Middle-class teachers were significantly more permissive and less puritanical in outlook, took more pleasure in the emotional aspects of teacher-pupil relationships, and showed less authoritarian attitudes toward children than did lower-class teachers. (Author/MB)

An analysis of Bell's thesis (AA 511 929) which claims that Bell's argument is stated in vague classifications and cliches, and supported by superficial generalization. The author takes issue with Bell's evaluation of postmodernism and the influence of the arts, as well as his rigid distinction between culture and social structure. (Author/JB)

This discussion of white racism points out the contradictions and complexities of the white working class's hatred and fear of blacks, intellectuals, and the rich; also focuses on and attacks the superficial knowledge of social scientists writing in this area. (JW)

Study investigates the attitudes and reported behaviour of 60 infant and primary schoolteachers towards accent usage and change -- the results being discussed in the light of an accent extension programme. (Author)

Significant desegregation will occur only when minority group children are immersed in middle class norms and values which will require the reorganization of the education Establishment. (Author)

Concludes that government and industry together can improve the economic climate for lower middle income workers, who are faced with rising expenses and fairly constant incomes. (BH)

High-curiosity boys had higher self-concepts than low-curiosity boys and tended to exhibit better interpersonal attitudes and to participate in activities which seem to be an indication of curiosity. (Author/DR)

Study examines possibility that certain story constituents are better recalled than others, suggesting a universal, underlying representation for a story by controlling for semantic content of settings, initiating events, internal responses, consequences, and reactions across versions of same story. Results show subjects transformed syntactic form…

Normal, first-born children of two-parent, self-supporting families (N=60) were divided into three groups at birth: control, mothers receiving a specific language stimulation program, and both parents receiving the program simultaneously. Infants whose parents received simultaneous training exhibited the greatest gain over 4 1/2 months in Bayley…

Examines the provider role among middle-income Black fathers. Respondents are moving toward more developmental patterns of fathering with increases in their ability to provide. The provider role is an interface phenomenon making execution of other familial roles possible. Economic provision is essential to all paternal modalities and styles.…