Examines programs in Montreal, Canada, that offer microcomputing training--traditional private courses as well as an experimental, neighborhood-oriented "popular laboratory." Finds that both are used by men to advance their careers but that women use them to catch up and survive economically in a transformed workplace. (SR)

Describes a program to teach third, fourth, and fifth graders to understand and criticize television programs and commercials. Indicates that children's viewing habits can be predicted by family background and that parents are influential models for the amount of viewing and attitudes toward television. (JMF)