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The Development and Validation of an Inventory of Academic Requirements for Criminal Justice Education (open access)

The Development and Validation of an Inventory of Academic Requirements for Criminal Justice Education

The purpose of this study was to develop a concept of higher education which would be responsive to the needs of criminal justice. The study sought first to identify from both the popular and professional literature the principal roles of the three main component areas of criminal justice (police, courts, and corrections). Second, the study sought to identify those fundamental areas of knowledge which would support the common criminal justice roles; and, finally, the study sought to formulate the essential items of knowledge thus developed into an inventory of academic requirements for criminal justice education and to validate that inventory by subjecting it to the scrutiny of a panel of experts for their evaluation.
Date: May 1972
Creator: McDowell, Charles P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of All American History Textbooks Adopted for the Public High Schools of Texas from 1919 to 1970 (open access)

A Survey of All American History Textbooks Adopted for the Public High Schools of Texas from 1919 to 1970

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is the contextual changes which have occurred in American history textbooks adopted for use in the public high schools of the state of Texas from 1919 to 1970. The purpose of the study is to trace the development of high school American history textbooks by analyzing the following five areas: verbal aids, graphic aids, subject content, three areas of historiography, and the prefaces.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Durham, Kenneth Reuben
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Program of Mexican Literature for Graduate University Students (open access)

A Program of Mexican Literature for Graduate University Students

The problem of this study is that of developing a program of study of Mexican literature at the graduate level at North Texas State University. The study of literature and culture is approached by probing into the influences on the thinking of the Mexican and by using an in-depth study, rather than an "anthology" approach to teaching. The findings of the study indicate a need for an upper level course in Mexican literature at North Texas State University. Therefore, the following recommendations seem appropriate: (1) that North Texas State University initiate a course in Mexican literature which may be utilized by both students in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and students in the Bilingual/Bicultural Education program; (2) that the course be made available to both graduate and upper-level students; (3) that oral communication be emphasized in the course and that student participation in the target language be maximized.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Morgan, Linda M.
System: The UNT Digital Library