formulating the teaching methodologies labeled self-discovery and discovery- colloquium. The general hypothesis for the study was that there would be no significant difference in science process achievement between children who experienced the discovery-colloquium instruction and self-discovery instruction. A Pretest-Posttest Two Group Design was employed. Following the pretests, Group I and Group II experienced process--centered instruction in science through the use of materials that children could manipulate and problems they could investigate. In addition, Group I pooled observations in a colloquium following the exploration activity. Both groups received ninety minutes of instruction four times a week for a period of fourteen weeks. The posttests were given at the conclusion of the treatment period. The t test for correlated data was applied to pre-post test data for each group on two levels of the Science Subtest of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills Form S and combined test score data. Significant t ratios were attained at the 0.01 level in all cases. The t test for uncorrelated data was applied to pre-posttest comparison of the two groups on two levels of the Science Subtest of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills Form S as well as the combined test scores. The findings indicated no significant differences. Within the parameters of this study, it may be concluded that process learning can take place in both the self-discovery and discovery-colloquium methods if meaningful concrete experiences in which the child can explore in his own way are provided; and if opportunities are given for listening to him tell of his own experiences, in his own language, clarified through interchange with his peers. However, this study did not detect significant differences in the relative effectiveness of the two methods of process instruction. The inclusion of a colloquium to encourage further social interaction in the classroom did not produce any measurable improvement in process instruction.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Young, Stephen.
- Description:
- The use of standardized achievement tests flourishes in the American educational landscape. First developed in the United States by Joseph Mayer Rice in the 1880's, the standardized test has one primary function, to compare the efforts of an examinee, or a group of examinees, with those of a larger group of examinees that is considered typical. Rice's own work came about when he tried to compare student abilities to spell and found that spelling tests and instruction lacked uniformity within schools and grades, even in the same district.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Vance, Ellis.
- Description:
- The education of America's children has been a concern of educators and lay people since our nation was created. It has been an ongoing concern which has tried to focus on meeting the needs of each child. And yet, even though the concern for individual educational needs has been recognized, little has been done to compensate for the vast differences which exist in children. To the contrary, for many years, since the passing of the "little red schoolhouse," children have been placed in a graded lock-step type of education which assumes that all children, upon reaching a given chronological age, are ready to absorb a given instructional diet at the same rate.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Goar, Robert
- Description:
- In the last few years great sums of money have been spent on the new teaching methods now being used in science education. The inquiry method and the concept . method have been professed by many as being the best ways for students to learn science. Entrenched in these methods is the belief that a field trip activity is an important and integral part of this learning process. It is believed by many, including this writer, that field trips will bring about better student achievement in science and that the activity will also positively affect the students' attitudes about science. The scientific investigation of this belief was conducted on four classes of beginning seventh grade science students who were gr~uped on the basis of IQ scores into experimental and control groups. A ten week unit on ecology "(:18.8 carrted through, utilizing the inquiry method of learning. At the beginning of this unit, a Semantic Differential pretest was given to the students coneerning their attitudes about science. At the completion of the unit a teacher prepared posttest was given to the stuients relating to their science knowledge acquired during the unit. The variable in question, a field trip, was conducted after which posttests on the dependent variables, (achievement and attitude), were given.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Sonnenstrahl, Alfred
- Description:
- At various times in various places, on the National, State, and Local levels, workshops, conventions, hearings, and meetings were held to discuss the problems and needs of the deaf adult. Recommendations were made as to possible solutions to these problems and needs. As a result, exhaustive studies of resources available, services being provided, services being utilized, and services needed were drawn up. Since the majority of the deaf adults, regardless of the location of the country, had similar problems, the needs and solutions were being duplicated in various reports. Despite these duplications, there were some needs and solutions that were not mentioned more than once in various reports which were overlooked by other reports. In an attempt to compile the needs of the deaf adult into one comprehensive report, the following list of states where such studies were made were utilized: Arizona, California, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin. The purpose of this project then, is to coordinate the findings of the above mentioned reports and to present one comprehensive report of the problems and needs of the adult deaf , along with comprehensive list of recommendations for their possible solution.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Ferguson, Phillip Cutler
- Description:
- The Cattell Anxiety Scale, the Spielberger Anxiety Inventory and the Northridge Developmental Scale, a measure of self-actualization with sub-scales for aggression, depression and neuroticism, were administered to an experimental group (N = 31) of university students three days prior to their beginning a program of Transcendental Meditation, and to a control group (N = 19) of university students matched for age and sex. Six and one-half weeks later the three scales were again administered to both groups under conditions similar to the first testing. All subjects were within the norms on two validity scales on the Northridge Developmental Scale on both testings, indicating test results were valid. Meditators showed a significant decrease on the Spielberger Anxiety Inventory (P< .0005), the Cattell Anxiety Scale (P< .025), depression (P< .005) and neuroticism (P< .01). Meditators also showed a significant increase in self-actualization (P< .025). The control group did not indicate a significant change in any of these scales. The same three scales were then administered to a third group (N =16) of long-term meditators (matched for age, sex and educational level) and their scores were compared to the short-term meditators. The long-term meditators (mean length of 43 months of meditating) were found to show significantly lower levels of anxiety on the Spielberger Inventory (P< .025) and on the Cattell Scale (P< .0005) and were also found to show significantly lower levels of depression (P< .0l) and neuroticism (P< .005), as well as a significantly higher level of self-actualization (P< .0005) than the short -term meditators (mean length of six and one-half weeks meditating). These results indicate increased psychological health with the length of time meditating. A review of the physiological and psychological literature shows that the present study replicates the findings of other investigators. Meditators are found not only to decrease negative personality characteristics, suggesting useful clinical applications, but they also grow in the qualities of self-actualization found in healthy, more creative members of society. A discussion gave special consideration to a neuro-physiological theory of Transcendental Meditation in relation to the improved physiological, psycho-physiological and psychological .conditions noticed among practitioners of Transcendental Meditation. Clinical and non-clinical applications were suggested with special reference to educational systems studying the feasibility of incorporating Transcendental Meditation into their specific programs.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hankins, Rheta Beth
- Description:
- The purpose of this project was to develop a syllabus for teaching reading with the individualized approach. This was accomplished through research, visiting classrooms which used IR, and talking to teachers interested in this approach.The findings were then organized into eight sessions. This was patterned after the in-service classes offered by the Los Angeles City Schools since this is where the author teaches. The course focuses on the characteristics of IR and the implications for classroom practice and management. The emphasis was on the flexibility of the IR Approach and was intended to be very pragmatic. Each of the eight sessions in the syllabus begins with anticipated outcomes followed by the content to be lectured on and discussed. Topics for discussion are included next followed by suggested readings. Each session has materials for distribution which it is hoped will give each participant help in implementing IR in their own classroom.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Strobridge, Maxine Louise
- Description:
- The Oriental deaf today are coming into the focus of attention of the world's deaf. This is due partly to the interest and involvement of the United States in this fast-developing area of the world and to the large number of world deaf travelers. There exists, however, a great dirth of printed material concerning the deaf in the Far East. A request received in 1961 from a deaf leader in the Philippines created my desire for more information about the deaf in other countries of the world, although previous to this time I had had some contact with the deaf in Japan and Korea. From this time until 1969, while serving as coordinator of the Deaf and Blind Ministries in the Assemblies of God Home Missions Department, I reviewed all available periodicals giving information on the deaf of the world and also wrote letters to various leaders of the deaf. Participation in the International Congress on Deaf Education in 1962 and serving as interpreter for the International Games in 1964 provided interesting and informative contacts with the deaf in various countries. En route to Korea in 1967, I visited the deaf in the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. Since that time, serving as coordinator of the Assemblies of God deaf ministries in Korea also has brought me into contact with leaders of the deaf in various Far East countries.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Barto, Joan
- Description:
- The primary purpose of this thesis is to identify the personality traits of creative teachers, their teaching practices and the relationship between the two. It was hypothesized that teachers who could be identified as being creative on a personal level would carry through their creativity into the teaching environment. Towards the resolution of this hypothesis, two questionnaires were prepared, one of which dealt with the determination of the personal characteristics of creative teachers while the other dealt with creative teaching practices. The personal characteristics questionnaire was derived from summaries of studies by E. Paul Torrance and Donald W. MacKinnon in which they listed traits of creative people. The creative teaching practices questionnaire was designed in accordance with what leading authorities claimed as ways to encourage creativity in children. (See more in text.)
