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2. LITERACY AND EXPOSURE TO INSTRUMENTAL INFORMATION AMONG FARMERS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL.
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Fliegel, Frederick C.
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EDUCATION ,LITERACY ,SMALL farms ,AGRICULTURE ,BASIC education ,INVESTMENTS - Abstract
Literacy and level of education are examined as predisposing factors in exposure to information about modern farming methods. Data from 142 operators of small farms in southern Brazil show that, except for a necessary association between literacy or level of education and reading of printed farm information, these variables do not serve in a general way to enhance exposure to information about agriculture. It is concluded that the influence of literacy and basic education on the process of agricultural development may not be direct. Quality of education, and the articulation of education with available means of increasing economic productivity, are among the factors which should be analyzed to arrive at a sound basis for policy decisions regarding investment in education in underdeveloped areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1966
3. Process: Ends or Means or Both?
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Newport, John F.
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SCIENCE education (Elementary) ,SCIENCE education ,SCIENCE ,DEFINITIONS ,LANGUAGE & languages ,ELEMENTARY education ,BASIC education ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The article discusses the definition of the term "process." The term is now frequently associated with the Science A Process Approach program developed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The use of the terms "process approach" tends to confuse the reader as to whether process is related to the ends or to means of science education. Since it seems appropriate to use the term process when referring to both ends and means of elementary science education, it seems that when the term is used some readers would like distinction made by the user as to whether he is referring to the ends of education, or to the means of education, or to both ends and means.
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- 1972
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4. New Hope of the Far Right.
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Marine, Gene
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BASIC education ,ELECTIONS ,LEADERSHIP ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The article presents information on Maxwell L. Rafferty, California's new superintendent of Public Instruction. Elected in November, 1962, on a vague but forcefully stated platform shouting for "basic education," Rafferty is obviously significant to those who are primarily concerned with education. He was chosen in the most blatantly partisan contest ever waged for the nominally nonpartisan office and has emerged as a dynamic, popular vote-getter in a state where the rest of the Republican leadership is decimated. But most important is the fact that Rafferty's candidacy and election have demonstrated more clearly than ever the close connection between California's "respectable" and "radical" Right.
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- 1964
5. "This Little Dot Is William".
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Weaver, Louise E.
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FIRST person narrative ,SIXTH grade (Education) ,INTELLIGENCE tests ,ELEMENTARY education ,MIDDLE school students ,BASIC education ,FUNDAMENTAL education - Abstract
How far afield we can go in judging youngsters if we allow ourselves to be bound by conventional testing methods is illustrated in this article by Louise E. Weaver, a sixth-grade teacher in Chester, Pa. Miss Weaver lets a sixth-grader tell his own story. Willy doesn't particularly like ‘intelligent tests,’ but they don't worry him much because he knows he isn't as stupid as they make him out to be. His reactions show clearly that basic skills are those skills which each child needs for satisfying living and that they cannot be determined irrespective of the individual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1945
6. Role Processing Applied to Marital Counseling.
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Doyle, Averil M.
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COUPLES counseling ,GOAL (Psychology) ,PROBLEM solving ,SOCIAL psychology ,SMALL groups ,SOCIAL status ,BASIC education - Abstract
The article presents information on a project related to the martial counseling. The development of the project described in this article was based on the dual premise that preventive counseling can significantly improve the marital relationship but that many couples are loath to classify their marriage as troubled or themselves as in need of counseling. It was also desirable that the project serve as a training device for graduate students in counseling. The method chosen for accomplishing these objectives was based on the role processing technique. Role processing as a training instrument offers a unique opportunity to combine the affective aspects of group process with cognitive problem solving in a small group setting. The technique contains elements of socio-drama in which an individual acts out the social roles of others or experiments with a new role designed to facilitate growth, all in a safe environment. These characteristics seemed ideally suited to the project being contemplated. The original concept of role processing stressed the non-therapeutic aspects of the technique and its feasibility for use in teacher training and adult basic education, as well as other short training programs.
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- 1974
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7. CHILDREN'S ATTITUDES TOWARDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE.
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Perrodin, Alex F.
