As an alternative to the traditional public school, some educators recommend an environment rich in academic, artistic, and athletic stimuli, from which the child can take what he wants when he wants it. This survey represents the observations of visitors to classrooms in the San Francisco Bay Area which are run on the free learner principle.…

As an alternative to the traditional public school, some educators recommend an environment rich in academic, artistic, and athletic stimuli, from which the child can take what he wants when he wants it. This survey represents the observations of visitors to classrooms in the San Francisco Bay Area which are run on the free learner principle.…

Opinions vary as to whether the current "sexual revolution" with its acceptance of sexual permissiveness does or does not contribute to emotional maladjustment. In the fact of conflicting views this study was designed to test for the existence of a relationship between premarital sexual intercourse and emotional adjustment. The Minnesota…

The reduction of disability and death from childhood injury can be achieved through structural modifications which make environments less permissive. The structural approach suggests preventive strategies, but the strategies must be used, must not require frequent individual action, and must not depend on the behavior of the children. (VM)

Provides pictures and descriptions of physical adaptations of open education by five American schools. (JH)

Challenges Ira L. Reiss' hypothesis that among persons whose general style of life is conservative" there is a negative relationship between social class and premarital sexual permissiveness whereas for persons having a generally liberal style of life, this relationship would be positive. (Author)

Tests Reiss' hypothesis that among conservatives those of higher social status are less permissive than those of lower status while among liberals the relationship is in the opposite direction. Both a chi-square test and a sign test were applied to the data; neither test confirmed Reiss' hypothesis. An extraordinarily strong relationship between…

Describes investigation of effects of mothers' dating behaviors on adolescents' sexuality using reports from a sample of adolescents and their divorced mothers. Suggests mothers' dating behaviors directly influenced sexual behavior of males and indirectly influenced sexuality of females. Mothers' sexual permissiveness influenced daughters' sexual…

Three basic approaches to discipline and child care are the obedience-oriented/punitive, the indulgent/permissive, and the person-enabling/justice approaches. The obedience-oriented/punitive approach, primarily concerned with obedience, sometimes uses praise and rewards manipulatively. When they fail, coercive punishment is used. The…

ROLE-PLAYING, THE FLEXIBLE ACTING OUT OF VARIOUS TYPES OF PROBLEMS IN A PERMISSIVE GROUP ATMOSPHERE, WAS AIMED AT DEVELOPING A FULL, INNER FEELING ABOUT A SITUATION FROM ACTING OUT HOW OTHER PEOPLE ACTUALLY FELT IN THE SITUATION. ROLE-PLAYING WAS ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR LOW-INCOME GROUPS BECAUSE THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES MORE READILY WHEN REACTING TO…

Permissiveness can lead to gross chaos in orderliness, thinking, habits, and discipline. Authoritarianism can be arbitrary and excessive, or it can only seem that way to persons who find the demands of social existence restrictive to a fancied personal freedom. (Authors)

In spite of their relatively liberal sexual behavior, considerable evidence was found among men and women alike for the existence of a strong double standard. Males felt their friends approved of premarital intercourse. Females' liberal behavior occurred in a setting where she perceived little support for such behavior. (Author)

Based on the premise that the school is an environment where systematic instruction, creative work and community interaction occurs, a program that provides for individualized instruction in science is described. Ten different learning environments are provided for the students. Instructional programs are individually chosen, self-administered,…

Studied were 486 single females aged 13-20 attending ten birth control centers. In this liberal sample, high self-esteem subjects were accepting of premarital intercourse with affection, were more willing to take sexual initiative, and felt less guilt. Those endorsing sexual abstinence had lower self-esteem. (Editor/SJL)

Research has shown variables of parental nurturance (acceptance, encouragement, support) of their children to be positively correlated with their children's self-esteem. This study investigated the effects of parental nurturance and the use of permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative parental discipline upon the self-esteem of college…