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Beggs, Ralph G.
- Description:
- The most pressing reason for writing this study is that this material has never been in accessible form. It places on record some of the most important events of the past history of residential schools for the deaf in Canada. It also includes some of the influences other areas of education may have had on schools for the deaf. The forces which shaped general education in Canada also greatly influenced the education of deaf children. These factors were: 1. divisive aspects of vast distances. 2. the relatively new concept of education opportunity for all instead of for the select few. 3, a decentralized administrative pattern as a result of the provinces being in control of education. One section deals with the founding of the schools in the nineteenth century. It mentions the financial struggles that individuals encountered when starting schools. It also points out some trends that seemed to be developing at the turn of the century. Another section deals with the twentieth century and some of the factors that influenced residential schools for the deaf. There is a look at other areas of special education and some of the trends in that area. Other factors, such as the Second World War and its influence, are discussed. final section points out some of the trends of residential schools for the deaf in Canada. These are: 1. regional centers to serve all people interested in hearing impairment in a given area, 2. pre-school home visiting programs, 3, intension services for hearing impaired children enrolled in other programs, 4. vocational programs in existing schools rather than duplicating services, 5. support programs in junior colleges, 6. separate units for multi-handicapped deaf children, and 7. teacher training programs affiliated with a university rather than in-service.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
127. Effect of the ECE program upon elementary school principals: Fresno and Madera Counties, California.
- Creator:
- Stansell, Alvin Dean.
- Description:
- The early concept of the school principal did not develop from this little red schoolhouse setting for there was little need for administration in the sense that we know it today. The local school board would hire one teacher who would usually have the responsibility for teaching grades one through eight. There was, therefore, no need to hire another person to be in charge of the school and the one teacher. The administrative functions associated with the school and teacher were left in the hands of the school board members.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Reddell, Lynda.
- Description:
- Each year, high school students across the nation enroll in first-year shorthand, generally with the thought of becoming a secre- tary. Unfortunately, most of these high schools do not provide a formal procedure for counselors to follow in placing students in shorthand, other than perhaps the general impression they have of the students through their previous grade records, English grades, and/or reading aptitude. Consequently, many students sign up for the course simply because their friends are going to take shorthand or because their parents wish them to.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education

- Creator:
- Hirsch, Gita Mera
- Description:
- Schools in the United States are moving towards an inclusive model of education. There is, therefore, an increased need for general education teachers to be well versed in the implementation of accommodations for students with special needs. Yet, there is very little training of this kind provided in our traditional teacher training programs. Teachers are given only a basic level of preparation in accommodating for the needs of all learners. To better understand which accommodations are currently being implemented in general education classrooms and general education teachers' preparedness level in implementing those accommodations and teaching students with special needs a survey was given. It was self-reported through the survey that a majority of teachers are implementing seven of the nine accommodations listed and they feel they have knowledge as to how to use those accommodations. Yet, teachers felt only an average level of preparedness (3 .28 out of a possible 5) to meet the needs of all students in their class. A website was created to better train teachers in the use of accommodations in their classroom.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Butkus, Kathleen D.
- Description:
- The purpose of the present study was to investigate the interrelationships of cognitive style, conservation and reading. Forty-six children from a total of seven first and second grade classrooms were administered the Children's Embedded Figures Test and three conservation assessment tasks. On the basis of scores obtained on these tests, children were assigned to either the field independent or field dependent group and were designated as conservers or nonconservers. Reading readiness and reading achievement test scores were gathered from each child's cumulative record located in the school file. It may be concluded from the present study that there is a relationship between cognitive style and conservation. No sex difference was observed in the scores obtained by the male and female subjects assigned to the field independent group or between the male and female subjects assigned to the field dependent group on the conservation tasks. Success on certain conservation tasks were found to be related to both reading readiness and reading achievement. No statistically significant relationship was observed, however, between cognitive style and reading readiness or between cognitive style and reading achievement.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Goldman, Janice L.
- Description:
- It is essential that the hearing-impaired population of Illinois have equal access to the human service delivery network, Results from this study identifies a need for leadership to implement a State Service Program for the Deaf. Nationally, there are sixteen State Commissions on Deafness, all of which were established through their state's legislature. They function as central state level offices which provide vital information, consultation, direct service, advocacy and public awareness to lift communication barriers confronting hearing- impaired people. Another national trend is Vocational Rehabilitation's establishment of separately administered service programs for the deaf. This study recommends that a State Service Program for the Deaf be administratively established within the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services (DORS). DORS is the only cabinet level rehabilitation program in the country, providing a full continuum of services to disabled persons of all ages. Utilization of optimal features from other state programs would allow Illinois to establish a model State Service Deaf Program. Successful implementation of such a program include the following recommendations: 1) a program separately administered at the highest organizational level; 2) an administrator accountable for service planning and delivery; 3) an identifiable budget; 4) a direct line of communication to the director of DORS; 5) supervision of deaf rehabilitation programs and services; and 6) a voice in making policy.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Butler, Eugene J.
- Description:
- This writer's experience as a Rehabilitation Counselor has been that the parents of deaf children are in as great a need of counseling services as any group of parents of handicapped children. It is well documented in the literature of deafness that training should be started as early as possible in the deaf child's life. Additionally, parental understanding and guidance are recognized as keys to early steps in working with the child with severe hearing impairment. Therefore, it is desirable that there be in operation a program specifically devised to serve the parent of the deaf child. Such a program would allow for the dissemination of information and, equally important, provide for peer group association among the participants. The program should be devised and administered so that it i s readily available and accessible to the vast majority of those parents who would be eligible and who would desire to participate.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
133. The open court reading program: Is it effective for English language learners with disabilities
- Creator:
- Ko, Suhjung Tori Yoon
- Description:
- This project was conducted to examine if the instructional strategies in the Open Court Reading program were consistent with research-based recommendations for teaching English Language Learners with disabilities. The project was carried out by examining peer-reviewed literature, the Open Court Reading program Teacher Editions, and an inservice given by literacy experts from the Los Angeles Unified School District. The information gathered in this project showed that the majority of the strategies that were suggested in the Open Court Reading program were aligned with what was recommended in the research-based materials reviewed.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Clark, Catherine Searls
- Description:
- The purpose of the present experiment was to explore the referential communication process and its development. In particular, the intent was to examine the possibility that skill in verbal communication is closely correlated with skill in forming concepts. A referential communication task and the Vygotsky Block test were selected as test instruments; both were of a design suited to preschool subjects as well as to older subjects. Subjects were 95 children chosen from a preschool and from the second and sixth grades of an elementary school. Subjects were considered by their teachers to be within normal limits intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially; they were drawn from an area of predominantly caucasian [sic], middle-class socio-economic level. The hypotheses were that preschool subjects would show low level skills on both tests, that second-grade subjects would show higher level skills than preschoolers, and that many sixth-grade subjects would show very high level skills. It was expected that subjects showing high level skills on one test would show high level skills on the other test also. Results showed that scores on the referential task increased significantly with grade level, whereas the Vygotsky test scores for all grade levels fell in the middle ranges; statistical correlations of test results were unwarranted. Other important findings include: (1) the Vygotsky task may be a visual-motor problem solving task rather than a concept formation task (2) expressive use of language may inhibit performance on the Vygotsky test, and (3) observations of subjects' performances on the Vygotsky test lend support to Piaget's view of the acquisition of concepts, rather than to Vygotsky's theory of concept development.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Levesque, John Francis
- Description:
- This project paper is an effort to bring together several pieces of information into a format that may be utilized for a workshop on Section 504 for grassroots participants who are deaf. Various materials and literature were combed to obtain the rationale and the logistics of an effective workshop model. Films and film strips were reviewed and are suggested in the Reference section. The success of each workshop rests with the ability of the conductors of each workshop to be able to communicate effectively with its participants at their pace and level of comprehension. Most of the material may be made into transparencies with the emphasis that careful description of each transparency accompany each presentation into complete understanding by the participants. The Law Center on Law and the Deaf in Washington, D.C. along with Gallaudet College had some excellent resource materials and they are highly recommended for inserts and use at workshops dealing with Section 504.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Osborn, Deborah.
