Though America's students are increasingly diverse, most preservice educators have white, middle-class perspectives and cannot imagine teaching in multicultural urban schools. Six preservice teachers describe their experiences visiting a Harlem school, demonstrating that even brief visits can prompt students to critically examine their implicit…

Reprinted from the November 1967 issue of PHI DELTA KAPPAN Magazine.

Describing the research methodology used by a female researcher studying feminism among her own peer group, this article discusses several experiences of the anthropologist-as-insider and offers some solutions to the resultant research problems. (JC)

Factors identified for middle-class youngsters were found to be remarkably similar to those generated by their lower-class counterparts. (Authors)

Data from a developmental task administered to children in grades 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were interpreted as evidence that memorization is not an isolated skill but, rather, one of many manifestations of an individual's characteristic age-related approach to problems. (Author/WY)

Discusses British educational policy in India and reviews Sir Eric Ashby's book: Universities: British, Indian and African. A Study in the Ecology of Higher Education. (MF)

The history of the development of a secular curriculum for Catholic schools in mid-nineteenth century England. (RA)

Designed with procedural and methodological controls which were not always adequate in earlier studies, this study tests the hypothesis that early and enhanced contact between mothers and infants after delivery facilitates maternal attachment behavior. Thirty mother-infant pairs from a lower-middle-class population were studied. (Author/MP)

Asserts that the urban-high-school film genre (in which a classroom of socially troubled, low-achieving students is transformed by the singular efforts of an outside middle class teacher or principal) reinforces the "culture of poverty" thesis, representing the fantasies that suburban middle class America has about life in urban high…

Significant differences in values between social workers and clients are widely understood to affect the efficacy of service provision. This study examines the degree of value similarity between social workers and consumers, specifically, members of the working and middle classes. Based on "new-class" theory, two hypotheses are proposed. (Contains…

Describes the impact of economic stressors on marriage. Discusses how Adlerian marital therapy strategies can be tailored to help middle-income couples deal with such stressors. Identifies problems facing middle income families experiencing financial hardship, describes Adlerian counseling for financial conflict in marriage, and delineates…