Defines urban societies as including not only town and cities, but also rural, mining, fishing, and other sectors. Discusses the medieval and capitalist European social orders, arguing that rural laborers are always "socially urbanized" such that locational behaviors appropriate to the interests of the society's dominant classes are induced.…

Data on cultural factors and academic success of Native American college students suggest that the predictors of grade point average among these students are different from predictors for Whites. The best independent predictors for Native Americans are degree of identification and social integration with Whites. (Author/GC)

Considers 10 features of Japanese educational system which have produced egalitarian educational outcomes and the relation between these egalitarian educational outcomes and egalitarian changes in the structure of adult society. Major shift in national directions and emergence of determined and idealistic teachers are key factors. Makes…

Few programs in the field of recreation attempt to integrate older adults into recreational activities with younger age groups. The benefits accrued from this intergenerational approach include: (1) shared experiences which help combat stereotypical thinking; (2) learning an holistic approach to life; and (3) cooperation between youth-related and…

Discusses importance of looking into institutional practices within schools in bilingual research. Presents a case study and its community covering grouping arrangements for allocation of children of different scholastic achievement and language proficiency and the relationship of these groupings to curriculum and the school. (Author/BK)

Israel faces the difficult task of integrating some half a million Israeli Arabs into the society. Distrust, resentment, and educational inequalities make this a monumental task. (Author/WD)

The hearing impaired child has been the most neglected exceptional student in the public day school system. Mainstreaming efforts should consider the individual educational needs of both severely and less severely hearing impaired students. (JN)

This paper assesses the relative importance of deprivation and social integration factors in accounting for neighborhood differences in feelings of powerlessness. (Author/RLV)

Hipple's Interpersonal Relationship Rating Scale (1972) was administered to graduate students in a counselor education program. The results were factor analyzed and six scales were extracted. The IRRS was then administered to two classes of students in group counseling. Both groups had significant discrepancy scores. (Author)

The development of the American system of school athletics from the time of the Puritans to the present day is discussed, and the social ramifications of our contemporary sports culture are considered. (LH)

Explores and critiques policies for the education of guest-worker children in Germany. Contrasting Bavarian and Berlin (West) models are delineated and appraised. (RH)

Children's preferences for peers and adults with black or white skin were examined in a semistructured, doll-play interview. Results were discussed in terms of the increasingly favorable perceptions shown by black children for others of like skin color and the implications for selection of adult role models. (Editor/TA)

It was found that Muslim Hausa boys who live in a heterogeneous educational environment are more advanced in moral judgment than those who live in a homogeneous educational environment, and, that the sentimental credibility of actors with traditional Muslim names in Kohlberg-type moral dilemmas affects the generalization of moral reasoning of…

This study examined the meaning of "belonging" through participant observations and interviews in two middle school and two high school classes which included students with severe or moderate disabilities. Findings indicated that student membership depended on affiliation with a peer subgroup. Only two of the six students with disabilities…

Profiles the life of Katharine Drexel who worked to educate Blacks and Native Americans and to convert them to Catholicism. Discusses her support of and visits to Native American missions, the schools and missions she helped to build, her contributions to Black Catholic services, her insistence on her fellow sisters' having degrees, and her…