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TEACHER training ,CURRICULUM enrichment ,EDUCATIONAL standards ,BASIC education ,ELEMENTARY education ,COUNSELING in elementary education ,SCHOOL children ,ELEMENTARY school teachers ,ELEMENTARY school teaching - Abstract
The article presents a study focusing on the elementary school children's attitude towards studying science. The teacher-made tests and standardized tests are frequently used to assist in determining the scientific knowledge and understanding that students have acquired. According to the author, as schools attempt to evaluate their programs of study and methods of instruction in elementary school science it is also important to consider the attitudes that pupils are forming towards the study of science because the attitude developed in elementary school will certainly affect choices made in high school, college and adult life.
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- 1966
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8. Developments in Fundamental Education for Adults.
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Essert, Paul L., Lourenco-Filho, M. B., and Cass, Angelica W.
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FUNDAMENTAL education ,BASIC education ,ADULT education ,CONTINUING education ,EDUCATION research - Abstract
This article discusses developments in fundamental education for adults. Under the influence of the United Nations, most of its member nations have been working toward some common understanding of a kind and quality of education that is essential in any culture, but which at the same time recognizes cultural differences. This is coming to be known as fundamental education. It aims at an all-round educational attack on social and economic problems and the integrated use of all educational agencies in underdeveloped areas. Up to now the majority of the studies in the field are merely descriptive. However, the establishment of a basic set of principles and procedures is in process, although the particular condition of each region precludes the application of any standardized approach.
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- 1953
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9. STUDY 1: ALPHABET READING.
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READING ,LEARNING ,STUDY & teaching of the alphabet ,COGNITIVE ability ,BASIC education ,READING (Preschool) ,REMEDIAL reading teaching -- Aids & devices ,LEARNING ability ,RACE ,BEHAVIOR - Abstract
The article presents a research on the cognitive ability of children in learning how to read. It discusses the importance of the discrimination of letters as one of the basic skill in learning to read. The study that involves 11 pre-school children with varied racial admixture and behavior shows that the difference in learning ability depends on the basic skills, good attention and discrimination account of the children. It concludes that reinforcement or remedial training is important to maintain the child's behavior toward learning.
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- 1970
10. Webster School Builds a Community.
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Berry, June E.
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ELEMENTARY schools ,EDUCATIONAL programs ,SELF-perception ,BASIC education ,ACADEMIC achievement ,STUDENT attitudes ,INTRINSIC motivation - Abstract
The article describes the project implemented at Webster Elementary School in Magna, Utah designed to improve students' self-image, improve their achievement in basic skills and inculcate better attitude in school. One of the tools used in the project was the Life Internship Model (LIM). The LIM model emphasizes real-life experiences, intrinsic motivation and individual interests. Under the Webster project, students were made to manage a bookstore, a bank, a variety store and other shops situated in the community within the school. Other efforts included behavior modification programs and field trips to give students real-life experiences.
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- 1973
11. Johnny Looks at Himself.
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Sheppard, Mildred
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VALUES clarification ,GRADING of students ,ACADEMIC achievement ,REPORT cards ,VALUES education ,SCHOOL children ,BASIC education ,SCHOOL reports ,RATING of students - Abstract
An appreciation of values stands close to the top in any list of basic skills. Most teachers, no matter what reporting system they use, will insist that the important thing is Jane's own growth—not how Jane stands in comparison with Jim or Jean or Sally. But how are youngsters going to acquire this viewpoint, when they are sent home each month with nothing but A-B-C report cards? Such a system is helping children to grow up with an unfortunate even a defeatist—sense of values. A realistic account of the problems that go with making a change in reporting practices and the satisfactions that come from observing development of children's values is presented here by Mildred Sheppard, fifth-grade teacher in West End School, Montgomery, Ala. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1945
12. Thomas Paine and Madame Bonneville.
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T. P. and Conway, Monoure D.
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ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,CRIMINAL justice system ,BASIC education ,POVERTY ,SCANDALS - Abstract
The article focuses on the first Republican Society founded by Thomas Paine, an American Revolutionary patriotic 1791. He made known the fact that this formidable Club had consisted of five members. When the Reign of Terror was past, and Paine emerged from his long imprisonment, he was almost the only republican of the "philosophical'' school whom the guillotine had left. Furthermore, it may have been due to that fact, and in part to fear of reviving a miserable scandal, that their lips were always sealed concerning Thomas Paine to whom Bonnevilles owed their rescue from poverty and the early education of their children.
