Fifteen papers on aspects of education and training for agriculture and rural development are contained in this journal for 1977. Several deal with the rising need for more direct participation by the farmers, landless workers, foresters, and fishermen for whom rural education and training systems are designed to supplement traditional types of…

Stories in Spanish about aspects of the history, culture, and daily life of Mexican Americans are included in this reading book developed by Edgewood School District Bilingual Program in San Antonio, Texas, for students in grade four through secondary school. "Escaparate" is the third of eight units being developed in this reading and language…

A study was conducted to research and develop a statewide project for the improvement of home economics teacher education programs in Texas. The steering committee, composed of representatives from the Texas Education Agency, colleges and universities, and public school districts, directed a select group of forty-five state, area, and local home…

This curriculum guide for Levels I and II home economics teachers in New York State provides guidelines for developing instructional program content for grades 5-8. An introductory section describes the design of the homemaking-family living curriculum; presents procedures for utilizing modules in planning instruction with an example of plans for…

Conceptualized as an equal partner with the formal education system and the business/labor/industry/professional/government community in effective delivery of career education, the home/family structure has not received proper emphasis. Career education coordinators participating in a miniconference recognized parents' rights and responsibilities…

Contrasting the differences between a non-Indian child abuse/neglect center with an Indian model, this report highlights the qualities of the Urban Indian Child Resource Center (CRC) in Oakland, California. The non-Indian concept of the cause of child abuse/neglect, based on the abused/neglected childhood of the parent, is compared to the Indian…

A two week unit on the cycle of life in the African family for secondary school students is presented. General objectives are to help students value and respect marriage and the family as basic constituents of all human cultures; to create cultural awareness; to identify aspects of traditional family life which may serve as models for social…

These proceedings contain summaries of five working group discussions and a discussion of suggestions for future research from an ad hoc meeting on Work, Family, and Community (Fedruary 21-22, 1980) in Washington, D.C. The meeting had these objectives: (1) to identify salient policy and research issues associated with changing patterns of labor…

Selected conference proceedings (keynote addresses and workshop presentations) are compiled in this report of the first National Indian Child Conference, held in Phoenix, November 13-16, 1978, and attended by 1,800 people representing over 100 tribes in the United States and Canada. The text of eight addresses are included; they cover a wide range…

This partially annotated bibliography lists 391 bibliographies, resource lists, and literature reviews on women. The entries, published in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, are classified alphabetically by author into 30 categories including a general category, anthropology and sociology, art and music, child care, criminal justice,…

TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR AN ADEQUATE PROGRAM OF EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN A COUNTY REGARDED AS HAVING DEEPLY RURAL ROOTS, QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES WERE ANALYZED FROM SIX GROUPS OF RESPONDENTS--(1) PRESENT SENIORS ATTENDING THE COUNTY'S FIVE PUBLIC AND PAROCHIAL HIGH SCHOOLS (228 OR 96 PERCENT RESPONSE), (2) 1959 AND 1960 GRADUATES OF PUBLIC AND…

BROAD TOPICS COVERED IN THE SYLLABUS FOR TEACHERS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION ARE--THE INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE, DEFINITION OF THE DISADVANTAGED POPULATION (CONDITIONS AND PROBLEMS OF MINORITY GROUPS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS), ADULT LEARNING PROCESS (MOTIVATION, OBJECTIVES, TYPES OF TEACHERS NEEDED, TEACHING TECHNIQUES), COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE…

CURRICULUM MATERIAL FOR EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN IS OUTLINED. THREE BROAD AREAS OF INSTRUCTION ARE--(1) SOCIAL SKILLS, INCLUDING OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING (WITH EXAMPLES OF FORMS FOR RECORD KEEPING), FAMILY LIVING, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP, (2) ARITHMETIC SKILLS, AND (3) LANGUAGE SKILLS. MATERIAL IN EACH AREA IS DEVELOPED FOR PRESENTATION…

Sixteen essays provide a perspective on the range and depth of current research in sociology. Most of the authors are associated with departments of sociology in U.S. colleges and universities. Several authors are from American research centers and business organizations. The essays are presented in nine broad categories: theory and methods,…

IN THIS ESSAY, A CHAPTER IN AN EXTENSIVE FIELD STUDY OF THE CULTURAL-HISTORICAL PATTERNS OF VARIOUS GROUPS IN PUERTO RICO, THE SUBCULTURE OF A SUGAR PLANTATION PROLETARIAT IS DESCRIBED. TOPICS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDE THE REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTING, HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS, AND POLITICS. ALSO DESCRIBED ARE SOCIAL…