This guide lists four model content standards for civics education in Colorado elementary schools. Standards cited in the guide are: (1) students understand the purposes of government, and the basic constitutional principles of the U.S. republican form of government; (2) students know the structure and function of local, state, and national…

This research project is part of a larger study that will culminate in a book entitled "Culture and Education: The Social Consequences of Westernization in Contemporary Swaziland." While the major focus of that book is concerned with present day Swaziland, this historical research was needed in order to place the present day study of…

Since the end of World War II and the onset of the "new age," nuclear technology has remained high on the world's agenda as questions regarding sovereignty and the balance of power, control of the development and spread of nuclear weapons, non-military uses for nuclear technology, and nuclear safety are debated among and within nations.…

Adult educators in areas of deprivation, in developing their role, may need to commit themselves to goals of change which are "political"--to become partisans for the people they work with--or, when faced with the most pressing problems they will become irrelevant as have others in the altruistic trades. (Author/AJ)

Discusses both three basic strategies, preferences, allocational priorities, and incentives--and four principles of positive discrimination--compensation and rectification, appropriate meritocratic criteria, the development of the discriminated, and fairness. (JM)

Examines some concerns with respect to the relations between social science data and advocacy of civil rights; and comments on some changing perspectives in race-ethnic studies having a special relevance to social policy in the civil rights area. (JM)

Cites the recent United States State Department's labeling of recent Canadian films--one on nuclear war and two on acid rain--as political propaganda as a sign of the need to review the nature of propaganda. Suggests that teaching students to intelligently evaluate propaganda is preferable to submitting to government dictum. (MM)

The four political attitudes studied involved political interest, political alienation, racial equality, and the Vietnam war. Schooling effects influenced political interest and anti-Vietnam war attitudes but not political alienation and feelings about racial equality. (CS)

Teachers are facing political pressure from both the left and the right regarding their right to choose appropriate instructional materials. The experiences of several teachers who have been involved in censorship arguments are reported. A checklist of items concerning school policies and public relations activities to counter censorship is…

Researchers presented 43 administrators at a large midwestern university with 22 hypothetical organizational problems in which authority was absent or unclear, to test models of the effects of contextual factors on insiders' and outsiders' decisions to participate in organizational "political" issues. The results led to revisions of the models.…

A narrative account of what might occur the first day of a nuclear war is interspersed with facts about the nuclear arms race and about the destructive power of weapons already stockpiled in the United States and the Soviet Union. A plea is made for preserving civilization from such a catastrophe. (PP)

The history of the federal government's involvement in elementary and secondary school curriculum development is traced. An attempt is made to place this involvement within a social and political perspective. Effects of policies and programs are outlined, and questions concerning the federal role in curriculum development are explored. (Author/GK)

This description of the University College at Buckingham begins by detailing the controversy aroused by its inception as an institution outside the state system of higher education in Britain. It goes on to explain the college's developmental problems and current status in accreditation, staffing, curriculum, and student recruitment. (SJL)

Includes presentations, an interview, and selected session report summaries from the 36th National Conference of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, Detroit, Michigan, October 1980. Issues addressed include the admissions process, political issues, counselor education and the need for long-range planning and renewed…

Formal state coordination of higher education is seen as a product of the enrollment growth of the 1960s. Declining enrollment will place great strains on coordination. The future of higher education depends upon the policies of the states, in terms of financing of new initiatives and overall guidance and governance. (MLW)