GRADES OR AGES: Grade 9. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies: political parties and elections. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The place of the unit in the social studies K-12 program is explained with suggested ways of initiating the unit. The content of the unit is presented in four columns: content, teacher direction, learning activities, and…

Author presents her thoughts on the counseling profession's need to connect pocketbook issues and government policies, on the one hand, with quality of life and the human psyche on the other. Charts assumptions, facts and alternatives on a variety of political issues related to counseling. (BP)

Reports that people's evaluations of political satire may be based on the interaction of two elements: awareness of the issue satirized and involvement with the issue. (GW)

The state officers of public instruction or the state commissioners of education may well be the professionals who can speak authoritatively and with credibility on the problems besetting education in the public schools today. (MJB)

The first position paper to be presented by the Navajo, the Sioux, and the Iroquois nations, this statement asks President Carter to meet with the traditional and spiritual leaders of these American Indians to begin serious negotiations on issues vital to the survival--physical and spiritual--of Native Peoples. (JC)

"My impression is that their proposals come at this time because they recognize that youngsters are already doing politics, but fear they are doing the wrong politics". Assesses the discussion document on political education written by two HMIs (Her Majesty's Inspectors). (Editor/RK)

Reviewing the Carter Administration's views regarding four American Indian cases brought before the Supreme Court, this article asserts that "those who are looking to the White House for consistent support and leadership in their efforts to strengthen Indian sovereignty will be well advised to look elsewhere". (JC)

Utilizing the findings of a far-reaching and detailed analysis of evangelical missionary education in the British West Indies (1800-1838), this article asserts planters and missionaries had antithetical assumptions about the provision of education for slaves, the missionaries not always operating in the interest of the dominant society. (JC)

Refers to critical issues marking the debate about political violence and the mass media in a democracy and in South Africa. Attempts to situate the political violence and mass media inquiry within recent calls for consensus journalism in South Africa. Suggests that the mass media needs to promote rational discourse in South Africa. (SKC)

Discusses how the feminization of poverty argument may distort and simplify the issue of old age poverty and may be politically divisive. Claims it is necessary to discuss how race, as well as gender, is interlocked with social class and to demonstrate how a singular emphasis on gender misrepresents the phenomenon of poverty in later life.…

Selection for entry into higher education is examined through the following issues: demand, supply, and selection; bases of selection; political and industrial issues; aspects of transfer; statistical or measurement problems and reference tests; subquotas; technical and administrative issues and problems; and dangers in the political context. (CT)

Discusses political questions raised by the existence and growth potential of the online retrieval industry because it is privately owned and profit oriented. The user fee debate, information ownership, danger of manipulation, libraries as marketers, library action, and a library database consortium are highlighted. Seventeen references are cited.…

This 62-item annotated bibliography lists books and journal articles published over last decade (historical guides and surveys, memoirs, speeches, essays, biographies, government documents, critical analyses) on the history of politics in modern Olympic games and use of games in politics. A brief history of the games is included with 24…

Discusses the political and legal issues in minimum competency testing. Indicates that local educational policymakers and administrators must resist further centralization and take action to devise their own programs. (JOW)

Assesses the news consensus on specific stories that appeared on the front three pages of a random sample of American daily newspapers for a composite publication week. Reports that there is little consensus among editors as to what constitutes the day's important news. (FL)