Examines the implications of poverty research for the goal orientation of American society, and for social science and social scientists. (JM)

As part of an elective program in intracultural medicine, students participated in actual clinical experience in hospital and field services on the Navaho Indian Reservation. (IR)

As the relationship between student and academia changes, the need grows for more active participation by the student not only in the educational process but also in the world beyond the classroom. The wish to make education relevant" to the social scene is equal to the need to put education to use in the social context. (CJ)

Reports a 15-day study of contemporary urban problems. (RD)

Reviews research dealing with the causes of adolescent runaway behavior and the negative physical and psychological consequences of being away from home prematurely. Gender differences are also noted. Concludes that running away must be viewed as both an adolescent and a family problem. (Author/JAC)

Books which show children and adolescents coping with current social and family problems are discussed. The books deal with the changing structure of families, divorce, children's loneliness, urban problems, death, and other issues. (PP)

Presents an annotated bibliography of materials for study of the nuclear arms issue. Citations are divided into nonfiction, fiction, poetry, periodicals, quotations, and audiovisual categories. Includes names and addresses of antinuclear activist groups. (HTH)

Describes a research effort to determine the effect of personal growth and development activities on secondary students' attitudes towards social issues while participating in an environmental studies program. Scores of one experimental group on the inventory of social issues posttest were significantly higher than those for the control group.…

Examined the possible functions served by old age stereotypes from a sociocultural frame of reference. Tested the hypothesis that problem-oriented conceptions of older persons are part of an emerging political ideology. Using survey responses reports the relation between aging stereotypes and attitudes toward federal support of the aged. (Author)

Career education is a reform movement which seeks to create more efficient workers for the capitalist system of production. The goals of producing fulfilled and satisfied workers must be shared by career educators and the broader society. (JN)

Discusses high rate of violence and health problems within Cherokee culture. Alcohol plays a major role in Indian health and social problems. As a response to prevalence of alcohol-related problems, a cultural therapy program was developed. Reinforcement of cultural pride was a primary step in solving problems. (CC)

Stafford's counter-reply to Edgley's article, "Marxism, Education and Mr. Stafford" (v15 n2 p167-70 1981). The author clarifies his views on (1) the wage earner's right of dissent, (2) class differences as a source of social problems, (3) the tendency of political commitment to become ideological dogmatism, and (4) the evidence demonstrating…

The development of a paradigm expressing social dissatisfaction was founded in the social movements of the late 1960s. Its result was to displace the individualistic, meritorious view of education with a structural one aimed at eliminating social inequality. (JN)