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Peer reviewedLeona, Matteo H. – Adolescence, 1978
Through a survey and in-depth interviews, three major cliques were identified at a middle income suburban high school near Boston. "Jocks,""motorheads," and "fleabags" were groupings based, respectively, on common interests in sports, cars, and drugs. Each clique is described in terms of appearance, general…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High Schools, Language Styles, Sociocultural Patterns
Hertzberg, Hazel W. – Soc Educ, 1970
Illustrates the thesis that "the training of teachers of the social studies must be structured so that a continuing analysis of the subculture of students themselves becomes a central element. (JS)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies, Social Change
Download full textWillis, David B. – 1986
This case study of 215 high school students in Columbia Academy, an international school in Kobe, Japan, was conducted from 1980 to 1985 to examine the values students hold in relation to their demographic characteristics. The study, written by a faculty member of this school who also served on the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnocentrism, Foreign Students, International Education
Dueck, Kathryn – 1974
The purpose of this study is to assess the relative impact on Mennonite high school students of various orientation sources toward the issues of war and peace. Sixteen sources of orientation such as family, religion, and media are coordinated with variables such as school attended, grade level, and sex differences on a 10 page survey containing…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Family Influence, High School Students, Institutional Role
Johnston, Lloyd D.; And Others – 1987
This paper presents selected research findings from Monitoring the Future, an annual series of national surveys focusing on lifestyles and drug use among representative samples of American high school seniors that has been conducted every year since 1975. The presentation focuses on two issues: aspects of lifestyle currently associated with drug…
Descriptors: Demography, Drug Abuse, Drug Use, High School Seniors
Peer reviewedMarjoribanks, Kevin – Journal of Social Psychology, 1995
Reports on a study of the relationships between social categories, defined by ethnicity, gender, and social status, and school-related outcomes among 470 16-year-old Australian adolescents and their parents. Finds that differences in students' learning environments and school outcomes were related strongly to ethnicity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Ethnic Groups
Roberts, Elsa – 1972
A program, initiated during the Fall of 1970 by the Language Research Foundation, which develops a curriculum for training teachers in cross-cultural communication is described in this paper. The three-phase project focuses on: (1) research, (2) curriculum development, and (3) curriculum trial-evaluation. Proceedings of a conference held under the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, English Instruction