- Description:
- North Fork is a small lumber town situated in the foothills of eastern Madera County, California. The town lies sixty miles south of Yosemite National Park, at the border of the yellow pine forest. Logging, public utility companies, and the United States Forest Service employ the majority of the working residents} tourism and the operation of small businesses account for the remainder. According to the 1970 census report for Madera County, more retirement persons are selecting the Oakhurst-North Fork area for their retirement homes.¹ The area is attractive to retiring persons because property is less expensive to purchase and maintain, due to the absence of incorporated areas and the heavy taxation that accompanies urban growth.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Andishehjoo, Nogol
- Description:
- This qualitative, single-case study highlights the significance of holistic education in high schools. The purpose of the study was to examine how a high school with a holistic approach that emphasizes educating the whole child is experienced from the perspective of students, teachers, and administrators. The aim is to examine the influence of holistic education on the development of student self-efficacy. The researcher conducted the study in an English-medium boarding school located in Europe, focusing on adolescents. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews over nine days from five students, three teachers, and two administrators to address the following questions: 1. What are the dominant characteristics of a holistic education at the school? 2. What were the characteristics of students’ experiences in a holistic education? 3. How did these experiences in a holistic school influence students’ self-efficacy? The findings of the study showed that holistic schools had an influence on the self-efficacy of students and that personal growth was evident in this type of program.
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hishida, Crystal.
- Description:
- There is an apparent need for effective and realistic vocational rehabilitation services for the handicapped and disabled. In the development and promotion of these services, there is a growing concern for establishment of effective "In-Service Training Programs." McGehee and Thayer state that In-Service training is the formal procedures which an organization uses to facilitate its staffs' learning so that their resultant behavior contributes to the attainment of the organization's goals and objectives.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Givens, Robert.
- Description:
- Though education is defined as a function of the state, the bulk of the decisions and policies that govern the operation of schools are made on the school district level. The quality of the educational offering that results is as varied as the districts that provide them vary in size, financial base, type of students, leadership, etc.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Geissler, Elizabeth Sterling.
- Description:
- 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 development and early experience. Early assessment and evaluation are old problems but in an era of accountability, they emerge as dominant issues in the child's early education. One area which remains relatively unexplored is the relationship of the child's art to his stages of intellectual development and academic achievement.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Padden, Robert D.
- Description:
- This paper presents the reader with some of the major problems that residential schools for the deaf face in continuing education and offers suggestions which would assist administrators and teachers in providing continuing education opportunities. To bring this paper into being, it was necessary to obtain data from residential school staff members and grass-roots deaf adults regarding their opinions on having a residential school for the deaf administer and finance a continuing education program for deaf adults. It further seeks to compare their feelings about the rapid growth of the residential school as a significant center for continuing education. The findings indicated that not all residential schools are the best places to administer continuing education programs. All the interviewees believed that residential school facilities should be made available to deaf adults for meetings, classes, and recreational activities at a no-cost basis. Since they pay taxes to support the residential school, they should have a greater appreciation of the school and are willing to share responsibility for use and care of the equipment and furnishings. The topic of volunteer programs brought a more positive response of a volunteer program. The interviewees felt that the program would save the school some money by having volunteers develop materials and games in class. The conclusions drawn from this study were (1) that school facilities should be available f or a variety of community activities and enrichment classes without charge, (2) that the state must assume a leadership role in providing funds for the implementation of a continuing education program for deaf adults , (3) that residential schools must work more in-depth with community people and staff members, (4) that it is necessary to establish a schoolwork-related counseling program as an integral part of the continuing education program, and (5) that residential schools should seriously consider the possibility of developing volunteer programs. It is hoped that these broad statements might be applied to each residential school in an effort to meet the continuing education needs of the deaf adults throughout the United States.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Forbes, Evelyn.
- Description:
- 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 America poses a paramount challenge. Many of the children at our school doors arrive emotionally, physically, and psychologically ready and equipped with various skills for the experience of school. Many other children come unready. A major consideration faced by educators has been the lack of preparedness among economically disadvantaged children as they enter the formal school setting. Not only have these children been deprived materially and environmentally, but as they entered school, they lacked the attitudes and previous experiences conducive to academic success. Because of criteria preset by our society, these disadvantaged children have frequently failed.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- McGarvey, Mary-Ann
- Description:
- Problems concerning the differential diagnosis of mental retardation and emotional disturbance within the same individual are explored using the case history technique. Information for the case history was gathered from personal interviews, social workers, individual therapy sessions, a personal diary, psychological evaluations, medical evaluations, and cumulative record files. The information collected for the case history is presented in the form of an edited personal document of a young woman who I will call Elizabeth, who was labeled as mentally retarded throughout her school experience, and at the age of twenty-six was reevaluated as being emotionally disturbed. All services which were once available to her were taken away with no immediate provision of supportive services. With the withdraw of sheltered employment, and the chance of entering an independent living program diminished, coupled with personal traumas, hospitalization became necessary. Individual interviews deal with this young woman's understanding about herself, her situation, and her experiences. Separate interviews with her mother and her sister have also given some insight into the families feelings about t.he young woman's diagnosis and how it affected her life. Research on current concepts of mental retardation and emotional disturbance and the efforts on differential diagnosis give an overview of the problems occurring from classification systems. Conclusions were drawn as to the nature of the differential diagnosis citing the literature for support of the authors contentions.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hammil, William R
- Description:
- There appears in the literature of philosophy, psychology and education numerous public concepts of "creativity." Not only is there disagreement among the various authors as to whether or not there is any such thing as the "creative process" but the criteria by which these authors determine whether or not an individual is "creative" appears to be quite varied. Based on these criteria, the educator may reach either of two opposing -but seemingly equally valid conclusions; 1. "Creativity" can be encouraged, promoted or taught, or; 2. "Creativity" cannot be encouraged, promoted or taught. These concepts of "creativity" tend to obscure a valuable area of experience which is of particular importance to education. A new concept of creativity is present in this paper which attempts to delineate this area of experience and show how this concept is related to education. This concept is based on the symbolic nature of all of mankind's cultural forms and the creative act is seen as an act of symbol-making. First some definitions are presented, then the function of both a sign and a symbol are discussed. A brief review of some of the symbol systems used by man is undertaken. Two cases of creativity are examined: l. A special case which is defined as an act of symbol-making by an individual which produces a work which eventually becomes a major extension or addition to one of the forms of knowledge, and; 2. A general case which is defined as: an act of symbol-making by an individual which produces a symbol for a conception of experience which is new to the individual. This second concept of creativity is compared with some of the typical current concepts of "creativity" and a study of the relationships between these concepts is made. Finally, this symbol theory of creativity and its relationship to Hirst's concept of a liberal education is examined.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Bleifer, Jessica L.
- Description:
- Despite a record number of students enrolled in four-year universities, the college-culture created in high schools is not working for everyone. Statistics show that although 84% of seniors plan on getting a 2- or 4-year degree, only 41.3% of high school graduates ages 30-34 possess a college degree (Krei & Rosenbaum, 2001). Many students are pushed to attend college despite their differing interests or plans, and have been deemed "the forgotten half' because of the lack of attention they receive from educators (Krei & Rosenbaum, 2001 ). These students would benefit if alternative career and technical educational options were made more readily available within the current system. Unfortunately, most school counselors lack the information and resources to help them. The purpose ofthis project is to create a website for California high school students that supplements the lack of career counseling in schools and provides students with the tools and information to discover their prepare for successful careers, no matter what path they choose.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Conklin, Marlene Ann.
- Description:
- 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 important in vocational planning. Various instruments are available for testing many of these characteristics. There are interest surveys and psychological, social adjustment, and temperament tests. The only aspect of personality to be considered in this study is the attitude of the individual toward bureaucratic authority. Two major reasons why this study is focused in this direction are: first, the impact of automation on our society is changing our social attitudes and values, and, second, there presently is more demand for clerical workers than for persons trained in management.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- McPherson, Deborah L.
- Description:
- Parents of hearing impaired children are often bombarded with new information. Because of the way it is presented to them by professionals, they are often hesitant or unable to ask questions. Many times professionals forget the fact that though the information is routine to them, it is brand new and often threatening to parents. Professional jargon and parental reticence often impede communication among the individuals closely involved with the overall development of hearing impaired children. By becoming more aware of each other�s perspective and needs, it is assumed that a valuable information dialogue could take place between parents and professionals so not only could they gain a more thorough understanding of issues relating to the child, but also the child could ultimately benefit from this mutual advocacy and understanding.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Toole, Paul N.
