States that early pioneers in social work, particularly school social workers and visiting teachers, have been forgotten by those in the social work field. Provides a brief history of school social work from 1906 to 1955. Suggests that these early leaders should be included in the National Association of Social Workers' next edition of the…

Clarifies the process through which people can obtain approval as school social workers by the State of Michigan Department of Education. Describes the history of school social work in Michigan and illustrates the potential and pitfalls of statewide efforts to promote and regulate schools social work. Explains recent efforts to establish…

Most helping professionals agree that social workers' historic ideas about practice are innovative. Discusses the implications for school social workers as other helping professions begin to endorse historic ideas about practice developed by social workers. Suggests that a new type of thinking that supersedes categories is required. Discusses the…

Examines the relative role of selected risk and protective factors on students' achievement and affective investment in schooling with middle and high school students (N=582) involved in Communities in Schools. Teacher support was found to have a greater impact than home status and home academic culture risk on educational investment and the only…

Describes a solution-oriented approach to practice with middle and high school students who had been referred to the school social worker for academic or behavioral difficulties in the classroom. Similarities between the solution-focused model and social work and the importance of shaping individual behavior are discussed. Explains…

Compares at-risk students who reported receiving no or low social support with those who reported receiving an average amount with respect to perceptions of their neighborhood, school, peer group, family, and health and well-being. Discusses results and implications of the results so that school social workers can better prepare themselves to work…

Uses a case study to illustrate a solution-focused therapy model with an adolescent with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and his family. Discusses the progress made over time by the adolescent in terms of behavioral self-control. Part of the treatment regimen included a full psychological evaluation and family support to help the…

Recommends that social studies teachers reexamine basic assumptions related to the discipline of social studies. Factors they should consider when attempting to develop social studies curricula include values, social needs, student needs and interests, global interdependence, and relevance. (Author/DB)

Discusses current social and educational conflicts that will continue into the 1980s, including back to basics, competency-based education, tax reduction proposals, special education legislation, energy shortages, inflation, and lack of discipline in the schools. Elementary school social studies is discussed with regard to these issues. (Author/DB)

Explains why social studies teachers have problems writing cognitive and affective objectives and presents a systematic approach to help teachers define goals, set objectives, develop teaching strategies based on these objectives, and develop observable student indicators. (Author/DB)

Presents a brief discussion of the Chinese language, its relevance to social studies students in the United States, methods of teaching and learning Chinese, romanization systems developed to help westerners pronounce and read phonetically, picture writing, and a directory of resource agencies and materials. (Author/DB)

Maintains that history instruction on the high school level will be improved if teachers seek to establish a valid rationale for the study of American history, set objectives in accordance with this rationale, and ensure that students do not encounter the same material in different history courses. (Author/DB)

Suggests a diagnostic-prescriptive approach to teaching social studies to culturally different elementary school children. The diagnostic prescriptive approach is defined as a case review of an individual child, a hypothesis (diagnosis) based on that child's history, and a suggestion of activities and treatments geared to the child's needs.…

Maintains that social studies programs for minority students (particularly Mexican American pupils) should emphasize time concepts--defined as time understandings which allow individuals to categorize and order immediate and distant events. Findings from a study of time concept learning in 95 elementary school pupils in Texas indicate that both…

Urges teachers of kindergarten children to use an inquiry approach to help pupils understand the world around them. Inquiry activities can utilize school personnel, teacher and student maps of the school, community resource people, comparative information about children in other cities and countries, and correspondence with community agencies.…