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- 1892
13. Post-graduate activities in electrical engineering
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D. Edmundson, R.G.A. Dimmick, W.J. Gibbs, and G.S.C. Lucas
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Engineering ,business.industry ,Electrical engineering ,General Medicine ,Rate of increase ,Engineering management ,Work (electrical) ,Order (exchange) ,Basic education ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Creative power ,Post graduate ,Apprenticeship ,business - Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to focus attention on the important period following apprenticeship, to review present facilities for post-graduate work during this period, and to consider the possibility of still more collaboration between industry and the universities. In order to develop the theme, a brief review is made of the basic education and training of electrical engineers up to the close of apprenticeship. The rate of increase in technical staff required to meet the steady expansion of the industry, without lowering standards, is then considered.A period of vital importance follows apprenticeship, for then the engineer should begin to develop creative power. The creative faculty is linked with concentration of effort, from which arises the need for specialization.The paper goes on to describe the present post-graduate activities in industry, the universities and the technical colleges, and in particular the collaboration between the authors' own organization and the local technical college. Special courses based on industry are described, particularly the advanced engineering course.The close collaboration between industry and the universities and colleges characterizing present activities should be extended to future activities. The proposed future activities are discussed at length, especially the problem of post-graduate research, which, it is suggested, might be done mainly in industry rather than wholly at the university. Quantitative data give the records of approximately 200 members of representative design departments.
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- 1952
14. Selected Standardized Noncognitive Measures and Their Utility for the Disadvantaged
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Allen B. Moore
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Medical education ,Adult basic education ,05 social sciences ,Basic education ,050301 education ,050109 social psychology ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,General Medicine ,Psychology ,0503 education ,Clinical psychology ,Disadvantaged - Abstract
During the course of a pilot study designed to determine the effect of basic education instruction on the attitudes of disadvan taged adults, problems were experienced in the use of standardized noncognitive measures. This paper outlines some of the problems of the reliability of these standardized instruments and makes recommendations about their utility. First, there are few standard ized noncognitive measures available for this population, and second, the standardized measures that were used in the study appear to have limited utility for investigating the effects of basic education on disadvantaged adults.
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- 1972
15. Evaluating Basic Education for Adults: Some Economic and Methodological Considerations
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Myron Roomkin
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Research design ,Adult basic education ,Public economics ,Poverty ,Management science ,Research methodology ,Principal (computer security) ,Basic education ,Revenue ,General Medicine ,Sociology ,Remedial education - Abstract
Basic education for adults has been one of our more popular remedial treatments financed under the War on Poverty. To date, though, very little is known about the effectiveness of this treat ment upon the economic well-being of individual participants. The need for evaluation is especially relevant, since adult basic education programs must compete for a limited amount of public revenue. However, serious methodological and conceptual prob lems, as well as the problems of definition, exist inhibiting sound evaluation. In an attempt to solve some of the difficulties associated with research in this area, this paper examines the principal benefits and costs of basic education with special emphasis on economic bene fits ; reviews some of the major methodological problems associated with the measurement of these benefits and costs; and seeks to establish the best possible research design, given these problems. Evidence will be drawn from evaluation of poverty programs which contain large remedial educational components. Particular attention is given to reporting the lessons learned from an evalu ation of ABE under the MDTA.
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- 1972
16. Avaliação institucional: um instrumento de democratização da educação
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Isaura Belloni
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Higher education ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Avaliação institucional ,Democratic education ,Educational evaluation ,Política de avaliação da educação ,Avaliação Institucional ,Avaliação da Educação Superior ,Avaliação e Democratização da Educação ,Política de Avaliação da Educação ,Social transformation ,Political science ,Avaliação e democratização da educação ,Pedagogy ,Basic education ,Quality (business) ,Relevance (information retrieval) ,Institutional Evaluation ,Evaluation of Higher Education ,Evaluation and Democracy in Education ,Evaluation Policy ,business ,Avaliação da educação superior ,media_common - Abstract
O texto analisa a avaliação institucional, seus objetivos e finalidades, princípios e características, seus usos e modo de fazer. Considera a avaliação como instrumento de melhoria da educação - da sua qualidade e democratização - com impacto no processo de transformação social. Define avaliação institucional, explicita semelhanças e diferenças em relação à avaliação educacional e a outros tipos de instituições ou organizações. Detalha objetivos, finalidades e participantes; utilidade e relevância; princípios e características orientadores de um processo avaliativo voltado para a melhoria da qualidade. Examina ações da política do Governo Federal: o Sistema de Avaliação da Educação da Educação Básica (SAEB), o Exame Nacional de Ensino Médio (ENEM), o Exame Nacional de Cursos (o "provão") e o Programa de Avaliação Institucional das Universidades Brasileiras (PAIUB). Finalmente, considera os avanços e as dificuldades da avaliação como instrumento privilegiado para melhoria da qualidade e da eficiência da educação, tornando-a mais democrática., This paper analyses institutional evaluation, its objectives and goals, principles and characteristics, uses and implementation. Considers evaluation as instrument of ameliorating education - with impact on the process of social transformation. It defines institutional evaluation, its similarities and differences in regard to educational evaluation and other types of institutions and organizations. It details objectives and participants; usefulness and relevance; principles and characteristics of a process searching for quality. It examines policy actions: Sistema de Avaliacao da Educacao da Educacao Basica (SAEB - System of Evaluation of Basic Education), Exame Nacional de Ensino Medio (ENEM - National Exam for Median Education), Exame Nacional de Cursos ("Provao" - National Exam for Higher Education) and Programa de Avaliacao Institucional das Universidades Brasileiras (Paiub - Program for Institutional Evaluation of Brazilian Universities). Finally, it considers progress and difficulties of institutional evaluation as privileged instrument for quality and efficiency of democratic education.