- Description:
- The purpose of this research project is to provide guidelines for services to hearing impaired infants and their families through the concept of "Home-Intervention" on a statewide basis. The need to provide quality service for all on a statewide basis is critical. Parents are frustrated for the following reasons: 1. Fear of an unfamiliar situation. 2. Lack of knowledge 3. Lack of professional guidance and support. 4. Fear of future decisions. 5. Lack of ability to communicate meaningfully with their child. Fortunately, these problems do not exist for all parents but the majority indicates many of these experiences. The development and implementation of a statewide parent-infant program for the hearing-impaired through the concept of Home-Intervention would lessen these frustrations, provide the opportunity for language development and educational growth, consolidate services in a cooperative and efficient manner, reduce financial costs due to duplicative services, and create an atmosphere of quality and professional commitment to the individual success of each and every hearing-impaired infant and his parents in the state.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Ben-Levy, Shalom
- Description:
- The use of the video tape recorder in the classroom is assumed to promote some educational objectives. Literature on the effects of Video tape and television in the classroom has been reviewed and the hypothesis developed that classes which use the video tape recorder for motivation will achieve more than classes which do not. Three eighth grade American history classes were used as subjects for a test of this hypothesis. One class was allowed to use video tape equipment to present oral reports on slavery, the Civil War or World War II, based on independent research; two classes did not use video tape equipment for reports. Comparisons were made between the three classes' scores on written tests following presentation of the reports, their comments on questionnaires and notes from daily observation of the three classes by the teacher. The results show that the use of video tape recording by the student is an effective motivational tool.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Enfield, Joanne Tammy
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the neurological impress method on the reading achievement mean scores of low achieving fifth grade students. Further, the present study was designed to present empirical evidence regarding the Neurological Impress method as taught by two second grade certificated teachers, two prospective teachers, and fourteen sixth grade tutors utilizing the same method with low achieving fifth grade students. A Pretest-Posttest control Group design was employed. There were two experimental groups and one control group. The two experiment groups were set up in order to measure the reading achievement mean scores of (1) fifth graders tutored by sixth grade tutors and (2) fifth graders tutored by adult instructors. The Control Group of fifth graders was only pretested and post tested. (See more in text.)
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Gaffin, Nora Beth
- Description:
- This study was an attempt to utilize creative dramatic with three groups of exceptional elementary school children: deaf, learning handicapped, and gifted. Each group consisted of, seven to ten children between ages 9-11. Seven sessions were conducted with each group lasting from 50-80 minutes. Overall objectives were to increase communication skills, enhance creativity, and improve self-concept. While this study did not lend itself to statistical treatment, project components included curriculum plans, teaching sessions, and evaluation procedure. Curriculum plans centered on theater games, improvisation, and story dramatization, and varied according to group needs. Lesson plans, included in the appendix, cover description of lessons, affective and cognitive goals, evaluation and behavioral expectations. Differences in application of activities depended upon group limitations and adaptation. Evaluation procedures had three parts child responses, extracted during special discussion sessions; written questionnaires for teachers in learning handicapped and deaf groups; and experimenter's empathic responses, which focused on behavioral and involvement objeetives. The gifted group filled out written questionnaires since no classroom teacher was present during sessions. Findings indicated a high level of involvement in each group. Positive changes were noted in behavior, involvement, cooperation, group interaction, verbalization and creativity, self-concept, and spatial awareness. Facility at games increased with practice. Findings implied that these. three groups might be generalized to other exceptionalities. Recommendations are integration of all creative arts activities and inclusion of creative drama in the special education curriculum.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Chester, Laurie A.
- Description:
- The Worcester Public Schools' Program for the Hearing Impaired has been in existence for more than thirty years. In the 1985-86 school year, the program served thirty-eight deaf students from in and around Worcester County, and practices the philosophy of Total Communication. Students may be partially or totally mainstreamed according to individual abilities, with the appropriate support services. Administrators and Staff members of this program were surveyed to: 1)Identify the factors perceived as influencing the quality of services to deaf students; 2) Identify the current needs of the program; 3) Identify any differences in the perceptions of administrators versus those of teachers and staff members. Results of the survey indicate that some of the elements of successful mainstream programs for deaf students, as set forth in the literature, are evident in this program. The degree of success was not measured, and some areas of concern were identified by the respondents. The need for pertinent in-service or staff development opportunities was strongly indicated. A comparison was made of administrative involvement in the areas of program evaluation, staff evaluation, curriculum evaluation, and providing pertinent in-service opportunities between "how it is" and "how it should be". Responses indicated that the staff believes that administrators should be more involved in these areas. Respondents gave a low rating to the quality of department meetings, coordination of programs, and communication among staff members, again indicating that these elements of the program are in need of improvement. Due to the low rate of response from administrators of the program, an optimal comparison between perceptions of administrators and those of the staff could not be made. This is an area which merits further investigation. This study was intended to identify the perceptions and needs of the personnel involved in the Worcester Public Schools' Program for the Hearing Impaired. It is hoped that the study will serve as a starting block from which further assessments and program modifications can be made.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Shapiro, Wendy J.
- Description:
- A study was conducted to determine the effects of a correctional reading program at a private reading clinic on the attitudes of elementary-age remedial reading students toward five selected concepts. The study also investigated the relationship between the remedial reading students’ attitudes, and the attitudes that their parents believed their children held toward the same selected concepts. The sample was composed of 24 elementary-age new enrollees at a private reading clinic. The parents of these children were also included in the study. There were 24 mothers and 17 fathers. The study employed a pretest-posttest design. A semantic differential pretest was administered to the children and their parents to determine their attitudes toward five selected concepts. The concepts were: (1) Reading; (2) Teachers; (3) Self; (4) School; and (5) The Reading Clinic. The parents were given a second semantic differential test which measured their assessment of their children's attitudes toward the same concepts. The same semantic differentials were given after a period of three months. A t test for correlated data was applied to test the first five null hypotheses stated in the study. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients were calculated and applied to null hypotheses 6 through 25. The findings of the study indicate that no significant attitudinal changes occurred over a three-month period for the entire group of children. However, several attitudinal changes developed in individual cases. Generally there was no relationship between the attitudes of children and their parents' attitudes toward the five concepts. A significant inverse relationship was found between the children's and fathers' attitudes toward Teachers. A direct relationship was found between children’s and mothers' attitudes toward School. In general, there was no correlation between the attitudes of children and their assessed attitudes by their parents toward the five concepts. However, the results of the study show that the mothers were able to assess their children's attitudes toward the concepts, Teachers, School, and The Reading Clinic.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Gujda, Martha G.
