Popular culture is deeply involved in the spread of knowledge. Commercial productions such as music videos act as socializing agents by depicting issues of politics, sexuality and romance. Some ideas are portrayed with ambiguity and instability, but this is no different than the portrayals in serious literature and artistic culture. (VM)

A classroom exercise in the importance of mimicry or imitation and individual characteristics (age, status, profession, etc.) in face-to-face communication uses photographs to which the students must ascribe characteristics, statements, attitudes, and situations. (MSE)

Reports on a research study which examines the extent to which early-life sex-role socialization leads women to pursue sex-typical careers. (RKM)

This paper evaluates Hatton's critique of Grant and Sleeter's (1985) view of teacher work. Teachers have power, it is argued, and choose how willing they are to respond to students of particular racial and social backgrounds. (MT)

A new wave of progressive thought and action can be identified in groups such as the Montana Alliance for Progressive Policy (MAPP). Old political dichotomies are shunned to form new ideologies stressing: (1) public policies to ensure a better future; (2) security from disasters; (3) stewardship to promote balance and harmony; and (4) expanded…

Reports on two longitudinal studies of two-year-old children who were extreme in the display of either behavioral restraint or spontaneity in unfamiliar contexts. Indicates that by age seven most of the restrained group were socially avoidant while the spontaneous children were talkative and interactive. (TW)

Describes a time-limited small-group treatment program, based on social learning theory, that promotes the social competence of youngsters in middle childhood. (Author/KS)

Reports on the activities of the Task Force on Early Childhood/Elementary Social Studies of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). Highlights the content of and approval process for a position paper on early childhood social studies being developed for NCSS. (GEA)

Examines orientations of youth in the United States and Taiwan towards politics and international affairs. Provides insight into the students' international interest, knowledge, and information and their opinions on international conflicts and cooperation. (Author/BSR)

Examined whether conceptual and methodological perspectives pertaining to sport might be gender-biased. Applied a social role/systems approach predictive of male sport socialization to female athletes and nonathletes, finding it inappropriate. Suggests conceptual notions pertaining to sport socialization may be more accurate portrayals of…

Middle school students use note writing not only as a natural response to real social and emotional needs, but (when caught by teachers) as an indirect means to communicate with adults. Although these notes are important, it is difficult to determine if note writing makes a difference in children's success at writing or developing social skills.…

This article argues that studies of student teaching as an occasion for learning to teach have mistakenly ignored the role of program content and contexts in the socialization of prospective teachers. (Author/MT)

Compares the results of two surveys of the same group of Black respondents, taken in 1969, when respondents were in college, and in 1978, when most respondents had entered middle-class occupations. Analyzes changes in the ideology of the respondents in the context of the political and socioeconomic dynamics of American society. (KH)

A study involving paired student teachers with a single cooperating teacher was undertaken to investigate the effect of socialization processes on the development of work behaviors and attitudes. Results are presented and discussed. (MT)

A pretest/posttest control group design was employed to assess the efficacy of a social learning procedure in developing socially adaptive attitudes and behaviors in a group of incarcerated male juvenile delinquents. The experimental manipulation consisted of a series of structured group exercises. (Author/CH)