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- 1969
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17. Basic education and youth socialization in the armed forces
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Roger W. Little
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Adult ,Male ,Adolescent ,Environment ,Education ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Basic education ,Pedagogy ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Information system ,Humans ,Information Services ,business.industry ,Socialization ,Psychology, Educational ,Social environment ,Public relations ,United States ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Military personnel ,Cultural deprivation ,Military Personnel ,Military establishment ,Cultural Deprivation ,Psychology (miscellaneous) ,Psychology ,business ,School system - Abstract
The military establishment has often been successful in giving basic education to young men from deprived backgrounds with whom the public school system failed—dramatically so in its Project 100,000. This paper analyzes some of elements of military life and training, its skill structure, cultural climate, and social context, to determine if there are lessons to be drawn by civilian society.
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- 1968
18. Yambele: An Experience in Community Organization in a Public Health Setting
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Laima Okunevičiūtė-Neverauskienė, Vida Česnuitytė, and Boguslavas Gruževskis
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Labour economics ,Official statistics ,Sociology and Political Science ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Community organization ,Lifelong learning ,Public relations ,Modernization theory ,Negotiation ,Empirical research ,Social partners ,Basic education ,Economics ,business ,media_common - Abstract
The paper presents a study whose aim was to see possibilities of integration into Lithuanian labour market of people without basic education. According to the data of official statistics and empirical study was concluded that most unemployed without basic education are lacking motivation of integration, their general competencies don’t conform requirements of the contemporary labour market and they don’t comprehend importance of the education. Experience of the EU member states show measures for the integration: lifelong learning, development and modernization of supply of the learning programs, financial means for the employees and/or unqualified labour force, specialized services, etc. About particular measures usually negotiate social partners in the labour market.
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- 1961
19. Public Authority and Village Reconstruction: The Case of Basic Education in India
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ZACHARIAH, MATHEW
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- 1970
20. Education of the Airline Engineer
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A. J. Walls
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Engineering ,Root (linguistics) ,Point (typography) ,business.industry ,Basic education ,Engineering ethics ,business ,Training (civil) - Abstract
Mr. Wilkinson's paper (July 1963 Journal, pp. 421-6) will doubtless be universally applauded by airline management. One can only hope that it receives equal attention from those responsible for the education of Graduate Engineers.His point about economic training is basic. It is extraordinary how, as professions evolve, certain fundamentals appear to be lost. From the earliest days of Engineering, an Engineer was denned at “a man who could do for a penny what any fool can do for twopence.” I think if the point were raised with most Engineers they would all admit that economy is at the very root of the profession. Nevertheless, how true Mr. Wilkinson is when he points how that Engineers receive little or no formal economic training in their basic education.
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- 1963
21. Education from Dewey to Gandhi: The Theory of Basic Education.
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Powell-Price, J. C.
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BASIC education ,NONFICTION - Abstract
Reviews the book "Education From Dewey to Gandhi: The Theory of Basic Education," by G. Ramanathan.
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- 1963
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22. The Three R's in the Elementary School.
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BASIC education ,NONFICTION - Abstract
The article reviews the book "The Three R's in the Elementary School."
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- 1953
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