- Description:
- A survey of the literature is used to discover the attitudes and values of the Mexican American population. The background of this segment of our society was researched in terms of numbers, prejudice, economic factors and political factors both past and present. The attitudes and values of the family are discussed in detail. Previous researchers have attributed certain value orientations to the Mexican American family, among them: the emphasis on the separation of roles, the high value of respect, the love for the Spanish language and Mexican culture, the low value placed on education, the lack of expectation of achievement for their children, and the inability to delay gratification of needs. Kluckhohn’study in 1961 called attention to the concept of “being vs. doing”, which she claims is prevalent in this ethnic group. She also points out that the Mexican American is fatalistic in his approach to daily living and in his decision making process. The question arises as to the impact of recent legislation concerning discrimination in jobs on the basis of color, sex, and ethnic background, and the affirmative action program set in motion by large companies. Have these programs elevated this segment of our society? Have the educational programs which have been instituted made a change in the attitudes and values of Mexican American parents? Do the findings of previous researchers still hold true? To begin to answer some of these questions, this project will include a small study exploring attitudes toward the value of education, the concept of “being vs. doing, “and the value of delay gratification, and the importance of respect and good manners. Results of the study revealed a rise in the value of education and possibly slight changes in the areas of fatalism, future-time orientation and the “doing” orientation. Perhaps time will bring further changes which will help to elevate this segment of the population to their proper place in society.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Boren, Brent
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to discover some of the attitudes of the students to the standards of conduct at an evangelical liberal arts college. This was accomplished by conducting a survey of randomly selected students by means of a written questionnaire. The survey was conducted on the campus of Biola College in La Mirada, California during January, 1978. The standards of conduct are the school's official written requirements of moral conduct as found in the student and residence handbooks. The data gathered from the survey indicated that the majority of the students' attitudes relative to the conduct standards are as follows. (1) The standards exist mainly for the welfare of the school (image, order, etc.). (2) They sometimes have questions about the reasons behind the standards. (3) They would ask each other or a school authority figure about the reasons behind a standard. (4) They would consider many differing factors in deciding whether to obey a standard. (5) They are divided almost evenly as to whether or not the standards are enforced equally among the students. (6) They think they should speak personally to someone seen breaking a standard. (7) They approve of the extent of the standards. (8) They think some of the standards should be re-evaluated. (9) They think the standards both encourage and discourage prospective students. (10) They have not had their personal standards influenced by the school's standards. (11) They think that there is no viable alternative to having some established standards.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hanaway, Linda Allemeier
- Description:
- This study investigated the relationship between a reading program devised by American Learning Corporation and implemented at a Los Angeles public school during 1972-75 and the reading achievement test scores of the participating students. The identification of relationship, or lack of relationship, between learning experiences in the Reading Achievement Center and reading achievement scores provided the data for achieving the purpose of this study. An ex post facto design seemed most appropriate as instruction and subsequent testing had taken place prior to the inception of the study. Third and fourth grade students of the school were divided into groups on the basis of the length of their instruction in the Reading Achievement Center. Mean raw scores were computed and comparisons between the means were made using the t-test for significance. The findings indicated no differences when comparing the third grade groups and the fourth grade groups one year after program completion; however, significance was attained at the .05 level when comparing the fourth grade groups two years after program completion. The study concluded that such a program appeared to enhance the reading achievement of participating students. Recommendations were made for future studies and for the consideration of possible use of performance support contracts in public schools.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Salit, Lois Marcia
- Description:
- The Stull Bill, requiring uniform standards of evaluation in all California School Districts, became law in 1971. This study was designed to analyze the bill in terms of existing knowledge in the fields of teacher competence and evaluation, and to reveal District procedures in two Antelope Valley Districts. Information on teaching--definitions, analysis of behaviors and competency--was compiled, including current research on personal characteristics of teachers, effective teacher-learner relationships, and effective instructional techniques. Evaluation was defined as the process of judgment for the purpose of professional improvement. Current procedures used in teacher evaluation were described: principal rating, with check-lists or free- response forms; demonstrations of pupil progress by standardized or or criterion- referenced tests; analysis classroom environment, observation of classroom interaction and assessment of personal attributes. The Stull Bill was discussed in terms of the growing public concern for accountability. The evaluation section (Article 5.5) was reproduced in full and its important terms were explained. Various difficulties with the bill were enumerated, including its vagueness and the current lack of knowledge regarding evaluation and reliable student testing. Benefits of the bill were described, including its emphasis on student progress and its mandate that teachers be dismissed only for incompetency. A survey was sent to thirty-six teachers in the Lancaster and 1 l Westside Union School Districts regarding their programs of implementation for the school-year 1972-1973. Replies indicated general unfamiliarity, lack of confidence on the part of the teachers, and inadequate procedures in the Districts. Recommendations were made for flexibility in District procedures) further teacher involvement, and training of evaluators. Ideas for future study in this area were suggested,
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Arabian, Naomi.
- Description:
- 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 most schools of the United States have within the past two decades received intensified criticism directed toward their emphasis on order and control with adherence to a timetable and lesson plan, the formal lecture, and teacher dominated discussion." Charles Silberman believes that adults take the schools so much for granted, they they fail to appreciate what "grim, joyless" places most American schools are. He insists that everything now being done in education needs to be questioned and we must find ways to stimulate educators to think about what they are doing and why they are doing it.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Allen, Mark.
- Description:
- 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 have untapped potentials for achieving higher levels of personal, social, and vocational functioning than they are achieving (Katz, 1968). The whole system in special education for developmentally disabled children in the public schools is based on the public understanding of, and support for, the idea that most developmentally disabled children have the potential of becoming independent citizens and can be helped to accomplish such through special training. There does not appear to be the same widespread understanding of, and support for, the idea that most developmentally disabled adults also have the potential of becoming good citizens; those retar- dates who have achieved success in community, occupational, and personal adjustment received special help to make this possible (Peck and Stephens, 1968).
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Woolsey, James.
- Description:
- 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 found in the numerous lay and professional publications which state the necessity of school counselors to meet the objectives of education. Further evidence of the inclusion of counselors in today's schools can be found in the growth of the number of full-time counselors. "In 1959 there were only 7,000 full-time counselors in American public schools, but by 1965 this number had increased to 33,201."¹ Additional evidence includes the support given counseling by Congress in passing such legislation as the National Defense Act of 1958, the Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965, and the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, Few administrators, if any, would argue against a guidance program operating within their school system. Numerous articles, Dietz (1970), Fotiu (1967), Schmidt (1962), etc., attest to the fact that existing counseling and guidance programs are viewed positively.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Morewitz, Myra
- Description:
- Research presented in this paper shows that a definite need exists for post-graduate inservice education in the area of the diagnostic and prescriptive teaching of reading. This paper describes the planning, initiation and implementation of a reading inservice education program which served as the preliminary step in the introduction of a school-wide. ESEA Title III diagnostic and prescriptive reading program known as the Prescription-Assessment-Resource Center (P-A-R Center). This study is intended to serve as reference material for those interested in presenting a similar class. Short term evaluation of the class by the participants showed it to be effective. Long term evaluation is not yet completed.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Weatherford, Wayne.
- Description:
- 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 recognized as an educational expert by his staff. His major duties included organization and . . . supervision. A principal's supervision and organizational endeavors have repeatedly subjected him to appraisal by his teachers. In 1931, Jay D. Conner studied the importance of various supervisory activities, and questioned whether or not the total problems and needs of the teacher had been considered when arriving at supervisory procedures. He quoted a study entitled "Teachers' Evaluation of Types and Sources of Supervisory Aid.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Dorrance, Patricia
- Description:
- Many parents have had no contact with deafness until they discover that their own baby does not hear. Grief and shock are natural reactions, often compounded by misconceptions they and their circle of acquaintances hold regarding dearness. More facilities are needed to give information about deafness and offer guidance in the handling of a hearing handicapped child. When a child is found to be deaf, the whole family should be involved in an educational program to maintain a healthy and productive atmosphere.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Shelly, Daniel.
- Description:
- 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 instrument. Student activity programs administered by community colleges are seldom mentioned in the literature as to their degree of importance in a community college.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Perry, Laurie Labbitt.
- Description:
- 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 basis to receive a baccalau- reate degree at the end of the traditional four-year period. A larger proportion of undergraduate registrants are "re-entry" students, beginning or continuing their education after a lengthy period away from formal education. In a world where attending college is no longer an automatic guarantee of future job security, where rapid societal change may necessitate several career changes in the course of a working lifetime, where more students are self- supporting and rely on part-time or full-time employment during the school year to make college attendance possible, and where the life divisions between education, work, and family are no longer as delineated or mutually exclusive, the university student in the mid-1970's presents the university with new challenges.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Payne, Donald Ray.
- Description:
- 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 contemporary sex attitudes or sex behavior is limited." As a result of the many social forces that are acting on the country's traditional premarital sexual atti- tudes, the emerging attitudes in society today are not defined and are often confusing. In discussing premarital sexual relationships, Reiss stated that it is an area in which old wives' tales abound, beliefs clash, and emotions run high. It is this same area of human behavior that is widely talked about, but poorly understood.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Nichols, Jess Douglas.
- Description:
- 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 has been a downward trend since then. Today, questions are being asked which indicate that people are seriously concerned about the necessity for continuing science education. Is science a necessary part of the curriculum? Is it relevant in today's world? Is it meeting the needs of all students and not just those who are college bound? What chance do children of low reading ability have in the traditional program? Because of these and other considerations, both teachers and curriculum of today's schools are under more critical scrutiny. Ballou, in her commentary on the results of the National Assessment of Education Program, states that ". . . schools have done a good job with science but improvement is needed." It was with these words in mind that this project was undertaken.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Meyer, Phyllis Moore.
- Description:
- 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 they participate. In the currently popular accountability movement in education, much attention with respect to learning has been given to what is to be learned, the best way to facilitate that learning, and how to evaluate subsequent student learning. This is basically an interest in intentional learning--learning by direct instruction or learning motivated by specific stimuli to learn particular materials. Anthropological and social-psychological studies have broadened this rather limited concept of learning to include learning which results incidentally from the context of the directive learning experience.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Mehas, Philipp Martin.
