Maintains that an important function of schooling in a democratic society is preparing students for responsible citizenship. Proposes a contemporary community problems approach as a means of working toward this objective. (Author/DB)

This report assesses the image of vocational education through a review of several studies and projects concerned with that image. In the first section of the report, the three most recent studies that target the image of vocational education from the national perspectives of manufacturers, state legislators, and employers are abstracted. Along…

This review and synthesis of the literature on correctional vocational education includes historical documents, recent surveys and reports, journal articles, dissertations, and speeches and presentations which were located by computer-assisted and manual searches of these data bases: Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in Vocational…

Discusses aspects of age prejudice including: age restrictiveness, age distortion, and ageism. Considers social changes related to age prejudice. Describes a University of Vermont course in age prejudice. Includes a table listing cognitive, affective, and behavioral objectives for the reduction of age discrimination. (RC)