The reshaping of man to the Soviet ideal through education is the context within which the author considers three recent books on Soviet education--Shiela Fitzpatrick's "The Commissariat of Enlightenment"; J. J. Tomiak's "The Soviet Union"; and Jean Pennar's "Modernization and Diversity in Soviet Education." (JH)

Politicization helps produce coherent, though not necessarily mature, policy-thinking styles. The findings indicate the need to investigate policy thinking further. (Author)

Spontaneous thematic play behavior in children is investigated. Environmental prerequisites of play and possible functions of play in cognitive and personality development are discussed. Whether modelling is a prerequisite for thematic play, and the relationship between level of play and creativity test performance in children are assessed. (DP)

The relationship of democracy to the formal education of American students is examined. The author points out that schools, in teaching democracy, teach dogma without imparting much notion of practice. It is suggested that democracy cannot be taught in the classroom. What can be taught, however, is a manner of subordination. (SM)

New developments in the work practices of school Lenin halls and museums are observed. Emphasis is increasingly on the integration of these centers for ideological and political indoctrination and the educational process. (KM)

The formation of a communist world view of social awareness is a process which takes place in the prometheus'' society, an afterschool organization where political studies and regular studies are combined. (KM)

Study of regular changes in an interpersonal interaction over time, and how these changes can be related to the individual development sequences of the members of the interaction. (ST)

The need for change in the School Adult Social System (SASS) is stressed. (MM)

Author uses industrialism, technocracy and power as concepts while analyzing political and educational issues. (Author)

Traditional ideas of patriotism and nationalism'' are no longer accepted, and citizenship education must change accordingly. (Author/SP)

Author describes a design which seeks to formulate curriculum into discrete but interactive spheres. (Author/CB)

Findings suggest that age differences in the use of intention in evaluating another are a function of the valence of the other's act; and that social perspectivism increased with age regardless of the kind of consequences involved. (Atuhors/CB)

Altruism as an attitude was measured by questionnaire techniques in boys and girls, aged approximately eleven to fourteen. Factor analysis was used to identify the underlying attribute which is clearly found for each of the four age-sex groups separately. (Editor/CB)