A brief overview and synthesis of current knowledge on the development of nonverbal communication in young children is presented, and implications for teacher-child interactions during the early school years are suggested. (JD)

Examines faculty and student attitudes toward a counseling center at an open-door-admissions college. Differences suggest that personal contact with counselors favorably alters opinion. Educational and vocational planning services are most preferred by faculty and students. Faculty are more supportive of personal adjustment counseling than…

Married and single male and female college students of 1966, 1973, and 1976 are compared in their perceptions of female sex role--self, ideal woman, and man's ideal woman. Differences between perceptions of the ideal woman espoused by males and females were the most significant findings. (Author)

Proposes that the barrier to cooperation between social workers and police officers is one of sex-role stereotypes. Suggests that the solution lies in the social organization of a capitalist society. (Author)

The continued education of practicing counselors is essential. Equally as important is training of counselor educators who are knowledgeable about the settings in which their students will function. Proposes a model for achieving both tasks, one in which practicing counselors receive on-site supervision from counselor educators in training.…

Describes an experimental death awareness workshop based on Kubler-Ross' theory. The effects of the workshop reveal cognitive and emotional changes indicating participants in the workshop to be moving towards an acceptance of death. (Author)

Results suggest that chronological age and maturity affect preferences. The level of communication is critical. Age and, to a lesser degree, facilitation impress female subjects. Males appear more affected by facilitation. (Author)

This study found that color in a film helped fourth- and fifth-grade students of all ability levels learn incidental information, but affected learning of task-relevant information differently depending on ability level. (Author/JEG)

Tests the hypothesis that student reading achievement will be a function of the congruence of student's perception of actual and ideal teacher pupil-control behavior. Subjects were 231 students in nine sixth-grade classrooms. (MP)

This article reports on a study conducted among supervisors, superintendents, and teachers to determine what congruence existed relative to expectations for supervisory personnel. Each of these groups indicated how much time they thought supervisors should spend in each of 10 roles. Results are included. (KC)

Although strong counselor gender preference was evident, this study indicated no significant difference in the perceived credibility of the counselor, regardless of gender or of the client concerns. (Author)

Results of this study indicate that violent offenses are more likely committed by youths acting alone. Nonviolent offenses are more likely committed in groups. Of female delinquencies, 57 percent were committed in groups. (Author)

Results indicated that both objective evidence and nonverbal behaviors significantly affected perceived expertness. There was no difference in the credibility ratings of the counselor between male and female subjects. Objective evidence and sex interacted significantly, as did objective evidence and nonverbal behavior. (Author)

Calls for a more contextual understanding of film study, which would recognize that the discipline called "film studies" is above all a communicational system--an open system in continual and reciprocal communication with its environment or context. (JMF)