Word: emphasisation
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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A year ago it was also a time for journalists and critics to look forward to what 1970 would bring, but their record turned out to be nearly as spotty as the astrologers. Many expected a hot summer of black unrest in the ghettos that never materialized. Economists looked for...
Psychologist Richard Parson, for one, believes that the increased emphasis on the role of the family "as an agent for human development and personal growth" will again make the family important in the field of education. "Parents will not necessarily teach the children," he says. "That is probably quite unlikely...
The emphasis in the rehabilitation program is on a lot of rapping with psychiatrists and fellow addicts. As in some civilian programs, methadone is used to help heroin addicts through the withdrawal period and satisfy their chemical needs. But the most dramatic technique is the "shoot-up" where the more...
The Learning Environments program was developed in response to increasing student and faculty criticism of the school's traditional emphasis on teacher training within specific subject areas. Its aim is to study the effects of teaching environments on adolescents' emotional and intellectual growth.
The report did note, however, that the number of PBH volunteers has plummeted during recent years, from nearly 1100 in 1968 to about 400 in 1969. "It is our impression from talking with students that the professionalized emphasis in PBH programs makes some upperclassmen feel that they are not sufficiently...