Two radical teachers set up a "free school" in Washington, D. C. to offer an alternative education to disaffected, rebellious, bored, middle-class high school students. Some of their ideas work, some of them didn't. Their story is told in this book from the separate perspectives of the two teachers. In their first-hand account of the school and…

Explains how the majority race will use stereotyping to hold down a minority race, how this stereotyping was used in the movies of yesterday and is being used in the movies of today, and what black people must do to rid themselves of this stereotyping. (Author/AM)

Examines the "accomplishments curriculum" which emerged as the dominant mode of education for middle-class girls in Britain and its colonies in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Discusses the expanded educational opportunities for women, describing their social effects, such as the early emergence of middle-class…

The author considers the conceptual soundness of self-directed learning and elaborates a definition of the term. The author also raises some questions about the methodological rigor of the studies on which the new academic orthodoxy is based. He considers social settings, learning styles, independence, middle class lifestyles, and methods of…

Examines alternative plans for desegregating schools in a metropolitan context. (JF)

The increasing failure of cross-generational cultural transmission in America can be examined through research into the meaning of adolescent language usage. Adolescents view inconsistencies in adult society as contradictory to imposed norms. Since society is experiencing a loss of culture, secondary schools need to become the locus for its…

Addresses the beginnings of Swiss tourism, its barriers, and the development and role of transportation in mountain tourism. Considers the environmental problems caused by mountain tourism in Switzerland and provides seven teaching ideas. (CMK)

The widespread popularity of the young adult novels of Judy Blume makes them important factors in the socialization process. Almost all of the characters in her books are members of the middle or upper-middle class, and with the exception of some of the characters in 4 of her 15 novels, all are white. Thus, Blume is teaching youth how to be…

Asserts that schools tend to reject pupil's culture, and seek to replace it with values, both middle class and egalitarian, which are not effectively conveyed, and advocates that the subject matter and techniques of education should be revalued, with the revalued material being made accessible to all pupils. (Author/JM)

IT IS NOT YET KNOWN HOW THE EXTENT OF LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LOWER CLASS CHILDREN AND TEACHERS WITH MIDDLE CLASS TRAINING AND, FOR THE MOST PART, WITH MIDDLE CLASS BACKGROUNDS, INFLUENCES CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION. AN EVALUATION WAS MADE OF THE EXPRESSIVE LINGUISTIC SKILLS AND SPEECH CONTENT OF CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT AGES, RACES, AND SOCIAL…

The NEA Task Force was instructed to "recommend to the Executive Committee a structure and program for the coordination and expansion of the human rights activities of the NEA and of the departments, divisions, commissions, and committees." Their recommendations and a discussion of the forces in American society that make them necessary comprise…

New Year's resolutions of middle-class sixth-graders were compared with those of Mennonite and Amish sixth-graders. Mennonite and Amish youngsters generally resolved to try harder, whereas middle-class youngsters resolved to do better. Certain sex differences were found in both cultures, but were more pronounced for Amish/Mennonite youth. (Author)

Article considers the mental health needs of ethnic groups--especially those that comprise the largest segment of Middle America--and the factors to be aware of in fulfilling those needs. (Author/RK)