Michael A Decesare
Biographic Data
| ID | 3811543 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael A Decesare |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael A |
| FAMILY NAME | Decesare |
| SIGNATURE | DECESARE M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Lesson to Be Learned
High school sociology has historically been and largely continues to be neglected by the discipline's professional organizations and by academic sociologists. The few past reforms of high school sociology-such as the SRSS project during the 1960s and early 1970s-were aimed at course content and instructional materials; they have failed. I argue that a new approach is necessary, one that focuses on improving high school sociology teacher training.…
Public attitudes toward euthanasia and suicide for terminally ill persons
This study replicates Singh's (1979) "classic" examination of correlates of euthanasia and suicide attitudes. The purposes of the current study were to assess (1) changes in public attitudes toward these voluntary termination of life practices, and (2) changes in the effects on attitudes of selected independent variables. I found Americans' approval of both euthanasia and suicide in 1996 to be higher than that in 1977. The increase in the approva…
The Lesson to Be Learned
High school sociology has historically been and largely continues to be neglected by the discipline's professional organizations and by academic sociologists. The few past reforms of high school sociology-such as the SRSS project during the 1960s and early 1970s-were aimed at course content and instructional materials; they have failed. I argue that a new approach is necessary, one that focuses on improving high school sociology teacher training.…
Public attitudes toward euthanasia and suicide for terminally ill persons
This study replicates Singh's (1979) "classic" examination of correlates of euthanasia and suicide attitudes. The purposes of the current study were to assess (1) changes in public attitudes toward these voluntary termination of life practices, and (2) changes in the effects on attitudes of selected independent variables. I found Americans' approval of both euthanasia and suicide in 1996 to be higher than that in 1977. The increase in the approva…
The Lesson to Be Learned
High school sociology has historically been and largely continues to be neglected by the discipline's professional organizations and by academic sociologists. The few past reforms of high school sociology-such as the SRSS project during the 1960s and early 1970s-were aimed at course content and instructional materials; they have failed. I argue that a new approach is necessary, one that focuses on improving high school sociology teacher training.…
Psychology (2 works) · Assisted suicide (1 works) · Attendance (1 works) · Church attendance (1 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (1 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (1 works) · Evaluation of Teaching Practices (1 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (1 works) · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences (1 works) · Law (1 works)