Discusses the gender schema theory of sex typing, which proposes that sex typing derives largely from the child's readiness to encode and organize information according to the culture's definition of maleness and femaleness. Explores conditions that produce gender schematic processing and discusses strategies for raising gender aschematic…

Social studies curricula are flawed by wrong assumptions about learning, by forcing history and geography (the two original components of social studies programs) to socialize students rather than allowing them to stand as autonomous disciplines, and by a confused concept of course content. The social studies approach to history should be allowed…

Reviews the literature relevant to the socialization of women into traditional female professions. Raises questions about what has been done and what needs to be done. (Canadian Home Economics Association, 151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Canada K1P 5H3) (JOW)

To maximize the adaptation of school psychology to societal conditions, the discipline must: (1) focus on understanding the socialization process; (2) develop preventive and remedial strategies to compensate for disruption in family socialization; (3) devise more effective assessments of social competence; and (4) maintain standards of scholarship…

Describes research on the integration of Mexican-American children into the U.S. political system. Observes that from newcomers through the second generation, Mexican-American children become increasingly identified with and immersed in American political orientations, but that the third generation demonstrates a notable decline in political…

Discusses how early socialization creates later role conflicts for Swiss women who pursue university educations. Role conflicts can adversely affect the self-image, choice of field study, and academic aspirations of female students. (AM)

Argues against W.D. Hudson's definition of education which involves a rational approach to socialization. Suggests that Hudson formulated his definition to justify religious indoctrination as a part of the educational process and concludes that the definition abandons the knowledge and value criteria of education. (Author/KC)

Refutes the argument against including religion in the educational process (see Kazepides' article, p155, this issue). Religion fulfills two conditions of membership within the rational tradition: it is in accordance with rules of logic and is thought to be a practice in which there is good reason to engage. (Author/KC)

Explores the role of symbolic play in the cognitive and psychic development of the normal child and describes the autistic child. Reviews a model treatment program for autism developed at the City College of New York, discussing the therapeutic role of symbolic play in that model. (Author/MJL)

Parallel studies of middle-class intact families with preschool children and varying degrees of parental involvement in child care were conducted in Israel and the United States. Different patterns of association obtained are discussed, both in terms of characteristics of the two societies and with regard to social learning and reciprocal role…

Examines the theory of social efficiency espoused by David Snedden and Charles Prosser in the early 1900s. Describes the theory's basic tenets and their substantial effects upon the philosophical, administrative, and programmatic development of vocational education. (SK)