The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the relation between the legal provisions for education in Texas and the public school administration, to determine, if possible, whether these provisions provide for an adequate program meeting the educational needs of the children of the state. Legal provisions, in this instance, comprise both the constitutional provisions for education and the school laws passed to carry out these provisions.

The purpose of this study is to analyze and to determine some fundamental principles basic to an effective democratic organization of school teachers and administrators. In so doing, attention will be given to the need for such an organization, to the shortcomings of present organizations, and to the fundamental principles which should underlie any effective organization.

During the fast few years revenue for the support and maintenance of public schools in Utah has become a subject of increasing concern and discussion. Considerable effort has been made on the state level in an attempt to equalize the financial programs among the school districts in the state. Much of this effort has placed its emphasis upon property tax as the major source of school revenue, both on the local level and the state level. Inflationary trends in the national economy have added to the aggravation of this problem. It has become increasingly necessary to seek additional revenue in order to operate the public schools at a satisfactory level. This load has mainly been carried by the property tax.

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Orientador: Tania Moron Saes Braga / Resumo: Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar a presença de ações educativas voltadas à sexualidade em uma escola pública de uma pequena cidade do interior paulista e as sugestões apontadas pelos professores e alunos para a viabilização de ações voltadas à realidade escolar. Foram utilizados questionários e registros de ocorrências para a coleta de dados junto a professores e alunos. Os resultados indicaram que a abordagem dos assuntos relativos à educação sexual está condicionada ao currículo de matérias específicas e vinculada à figura do professor, sendo realizada de maneira assistemática e descontínua, distante das proposições dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais. Utilizando-se o referencial da psicologia da saúde e os princípios da análise do comportamento, identificou-se a necessidade de programas de intervenção dirigidos primeiramente à capacitação de professores e, em seguida, à promoção da saúde de alunos, focando-se conteúdos e habilidades envolvidos no comportamento sexual saudável. / Abstract: The objective of this study is to identify the presence of educative actions directed to sexuality in a public school of a small town of the Paulista country and the sugestions showed by teachers and pupils to make possible the actions concerning the educational reality. Questionnaires and registrations of occurrences have been used to the data collection related to teachers and pupils. The results showed that the approach of the subjects relating to sexual education is conditioned to the curriculum of specific disciplines and linked to the teacher's figure, being performed in an asystematic and discontinuous way, remote from the propositions of the National Curricular Parameters. By using the reference of health psychology and the principles of behaviour analysis, it has been identified the necessity of intervention programs directed firstly to capacitate teachers and then to promote the pupils health, emphasizing contents and abilities involved in healthy sexual behaviour. / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:25:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2003Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:32:15Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 correa_cim_me_mar.pdf: 535351 bytes, checksum: 8768fa95de6a6c34167dc36a4de92401 (MD5) / Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar a presença de ações educativas voltadas à sexualidade em uma escola pública de uma pequena cidade do interior paulista e as sugestões apontadas pelos professores e alunos para a viabilização de ações voltadas à realidade escolar. Foram utilizados questionários e registros de ocorrências para a coleta de dados junto a professores e alunos. Os resultados indicaram que a abordagem dos assuntos relativos à educação sexual está condicionada ao currículo de matérias específicas e vinculada à figura do professor, sendo realizada de maneira assistemática e descontínua, distante das proposições dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais. Utilizando-se o referencial da psicologia da saúde e os princípios da análise do comportamento, identificou-se a necessidade de programas de intervenção dirigidos primeiramente à capacitação de professores e, em seguida, à promoção da saúde de alunos, focando-se conteúdos e habilidades envolvidos no comportamento sexual saudável. / The objective of this study is to identify the presence of educative actions directed to sexuality in a public school of a small town of the Paulista country and the sugestions showed by teachers and pupils to make possible the actions concerning the educational reality. Questionnaires and registrations of occurrences have been used to the data collection related to teachers and pupils. The results showed that the approach of the subjects relating to sexual education is conditioned to the curriculum of specific disciplines and linked to the teacher's figure, being performed in an asystematic and discontinuous way, remote from the propositions of the National Curricular Parameters. By using the reference of health psychology and the principles of behaviour analysis, it has been identified the necessity of intervention programs directed firstly to capacitate teachers and then to promote the pupils health, emphasizing contents and abilities involved in healthy sexual behaviour.

The researcher/writer of this treatise has used qualitatively based data to develop a better understanding of the perceptions of college readiness initiatives in three public school districts in the service area of a community college in South Texas. The researcher has also used these methods to understand the perceptions of participants in a community based parental outreach program about the subject of college readiness. More specifically, through the use interviews with public school district superintendents, focus groups with educational professionals in the corresponding school districts, and similar focus group interviews with the parent/facilitators in the outreach group; critical issues, incidents, and events have been identified to improve and better inform the processes of college readiness initiatives for the college. The end product of this treatise will help both the researcher/practitioner and the leadership of the college improve their educational service to the community, and add new voices to the character of this service. The researcher as an outsider to the language and culture of the region, has also reflected on his positionality and professional growth within this community through these processes. / text

The history of the Waxahachie public schools from 1884 to 1970 reveals not only the development of the school system itself, and the local, regional, and national trends which influenced public education, but also serves as a case study of what David Tyack and Larry Cuban describe as the grammar of schooling, the inherent and implicit rules for bringing about a “real school” as perceived by its stakeholders. The study provides insights into the effects of local concerns vis a vis the larger movements and events in American history upon the development of this particular local school system. The origins and the subsequent development of the public school system in Waxahachie, a small north-central Texas community located approximately thirty miles south of the Dallas, Texas, is the focus of this dissertation. The chronological history of the Waxahachie public school system, as an early independent school system is examined from its preceding influences, through its tumultuous inception, to its consequent periods of stability, professionalization, and growth. The study encompasses three major superintendencies, equating them to regimes by virtue of their length of tenure, and as a touchstone for depicting the societal trends with which they contended or reflected. Influences of race and religion are examined as primary and secondary animating themes. The manner in which educational philosophies as described by Watras, including Scholar Academic, Social Efficiency, and Learner-Centered, are examined in relation to the historical periods during which each superintendent held office. A detailed history is presented about each superintendent’s term of office, exploring such topics as meeting the needs of a growing school district, accounting for curricular trends and forces at the local, regional, and national level, and navigating the societal terrain in the establishment and maintenance of a “real” school. / text

This study is concerned with the assessment of the values held by elementary and secondary teachers. The values measured are those which underlie the American democratic culture. In addition, the effects of intelligence, temperament and sex upon the subject's system of values, will be ascertained. The values measured in this study are the traditional concepts of American democracy and are embodied in the Constitution. The following phrases illustrate these concepts: Belief in human rights; Freedom of choice; Equality of opportunity; Respect for the individual; Individual initiative as opposed to the status quo; Flexibility--the ability to adapt to permit further development in the light of new discoveries; Belief in law; Sovereignty of people; Allowance of differing attitudes and philosophies.