- Description:
- 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 (1969) commented that "in the face of unprecedented demands for improved education for nearly every type of student in our American schools, we have repeatedly failed as we try to change pupils to fit in the schools rather than changing the school to educate the child." The educational institutions have not shown the flexibility necessary to accomplish this challenging task. Existing problems of effectively educating the Native American are readily apparent and well documented. The U.S. Senate Special Subcommittee on Indian Education (1969) reported that the average level of education completed by Native Americans is equivalent to the fifth grade with their high school drop-out rate being over 50 percent. There are currently less than twenty-five Ph.D.'s granted to Native Americans in the history of our educational system. Only 3 percent of Indian students who enroll in college graduate, and only one of every one hundred Native American college students continue and complete a Master's degree.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Marvin, Michael D.
- Description:
- 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 scientists have researched the self and the self concept since the early twentieth century, with William James (1890) according this topic an important place in his psychological thinking. Introspectionists like Calkins (1915) and Mead (1934) included the concept of self as a major part of their theoretical writings on the philosophy of society.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Lehr, Donna.
- Description:
- 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 investigated. A review of various models and their appropriateness for developmentally disabled children enabled the investigator to propose a program for developmentally disabled preschool children.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Lawrence, George.
- Description:
- 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 published in the area of teaching creative thinking and problem solving within a workshop format. Additional research has focused upon the relationship between personality factors and creative ability. However, little, if any, research has envisioned the utilization of specific classroom procedures by teachers on a routine basis which would enhance the creative ability of the students in the program. A review of the research literature revealed teacher attitudes and suggested class- room environments that were shown to correlate with creative production in students, although no specific classroom procedure which could easily be used on a regular basis by teachers had been researched.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
173. A survey : policies regarding the awarding of diplomas to deaf state residential school graduates
- Creator:
- Drake, Donna F.
- Description:
- Recent events in the movement toward the upgrading or revision of high school graduation requirements in public schools in the United States have raised a number of questions concerning the status of high school graduation requirements in state residential schools for the deaf . One of these questions is "How many residential schools for the deaf's high school graduation requirements are in compliance with their statewide high school graduation requirements as mandated by the state departments of education?" In order to answer this question, and also to be able to compare their policies regarding the awarding of high school diplomas to their deaf graduates, this writer determined that there was the need to conduct a survey to gather national data on high school graduation requirements in state residential schools for the deaf.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hoffmeyer, Dennis B.
- Description:
- In the following paper this writer will attempt to develop a rationale for teaching a comprehensive Deaf Studies Program. Our purpose will be to outline the historical implications that may have resulted because of failing to properly prepare deaf students for a productive role in society .
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hughart, Leonard.
- Description:
- 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 the language of his parents, the most influential adults in his life. He also acquires their attitudes toward language, learning, and education in general. He experiences literature which may or may not be appropriate for his level of maturity, or he may experience no literature at all. Exposure to mass media is the direct result of his parents' beliefs, biases, prejudices, and interests. Home supervision of the programming of children's television may or may not exist. Schaeffer identifies the home as the most important educational institution.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Porter, Patricia Ann
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to research and analyze the available literature, published since 1950, concerning three viewpoints of reading comprehension and three cognitive developmental theories. The findings of the research were organized and presented as implications for classroom instruction and measurement. Reading comprehension has been viewed in three different ways--as it relates to readability formulas, as a hierarchy of skills and as a psycholinguistic process. These viewpoints were compared to the ideas of the following theorists: Piaget, Bruner and Gagne. The compilation of findings from this thesis indicated that there are similarities between these viewpoints of reading comprehension and theories of cognitive development, which provide specific implications for the instruction and measurement of reading comprehension in the classroom. (See more in text.)
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Ziajka, Alan L.
- Description:
- The theories of self-concept development proposed by social learning, psychoanalytic, cognitive-developmental. and ethnolinguistic writers are used as a foundation to examine self-concept development among black children. This thesis includes a survey of the research conducted in the past thity years dealing with self-concept formation among blacks, and in particular focuses on the work of the psychologist, Kenneth Clark. In his research, Clark found that black children as young as three and four years of age have started to develop a concept of racial differences in so far as this is indicated by the characteristic of skin color, and that the majority of the black children he tested preferred white skin color. (See more in text.)
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Reynolds, Janet Smith
- Description:
- Because innovative methods and materials alone, were inadequate to produce high quality experiences in education, the quality of communication between teacher and pupil was identified as a crucial and pertinent area for study. That humanistic, constructive personal growth was the main purpose, responsibility and ultimate goal of education, and that crucial components of effective classroom communication and interpersonal relations between teacher and pupil were observable through interaction analysis, were the assumptions basic to the study. Relations between the levels and types of teachers needs and their classroom behavior, their negative classroom interactions, and teachers' levels of self-actualization (mental and psychological health) and their The 'Teacher Questionnaire' was developed to gather data which pertained to selected demographic variables, which also functioned as independent predictors.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
179. A model state plan for coordinated services for the hearing impaired in the state of New Hampshire
- Creator:
- Robillard, John A.
- Description:
- The purpose of this project is to present a model for the development of a comprehensive state plan for coordinated services for the hearing impaired in the state of New Hampshire in order to provide all hearing impaired persons in the state with the opportunity to develop to their maximum potential. Since there are no exact population figures for the hearing impaired in the state, geographical distribution is first estimated using the most recent county census figures and Schein's rate of hearing impairment and deafness for the northeastern states. The author then presents a rationale for coordinated, full service programming and suggests a model state plan for developing a network of services for the hearing handicapped throughout the state. Key factors in the proposed plan include a statewide council on services for the deaf, regional planning and advisory councils, and a comprehensive services delivery approach incorporating six major program subsystems -- client-find, appraisal, programming, personnel support, materials support, and management. Central to the concept of statewide coordination is the development of a comprehensive service center fostering regional planning and the coalition of existing services (linkages) into a full-service network for the hearing impaired in New Hampshire.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
180. A training program for resident advisors at Rincon Hall, California State University, Northridge
- Creator:
- Nyre, Ruth E.
- Description:
- In the spring of 1972, Rincon Hall was serving approximately only one-half of its capacity for students. This is no earth shattering statement, considering that this is a problem which many dormitories across the country have encountered. The empty beds are not the main concern, however, since they are only a symptom of some deeper underlying causes of dissatisfaction among students in campus housing. (see more in text)
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Ickovitz, Jason Howard
- Description:
- The purpose of this graduate project is to create a comprehensive handbook that can also be posted as a website in a user friendly format for MFT graduate students in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at CSUN. This project is designed to reduce the difficulties of graduate students who are trying to figure out the different school requirements. The accessibility of information in one location will save time and help graduate students complete the program in an efficient manner. The project will provide students with an introduction to the program, departmental requirements, general information (e.g., coursework, faculty, Council of Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Professional), and will help new students deal with personal concerns. The project will also provide information about: (a) professional organizations, b) workshops, c) insurance, d) faculty, e) conduct expectations and f) fieldwork. Results from the literature revealed that the graduate students' experience involves stress and strain. Students are continuously managing their academic requirements, personal life, limited financial support and the unexpected changes. For incoming graduate students, one of the first challenges is the transition from their previous academic or work environment. During this period the institution can help implement the new student into the culture by providing an overview of the requirements and policies of the program. The research has shown that students need a clear understanding of what graduate school entails and the sacrifices they will need to make in order to complete a program. A specialized CSUN MFT student handbook/website can help aid these new students as they assimilate to the culture of CSUN MFT department.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Pellicone, Robert William
- Description:
- The purpose of this project was to survey what has been done to desegregate school districts in California. This included an examination of guidelines, and a review of plans and procedures for implementing desegregation. The survey focused on four California school districts: Berkeley, Riverside, Pasadena and Los Angeles. In each district particular attention was paid to the following: 1. Characteristics of the district 2. Racial composition 3. The development of a desegregation plan 4. Preparation of teachers for desegregation 5. Community preparation for desegregation of the schools 6. The effects of the desegregation program on the motivation, achievement, and personality development of its students 7. The curriculum implications for students School districts were selected on the basis of varied geographical sizes, socio-economic levels, population sizes and their ethnic distributions. The methodological procedure employed was a study of plans and procedures for school desegregation. In preparation for making surveys of communities and schools, visitations to particular districts were arranged. Conferences and interviews were conducted with school personnel, and visits were made to selected classrooms. The major conclusions were: 1. Extensive teacher and community preparation is necessary in order to assure the success of a desegregated school plan. 2. Berkeley, Riverside and Pasadena are the only cities in California, with populations exceeding 100,000, to adopt complete racial balance plans. 3. Both Berkeley and Pasadena have implemented a modified version of the Princeton plan. Pasadena's plan also called for an educational park. 4. Riverside closed three predominately minority s~hbols and transported students to schools throughout the district. 5. Los Angeles has only begun to desegregate its district. Presently a voluntary busing program is in operation. There arc signs to indicate that the integration movement in Los Angeles is in serious difficulty. Some of the major recommendations offered for Los Angeles were: 1. Improve the quality of education in minority schools, involving those communities in the decision making, planning and management stages. 2. Plan and build multi-ethnic school complexes in areas which are presently in some stage of racial integration. 3. Expand the voluntary busing program. 4. Adopt a policy whereby no new school site purchases or construction would be financed that perpetuate the present segregated situation at public expense.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Melton, Carol Sue
- Description:
- The evaluation of Oakwood Continuation Junior High School during the school year 1975-1976 consists of delineating some, but not all, of the objectives considered to be of prime importance to the staff of this school and other staff employees of the school district, giving criteria for the attainment of those goals, testing in terms of those criteria to see whether or not the goals had been reached, suggesting a hypothesis to explain why the goals were met or were not met. The results of this evaluation indicated several disparities between the beliefs and actions on the part of the students and teachers. I hypothesized that the instruments in this study did not reflect the success or failure of Oakwood’s program as such but rather, reflected the process whereby these disparities occurred. I then made recommendations which might alleviate or reconcile these disparities.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Day, Creagh Walker
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to determine how many residential schools for the deaf are currently screening their students for the Usher Syndrome and how many of these schools offer support services to the identified Usher Syndrome student and his family. Forty schools responded. Residential schools were chosen because they have large concentrations of high-risk individuals, the congenitally deaf. The results indicate that 53% of the schools that responded are screening students for the Usher Syndrome. Eighty-four percent of the identified students are older than twelve years old, Eighty-one percent of the students have a profound hearing loss. One-half of the schools with screening programs offer some support services: personal counseling, genetic counseling, curricular modifications, and vocational counseling.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Hoyle, George M.
