Search

Your search keyword '"PORTER, PHILIP"' showing total 9 results
Start Over Author "PORTER, PHILIP" Database ERIC
9 results on '"PORTER, PHILIP"'

1. EVALUATION OF HEADSTART EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. FINAL REPORT.

Author

Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Medical School. and PORTER, PHILIP J.

Abstract

BEGINNING WITH A REVIEW OF THE NURSERY SCHOOL MOVEMENT (FROEBEL, MONTESSORI, AND MCMILLAN,) THIS EVALUATION RELATES THE HISTORICAL MATERIAL TO HEAD START, SPECIFICALLY IN CAMBRIDGE MASS. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1965, MATCHED GROUPS OF 33 HEAD START CHILDREN AND 33 NON-HEAD START CHILDREN (CONTROL GROUP) WERE STUDIED. SCHOOL PRE-REGISTRATION LISTS PROVIDED NAMES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION FOR BOTH THE HEAD START CHILDREN AND THE CONTROL GROUP CHILDREN. BOTH GROUPS WERE TESTED DURING THE TWO WEEKS BETWEEN THE CLOSE OF HEAD START SESSIONS AND THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL. SCORES ON MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS WERE ANALYZED ON THE BASIS OF (1) SEX, (2) MOTHER'S EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, AND (3) FAMILY INCOME LEVEL. THE MEASURE OF LEARNING RATE AS DETERMINED BY THE SEGUIN FORM BOARD WAS THE MOST CONSISTENT IN SHOWING DIFFERENCES RESULTING FROM HEAD START INTERVENTION. THE CHIEF DIFFERENCE SEEMS TO BE THAT HEAD START EXPERIENCE AIDED A CHILD IN ATTACKING LEARNING TASKS. FOLLOW-UP RESEARCH IS NEEDED INTO HEALTH, SOCIAL CASE WORK, EFFECTS ON FORMAL SCHOOLING, AND EVALUATION AND REFINEMENT OF THE PROGRAM. (LG)

Published
1965

2. Ways and Means of Providing Primary and Preventive Health Services.

Author

Porter, Philip J.

Abstract

Community programs developed as part of the Healthy Children Program demonstrate that cost-effective models for accessible health care exist. A communications strategy to disseminate knowledge about improving health care is recommended. (SLD)

Published
1991

3. Potential Earnings, Post-Schooling Investment and Returns to Human Capital.

Author

Porter, Philip K. and Scully, Gerald W.

Abstract

Describes and develops a methodology for estimating workers'"potential earnings," a previously unobservable element required to solve human capital equations that are designed to permit analysis of the return, measured in earning power, on investments in on-the-job training. (PGD)

Published
1985

4. In Dunkelsten Afrika: Africa in the Student Mind.

Author

Porter, Philip W.

Abstract

This paper reports on 30 years of data collected concerning the level of knowledge about Africa University of Minnesota junior- and senior-level students had. The data show the dominance of the Middle East in Western media and the level of confusion and lack of knowledge shown by most students. Concludes with recommendations concerning geography instruction. (JDH)

Published
1987

5. Geography as Human Ecology: A Decade of Progress in a Quarter Century

Author

Porter, Philip W.

Abstract

Traces advances in human ecology from 1954-1978, considers research methodology used by geographers to study human ecology, and summarizes major research findings. Concludes that geographers should develop models to explain mutual relations of people and environment. (Author/DB)

Published
1978

6. The Underdevelopment and Modernization of the Third World. Commission on College Geography. Resource Paper No. 28.

Author

Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC. Commission on College Geography., de Souza, Anthony R., Porter, Philip W., de Souza, Anthony R., Porter, Philip W., and Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC. Commission on College Geography.

Abstract

Helping undergraduate college geography students understand the processes and forces which, in the name of modernization, continue to intensify a world spatial disequilibrium in the relations of people and resources is the purpose of this resource paper. It presents current ideas in social science research on modernization and development with particular reference to underdeveloped countries, especially the characteristics of underdevelopment and the geography of modernization. Part I deals with characteristics of underdevelopment and some frequently propounded views of the nature of underdevelopment and development. Part II examines causes and consequences of underdevelopment, especially external and internal causes and urban and national development in the postindependence era. Part III describes research about modernization in the underdeveloped world carried out by geographers. The paper ends with a review of findings and suggestions for kinds of research and research institutions that will aid, not hinder, Third World development. Many illustrative figures and tables and a comprehensive bibliography are included. (Author/ND)

Published
1974

7. We Should Be Teaching Leadership Skills and Competencies.

Author

Porter, Philip D.

Abstract

Makes a case for leadership training for students and lists course objectives, including defining leadership, identifying situations for practicing leadership, analyzing and practicing leadership skills, and distinguishing among leadership styles. (Author/JM)

Published
1981

8. School Health Is a Place, Not a Discipline.

Author

Porter, Philip J.

Abstract

An overview of the history of school health programs is given. The support of the community, faculty, school administrators, and elected officials is necessary for a successful school-based program. (MT)

Published
1987

9. A Resource Conservation Unit.

Author

Porter, Philip D.

Abstract

Describes a variety of learning activities for teaching elementary and junior high students about air, water, and energy conservation techniques. Suggests community resources, social studies objectives, language skills, and 20 activities. (CK)

Published
1979

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results