Describes a feeling-oriented, unstructured group approach promoting social learning among prisoner-participants. Groups evolve through a series of developmental stages during which members assume more responsibility for themselves and others in working through problems of living. Group facilitators need to recognize stages and allow for…

Discusses definitions of early childhood education from the viewpoint of children, parents, teachers, and society, and identifies some current issues in early childhood education. (MP)

Contends that the political philosophy underlying Mina Shaughnessy's "Errors and Expectations" is one which reinforces both the teacher's position of control and the training of minority students to follow and obey authority. (DD)

This final article in a theme issue on socialization of the young child draws conclusions from the preceding ten articles and suggests some directions that educators may pursue to socialize young children in today's environment and to prepare them for the future. (Editor/SJL)

Analyzes how literary training in content, character, style, and world view might affect one's view of the world of politics. (DD)

Open-ended interviews were conducted with 224 boys from first, third, and fifth grades to gauge their cognitive understanding of the structure and purpose of TV commercials and selectiveness of attitudinal response to them. Multiple measures also taken for maturational development, socialization, and television exposure as predictor sets.…

Twenty-six subjects were exposed to a period of noxious stimulation and subsequently performed a task that incidentally involved learning to avoid one of two types of punishment, electric shock and monetary loss. Results support Lykken's theory of the development of sociopathic behavior and Aronfreed's more general conceptualization of aversive…

Focuses primarily upon the applications of the tools of humanistic psychology with Viet Nam era veterans. The Flower of the Dragon, a self-help project seeking to facilitate the growth of Viet Nam era veterans, is one example of a means by which humanistic psychology can build a stronger foundation for itself and for society at large. (Author)

Article discusses way in which an individual's struggle for autonomy may be expressed through compliance, self-destructiveness and submissiveness. (RW)

Analyzes the effects of the altered Middle East situation on a community of Iraqi immigrants living in the Detroit metropolitan area. (Author)

Analyzes children's books as a means of socializing children and helping them become more humane. (DD)

To test the hypothesis that attitudes toward concrete current issues become more liberal between middle and later adolescence, investigators administered one of two forms of a 41-item questionnaire dealing with current political, social and economic issues to approximately 500 high school freshman, juniors and seniors. (MS)

A facilitator of workshops and assemblies on social skills recounts revealing dialogs with elementary and middle-level students. Discussion, often accompanied by singing and guitar music, focuses on the issues of belonging, fitting in, making friends, offering support, and practicing empathy. The music is the vehicle for helping students express…

The life and career narratives of two Chicana teachers are examined to identify the influences of biographical experiences on how they define their teacher role identities. Competence to act, the product of experiences, is based on the connections teachers make between family socialization and their roles as professional educators. (SLD)