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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