- Description:
- The writer will attempt first of all to define supervision and to differentiate the roles that lend themselves to this awesome yet often quite specific definition. The duties of a supervisor are seldom limited to one definition because of the various requirements of the position for which they serve. However, supervision as used by this writer is the leadership function which is primarily concerned with the improvement of classroom instruction or curriculum development. It must be said that so many functions of supervision involve of are overlapped with administrative duties and responsibilities that one finds it trying to separate one from the other. The writer has found that the duties of a supervisor of a day school program encompass many more responsibilities of an administrative nature than those of a supervisor in a residential school for the deaf. In an attempt to better describe the role of supervisor the writer has compiled an much information as time and resources allow. Part One will describe the NEED for a supervisor of instruction in programs for the hearing impaired. The second area deals with the CHARACTERISTICS of a supervisor as viewed by professionals within the field of education of the deaf. To better acquaint the reader with the diversity of DUTIES involved with supervision in programs for the hearing impaired, a look was taken at the wide variety of programs available to children with hearing deficiencies. This should bring to the reader a greater understanding of the complexities involved in describing the role of supervisor of instruction. Finally a look at the FUTURE was taken in an attempt to envision the supervisor of instruction in the decades that lie ahead and to bring to the reader a better understanding of the responsibilities involved in improving instruction in schools of today as well as those innovations yet to come.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Naiman, Rachel
- Description:
- This study was an investigation of attrition rates for hearing-impaired students attending California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Attrition rates for subsets of these students (males and females, first-time freshmen and transfer juniors) were examined and compared, as were attrition rates for entering students by choice of major upon entering CSUN. For this study, the review of the literature was also reviewed for the entire topic of attrition, for possible use in future research. For this investigation, an enrollment project model was adapted from the one developed by the Office of Institutional Research at CSUN. All hearing-impaired students who have entered CSUN since Fall 1972, of which there are 248, were included in this study, making eight fall-term cohorts altogether that were examined and compared. While attrition rates for all hearing-impaired students are highest during the first two years, as has been found nationally, the attrition rates for entering freshmen is significantly greater than that for transfer juniors. Also, entering college without a declared major greatly affects a student's decision to drop out, with the attrition rate being significantly greater for students without a declared major than for those with a declared major. It i s recognized however, that the problem of attrition is much more complex, and that there are other aspects that need to be investigated. Further research in the area of attrition for hearing-impaired students is recommended.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Johnson, Seaborn D.
- Description:
- Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, has as its basic purpose to assure that all handicapped children have available to them a free appropriate public education which emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs. Another purpose of the law is to assure that the rights of handicapped children and their parents are protected. This law could be considered a "Civil Rights Act'' for handicapped students between the ages of 3 and 21. As a result of its passage, the educational door for these children is now open. Included in the population affected by the law are hearing impaired or deaf children; within this group are students with one or more handicaps in addition to deafness. These multihandicapped deaf students make up a small but significant segment of the entire student population for whom services are mandated by PL 94-142. At present, approximately 40% of all deaf students have at least one handicap in addition to their deafness (Schein, 1977) and current evidence shows that this number is growing. Meeting the individual .educational needs of any handicapped child is difficult at best, but the atypical requirements of the multihandicapped deaf student compound this problem even further. The purpose of this study is to examine the degree to which public residential schools and programs evaluate themselves to be in alignment with the intent of certain sections of PL 94-142 in providing services to multihandicapped deaf students.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
188. A survey of homeroom teachers regarding current and future leadership qualities of deaf students
- Creator:
- Whitt, Alonzo
- Description:
- The purpose of this study is to attempt to determine the relationship of current and future leadership qualities among deaf students. The study focused in on the examination of the extra- curricular activities of a sampling of high school deaf students and investigate the possible correlations that they have to the development of leaders. This project also includes information and quotes from various literature on deaf leadership. Since literature dealing specifically with leadership potential among deaf students is limited, information is basically concerned with Junior National Association of the Deaf programs. A questionnaire-type of survey was conducted. The questionnaire was completed by four homeroom teachers of the 26 deaf students in grades 11 and 12 at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. The questionnaire included information regarding the students' audiology test results, participation in sports, membership in clubs or participation in extra-curricular activities, and the homeroom teachers estimation of the students' current and future leadership ability. Conclusions derived were that some students have high or low ratings in current leadership qualities and the same assessment was predicted for the future; some students were ranked higher or lower for some of the five leadership qualities than for others; the standing of some students regarding current leadership qualities tend to determine their position in relationship to future leadership qualities; and the correlation of relationships of current and future leadership qualities is high. Recommendations: 1. There should be a random selection study of leadership qualities among deaf students at several residential schools for the deaf in order to provide more information about leadership qualities. 2. A study should be made by comparing leadership potential in deaf students at residential schools and deaf students in day school programs. 3. A formal leadership training program be included in the educational curriculum. 4. Direct responses from deaf students should be incorporated in the questionnaires in future studies.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Michaud, Ted
- Description:
- This paper discusses the possible differences in personality characteristics between hearing-impaired students from residential and day programs. If there are differences, certain implications exist for educational and rehabilitative services. The Sixteen Personality Factors Test was administered to thirty-five hearing impaired students at California State University, Northridge. These students composed the two samples. Scores from all 16 f actors were entered into a discriminant function equation as independent variables to determine if a difference statistically significant at the .05 level exists between the residential and day groups. A t-test for independent �groups was used to determine if a difference could be found among individual factors. The composite personality profiles of the two groups were not significantly different. However, at the .05 level significant difference was found on three of the sixteen individual factors. Although some difference was determined bet ween the groups based on composite scores and a statistical difference was found on three factors, practical application of this information for programming purposes would be difficult. It is recommended that further studies be conducted to investigate the possible differences between groups of hearing impaired persons based on age, sex, amount of hearing loss, age of onset, and length of time between leaving these programs and the date of testing.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Shelley, Nealon Mark
- Description:
- The problem of choosing and enjoying meaningful work is one of the most difficult tasks facing young adults today. Studies were presented that show the increasing amount of job dissatisfaction, despite movements to "humanize" the workplace. The question, What is the relationship between a person’s view of himself (self concept), his ability to transform that view into effective behavior (self-actualization) and his ability to choose meaningful and satisfying work (career maturity)?, was researched. It was hypothesized that there were significant positive relationships between self concept, self-actualization, career maturity and certainty of career choice. Further, it was hypothesized that measures of self concept, -actualization and career maturity would differentiate between certain and uncertain groups. 57 student volunteers from Simi Valley High School, divided in groups by sex and certainty of career choice, completed the Tennessee Self Concept Scale, Personal Orientations Dimensions and the Career Maturity Inventory. Correlational analysis indicated that the ability of self criticism was related to self-actualization, while the manipulation awareness dimension of self-actualization correlated negatively. Whereas self criticism was the only self concept scale that related significantly to career maturity, the total self-actualization score and four scales (Synergistic Integration, Potentiation, Being and Core Centeredness) correlated positively. Certainty of career choice was correlated negatively to most variables. ANOVA produced no significant results between sex, certainty or combined effects. It was tentatively concluded that self-actualization related more precisely to career maturity than self concept, and a positive self concept was a necessary, yet not sufficient, condition for self-actualization and career maturity. (See more in text)
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Glassock, Sherry Ann.
