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Fitzsimmons, Allan K.; Walton, Keith J. – Journal of Geography, 1978
A brief guide to sources of materials to help geography teachers incorporate energy issues into course content. Describes 15 books and six data sources which focus on topics such as trends in fuel production and consumption, trade in energy supplies, and environmental and political implications of fuel production and transport. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Energy, Environmental Education, Fuel Consumption
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Hilberg, Raul – Social Education, 1978
Questions how various actors in the World War II holocaust were able to face their consciences. Examples are presented of railroad workers, German judges, industrial bosses, and other bureaucrats who unhesitatingly carried out some role in the holocaust. Excerpts from diaries of Jews are presented. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, European History, Jews
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Byers, CeCe; Alexander, Mary – Social Education, 1978
Discusses episodes from the history of the Sioux Indians in North and South Dakota and suggests ways in which this information can be incorporated into social studies classroom activities. Information is taken from primary source material in the Educational Division of the National Archives. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: American Indians, Culture Conflict, Curriculum Development, Learning Activities
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Epstein, Erwin H. – Education and Urban Society, 1978
This paper examines Soviet policy toward Jews, especially in regard to education, to determine whether it is based on pervasive anti-Semitism, as the critics often claim or is rooted fundamentally in Marxist-Leninist ideology. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Ethnicity
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Rivera, Clark – Journalism Quarterly, 1978
An analysis of the colonial American press shows that, although it was not a free press as people now conceive of one, freedom of expression was in general less restricted than in other contemporary cultures, and the press did foster and utilize conceptions of freedom that foreshadowed those of today. (GW)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Colonial History (United States), Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech
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Kondracke, Morton – Change, 1978
The status and activities of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and its ties to Georgetown University are described. CSIS serves as a kind of open university for policy makers, outlining the issues and policy choices that the U.S. will face in the future. It maintains a professional staff of 25, has a politically conservative…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Evaluative Thinking, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
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Ziring, Lawrence – Asian Affairs: An American Review, 1978
Relates problems of higher education in Pakistan since the 1950s. Intense student involvement in politics and conflict between traditional and modern versions of Islamic society have continually promoted turmoil in university life and government response to student unrest. Journal available from American-Asian Educational Exchange, Inc., 88…
Descriptors: Activism, Comparative Education, Conflict, Educational History
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Smith, Joshua – Theory Into Practice, 1978
A detailed account is given of the school desegregation struggle in Boston, Massachusetts, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. (MJB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Demonstrations (Civil)
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Schwartz, Sandra Kenyon; Schwartz, David C. – Journal of Social Issues, 1976
To determine whether or not blacks and whites are increasingly divergent in their political orientations, public opinion data from 13 separate national surveys conducted in 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971 (4 studies) and 1972 (2 studies) by the Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) of Princeton, New Jersey, were examined. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Activism, Black Organizations, Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys
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Seltzer, Richard J. – Chemical and Engineering News, 1978
Reviews controversies arising over the mistreatment of scientists and political intrusion into the scientific world, particularly via the Soviet Union. (SL)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Career Choice, Political Influences, Political Issues
Macias, Reynaldo F. – Nuestro, 1978
Like so many issues in a democratic society, bilingual programs have become entangled in a series of related problems, from other schooling policies to economics and, even, political squabbles. As a result, the whole subject of bilingual schooling seems to be dimly seen and easily misunderstood. Adding to the difficulties, the national media have…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Negative Attitudes
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Cragan, John F. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1977
Provides empirical verification for Bormann's Dramatistic Communication Theory and suggests that the utility of Bormann's theory of rhetorical vision goes beyond its use as a descriptive schemata for critiquing rhetorical communication. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Foreign Policy, Media Research
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Ilkka, Richard J. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1977
Describes the nature and impact of the Communist movement's revolutionary language which emphasized the particular pro-American Communist discourse which dramatized issues, events, and people. (MH)
Descriptors: American Culture, Communism, Discourse Analysis, Drama
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Berk, Richard A.; Rossi, Peter H. – Social Problems, 1976
Argues that all evaluation research must necessarily rest on significant moral and political value judgments. Evaluation research may play a progressive role if one is prepared to employ research designs that capitalize on inevitable value judgments, rather than ignore them. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Moral Values, Objectives
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Kleiman, Michael B. – Phylon, 1976
The finding that blacks' feelings of ability to influence governmental authority figures have increased as they have made gains in actual political power strongly suggests that social psychological states of minority groups may change substantially as those groups experience changes in life situations. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Individual Power, Minority Groups
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