Describes how elementary school teachers can develop service learning projects that educate for social justice in order to promote change as opposed to charity. Provides examples of how charitable projects can be changed into social justice projects. Discusses how service learning projects can be done without leaving the school grounds. (CMK)

Explains how problems in urban schools mirror problems in U.S. society and how this affects disadvantaged and minority children, discussing one professor's experiences with racial bias in his own educational experiences. Describes the creation of the Comer School Development Program, questioning reform projects and programs that do not take child…

Analyzes unsuccessful attempts to reform the vocational education system of Greece throughout the twentieth century. Delineates the structure of the present system based on reform legislation of 1983 and 1985. States that it is still too early to assess any outcomes of the reforms. (DB)

Traces the African-American church's traditional role as a source of social support for the African-American community in general, and for men specifically. Offers suggestions on how the church can support adolescent fathers by assuming a leadership role in meeting the social needs related to teenage pregnancy. (FMW)

Outlines the medical and social consequences of adolescent pregnancy, including maternal and infant mortality, and low birth weight. Discusses why pregnant adolescents do not seek prenatal care and implications for health providers. (FMW)

Discusses several background factors bearing on government decision making which are crucial in understanding cultural, economic, and political pressures on mathematics education in Western Samoa, outback areas of central Australia, and Papua New Guinea. (YP)

Outlines some ways in which schools in different countries have incorporated career guidance in their curriculum. Uses a conceptual model to examine the changing role of career guidance in Great Britain. Explores implications of this model. Makes comments on the impact of world economics crises and of various sociopolitical aims on careers…

Describes a program for training high school social studies teachers to teach students to identify and systematically study rural policy issues affecting local economic and social development. Examines the relationships among policy studies, public education, and rural community development that make the proposed program particularly effective.…

Explores the phenomena of deaf persons internalizing and reciprocating the prejudice to which they have been exposed. Examines these actions from the perspective of social learning theory described by Bandura and Walters. Focuses upon those members of the deaf community who advocate change in the relationship between deaf and hearing people. (KO)

Explores the nature of higher education access programs for socioeconomically-disadvantaged students in Australia and the accounts of social justice that typically underwrite them. Topics include effects on curricula and pedagogies, the sociopolitical context, and a case study of a preparatory mathematics course at the University of Southern…

Conflict provides opportunities for growth in the university as in the larger world. A seven-stage model for seizing the opportunities presented by conflict is described to provide a way to examine and address relevant issues in institutional change. (SLD)

Schools must increasingly deal with children who brandish weapons and exhibit antisocial or violent behavior. Psychologists agree that young children are very susceptible to violence and that stored violent images can warp their interpretation of reality. To combat youth violence, many schools have adopted antiviolence curricula and conflict…

Speech delivered at NAEYC's National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development explores changing perspectives on social needs, and suggests building a sense of community and improving teacher education as ways to support children and families in need. (HTH)

Investigated the relationships of problem behavior, emotions, and psychosocial factors using a three-dimensional model of three elements: positive/negative coping resources, rebellion from/ conformity to adult norms, and secretive/obvious behavior. Found that the model fit for both genders. Results suggest that males who do not have positive…

A major problem with the proposed approaches to national service is that they may draw attention away from the real causes of and the feasible solutions to critical problems. Community action should involve young people in sustained, long-term empowering activities, not in one-time experiences or in work that does not challenge current power…