- Description:
- "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 learning and motivation before suggesting specific classroom procedures. Psychologists have been con- cerned with how people perceive and learn and how an indi- vidual is impelled to action. They have tried to represent conceptually the determinants of behavior in an attempt to understand and explain it. The classroom teacher should also be concerned with the basic laws of behavior, learning and motivation that are fundamental to his approach to the teaching process. Most teachers are eclectic—they use methods and imply outlooks advocated by various philosophical and psychological posi- tions. As a result, their teaching may contain areas of contradiction or uncertainty. When a teacher is consistent in methodology, then learning should be enhanced.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Brown, Donald R.
- Description:
- The Comprehensive Services and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1978, P.L. 95-602 recommends changes and additions in language in order to more appropriately serve the developmentally disabled. Significantly, new language speaks directly to mandates for early coordinated Individual Education Plans (IEP's) and Individual Written Rehabilitation Plans (IWRP's) between educational agencies and rehabilitation services. This action tacitly commits services to an uninterrupted continuum. These changes impact directly on services to the deaf, especially the low functioning and/or multiply handicapped deaf. The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze content issues affecting the implementation of P.L. 95-602 as the legislation impacts on uninterrupted services between the residential school for the deaf and rehabilitation services. Historically provisions for uninterrupted services have been fragmented or nonexistant. Agency involvement has been established along chronological lines irrespective of individual needs and abilities. This study focused on the opinions of Vocational Principals in the residential school and the State Coordinators of the Deaf for Vocational Rehabilitation Services as they interpreted their current working situation, and what they felt should be an improved working relationship using P.L.95-602 as a basis for comparison. The findings indicated no major differences in opinions between what was felt to be the current situation and what should be a more appropriate working situation. Significantly, the majority of the respondents felt that the current working relationship was less than should be to meet the needs of the target population. Implications point to a more unified approach to planning within the states to bring services up to the level the respondents perceived that they should be. Opinions expressed a need for closer planning and mutual involvement that allows for a more consistent approach with rehabilitation becoming more involved while the student is still in school and continuing after educational programming has been terminated.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Denham, Clifford.
- Description:
- 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 among the top five agricultural producing counties in the whole nation, and on the other hand, it has been a county that has been among the nation's leaders in the amount of money paid to welfare recipients
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Chaiyasate, Somsri.
- Description:
- 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 its domain. Psychology, sociology, and anthropology have each investigated language both as a type of human activity and as a system interacting with personality, society, or culture. Language problems have arisen in technology; engineers have found themselves forced to do basic research on human speech. As a result, today there are established techniques for the study of language from a number of different points of view. Realizing that language is so important, people try to study not only their own native language but also other languages.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Chaiyasate, Chachawan.
- Description:
- 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 nineteen schools belonging to the Church of Christ in Thailand. The investigator had hoped that by studying in the United States for a year and a half, the knowledge thus acquired of the American school system, its principalship, and super- visory functions would help him to understand clearly education in the United States, and that he would be able to adapt and relate those ideas to his daily work in Thailand.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Scheibel, Barbara Grundy
- Description:
- A study of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form Q, Level 4, was undertaken to analyze the following relationships: the relationship between the reading selections and the correct answers; and the relationship between the distractor statements and other facets comprising the test item, specifically the reading selections, and correct answer. In addition, the study analyzed the nature of the subject matter and the extent to which previous knowledge and value judgments were necessary. The analysis of the correct answers indicated that most of them required concept recognition. The distractors generally had a textual-grammatical associative relationship with the selections, questions and correct answers. The subject matter was divided between non-academic selections, literature, language usage, science and humanities. Previous knowledge was required in over one-quarter of the questions. Value judgments could be made in over ten per cent of the questions. Because of interference of previous knowledge and value judgments, combined with low-interest subject matter for the average student, the researcher concluded that the test was inadequate for non-academic students and particularly so for students of bi-lingual and minority cultures.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Gonzales, Barbara P.
- Description:
- The history of the education of the Hispanic hearing impaired is dismal. There has been little emphasis focused on the multifaceted needs of the population until recently. Still, there are few programs designed to specifically meet the specialized needs of the non-English or limited-English-proficient hearing impaired. With the projected, and already occurring, increase in the number of this population, there is a definite need to design programs, materials, assessment instruments, and to train personnel in this field. This paper discusses the background of the services provided to the Hispanic hearing impaired and then presents considerations administrators and others must allow for in the design and implementation of a bilingual component in a program for the hearing impaired.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Watnick, Barry Edward
- Description:
- Recently, numerous books have been written and much research has been conducted in the area of student attitudes. Much of the material appears to indicate that, often times, students can be faced with alienating and dehumanizing experiences in the public schools. As a result of these experiences, many students may acquire negative attitudes. Their self -concepts may frequently become weak and they may become increasingly unable to develop good rapport with their teachers and classmates. In general, many students seem to have a poor regard for their school and their education. Further examination of the documentation reveals that there appears to be a correlation between a student's attitude and his academic achievement. As educators' whose function it is to advance the academic achievement of students, one is drawn to the conclusion that it is vital to develop tools, techniques and programs of instruction in which there is concern for student attitudes. The purposes and general objectives of this project are to establish a unique "total" program of instruction, which provides a comfortable learning environment for the student, in which humanistic relationships can be explored. This program will utilize teaching methods and materials which are expressly designed to aid in the growth, improvement, and enrichment of student attitudes in four areas: a. The student self-concept. b. The student and peer relationships. c. The student and teacher relationships. d. The student and his attitude toward school. The hypothesis states that if this program is initiated over the period of one school year, then there will be significant attitudinal changes in the students enrolled in that program. These changes will result in an increased enjoyment of school, more positive inter-personal relationships with teachers and peers, and an improved self-concept. Ascertaining the validity of this hypothesis will be obtained through an analysis of the results of experimental testing procedures.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Whytal, Olive
- Description:
- The writer became interested in the subject of differentiated staffing upon hearing a lecture in 1970 given by Bruce C. Newlin, then the new Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum for the Lancaster School District, Lancaster, California.(Dr. Newlin is now Superintendent of the Lancaster School District.) Among other things, he made a statement somewhat to the effect that differentiated staffing would be a reality in the seventies. Certainly the concepts behind such a program were unfamiliar to the writer and many other teachers in Lancaster when the term itself had not been heard previously. Therefore, when the writer decided to write a graduate project in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Master of Arts Degree in Education, it appeared that a study about differentiated staffing would be appropriate and worthwhile. At the date of this writing, the amount of literature on the subject was quite limited, and relatively few persons had reported on their districts' experience with differentiated staffing
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Jayatilaka, Guttila Ruwan
- Description:
- In order to determine the predictors of academic success in foreign students, a study, based upon the premise that there are characteristics which differ between academically successful and unsuccessful students, was conducted at Los Angeles Pierce College, a two-year community college in Woodland Hills, California. A 40-item questionnaire was mailed to 46 successful and 27 unsuccessful foreign students, the results based upon a return rate of 58.9 percent, and the findings significant, only in terms of percentages, since the data was not subjected to statistical analysis. The findings revealed that successful students at Pierce College were predominantly female, were admitted from ESL schools in the United States, had changed their majors subsequent to admission, were more in need of ESL and remedial English instruction, have, or have had siblings in the United States for their education, lived with their own families, have been in the country for less than three years, and would prefer to remain in the United States upon the completion of their studies. More unsuccessful students were admitted to Pierce College from American high schools, had higher TOEFL scores, and have lived in the country for more than three years. A substantial number of all students sampled worked, in addition to attending Pierce College. There was no difference between the groups when the characteristics family size and student's rank in family, parents' educational levels, number of years studying English, and language(s) spoken when the student is at home in the United States, were considered.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education