Appeals for ethnic pluralism have a long history in education. However, an ideological commitment to cultural homogeneity has created a bureaucratic administrative structure which has made public education highly resistant to ethnic pluralism. (Author/EB)

The distinction between "stereotype" as a cognitive structure and "stereotyping" as a complex set of intra- and inter-personal processes is discussed in light of relevant research in cognitive and social psychology. (Author/EB)

There is no unemployment in mainland China, where the government uses work to control the lives of one-fourth of the world's population. From his 1978 trip, the author describes impressions of Chinese life and work in a still underdeveloped and largely unindustrialized country. (MF)

Critically reviews research since 1972 on maternal deprivation. Topics discussed include: the development of social relationships and the process of bonding; critical periods of development; links between childhood experiences and parenting behavior; influences on parenting; and possible reasons why so many children do not succumb to deprivation…

Videotapes were made of 164 children aged eight or nine playing alone and playing with a parent in a toy room. Data on their parents' work histories, socialization techniques, and self report of sex roles were analyzed in relation to the children's play activities. Effects of family constellation were also investigated. (JMB)

Describes a pilot television program, "Where Do You Work?" which was designed to contribute to each child's self-awareness and occupational awareness through the presentation of occupational role models. The production process and results of field testing are discussed. (CMV)

Describes socializing roles performed by American colleges after 1700, when the family shed its traditional role due to geographical mobility, cultural and political squabbles, religious declension, and family reorientation. (Author/DB)

Describes the development of social studies and the need to establish its place in the educational curriculum. (RK)

Presents minutes of a discussion meeting held by Shanghai university students to describe and evaluate an agricultural and technical correspondence program in which they had taken part. Ways of relating the correspondence courses to the needs of a socialist economy are suggested. (Author/DB)

Asserts that power relations in all societies are partially defined by who has access to and knowledge of the component cultures in complex, multi-cultural societies. "As multi-culturalism becomes more pronounced and elaborated, and the field of power becomes greater with increasing social complexity, multi-culturalism becomes an ever more serious…

Suggests that many educational changes have potentially significant implications for the extent and direction of political socialization fostered by the schools. Discusses some of the alternative impacts these changes may have on the politicization occurring in the community, and suggests that this situation presents unique research opportunities.…

This article describes a program to train student teachers to work in inner-city schools and the conflicts that arose when student teachers, attempting new innovations with their pupils, met strong resistance from the established conservatism of the school principal and older teachers. (JD)

If we make the assumption that the social studies convey major learning processes that affect the learner in all his aspects, then more should be done to achieve such objectives. The authors examine current thought on types of behavior and point to some important problems. (Editor)

Suggests that schools differentially socialize children to respond to authority so as to be competent in adult work roles similar to those currently held by their parents. (Author/AM)

Measures of racial attitude, conceptual style, commitment to candidate and electoral process, social-political evaluation, and voting intentions, were administered to white college students (N=320) before the 1972 Presidential election. Prediction of behavioral intentions becomes more powerful as attitudinal measures are made more directly…