Previous research has suggested that people who have liberal attitudes toward women are affected by models differently from those with more traditional attitudes. This study investigated this modeling effect by asking college seniors to rate the degree to which a variety of people influenced their career choice while in college. (Author)

Describes a program in which smaller class groups for socially and culturally deprived children resulted in enhanced social attitudes and more responsive, mature behavior in interaction with both adults and peers. (Author/IRT)

Few sociologists and fewer educators have recognized Emile Durkheim's significant contribution to the sociology of education. His major theories of education are discussed under three main groupings--education developing as a social process, education's function in the socialization of the young, and education in the development of morality.…

Assesses the impact of law school on values and attitudes of students at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. A survey of all U.C. law students in 1975-76 examined their attitudes concerning role behaviors and attitudes concerning judicial policies. Findings indicated that law students' values, attitudes, and consequent behavior are only…

Aspects of "liberalism" incorporating notions of balance, fairness, objectivity, and common sense are discussed in relation to the teaching of media studies. The British TV series "Looking at Television" is examined to clarify the way which the liberal ethos pervades the series to its detriment. Liberalism is shown as allowing…

Author believes that the rise of the Manpower Services Commission means youth workers must drop their mystifying community labels and reassert the specialist nature of their jobs. In the wake of the State giving up the commitment to youth service, examines where youth work will be done on the future. (Editor/RK)

Discusses a study designed to explore children's television viewing patterns and their perceptions of the media, and offers an evaluation of television's impact on the young child's lifestyle. (MH)

Considers how education is related to politics with the focus on political socialization, political recruitment, i.e., the selection and training of political elites, and political integration or nation building of groups of people. (Author/RK)

This study investigated the effect of two independent variables on the sharing behavior of children. The results indicated that both observing a model share and longer ownership of the item facilitated sharing in these children, although the latter was originally hypothesized to retard sharing. (Author)

Presents a study of the effects of modeling, direct instruction and suggested attributions on children's donating and sharing behavior. Seven- and ten-year-old children served as subjects. (BD)

The results of the initial study suggested that the question of effects of television violence could be answered meaningfully only in the same context as the question of the social effect of television. Interim results reported here support this hypothesis. (Author)

Research into the socializing of women into sports activities revealed that peers were most influential at all life-cycle stages, family was the most influential during childhood, and coaches and teachers during adolescence; in addition, males were the predominant role models during childhood, and females during adolescence and adult life. (MB)

This paper argues that the authority of schools is derived from the prevailing authoritative definitions of students in society. It develops the idea that the cultural formulation of the status of student has important impacts on the development of youth culture. (Author/AM)

The racial definitional system in the United States ensures the separation of people. It is a caste-like system of nomenclature which was invented by Whites for their benefit. It is institutionalized and gets renewed through the socialization process. The system is only peripherally concerned with how Blacks define themselves. (VM)