The role of educational institutions in the differentiation of age strata, regulation of relationships between strata, and distribution of social roles along age dimensions shows that altering the interlock between age and education affects the structure of major institutions and the psychosocial experiences specific to life-cycle stages.…

Discusses the movement of urban youth to rural areas and the problems encountered: rural area's responsibility for education and well-being of urban youth, socialization, linkages between urban and rural units, example of elite, and obtaining higher education and technical study. For the first part of this two-part series, see SO 504 221. (ND)

This issue presents criteria for new approaches to citizenship education in elementary schools. New approaches are illustrated with examples from Citizenship Decision-Making: Instructional Materials for Grades 4,5,6 developed at the Mershon Center of Ohio State University. This newsletter is published by the Division of Educational Affairs,…

Variables related to job satisfaction are discussed, such as technical and social skills required, and a four-process model is described: in-selection, out-selection, socialization, and counter-socialization. (Author)

"Learning to Be," a project authored by the International Commission on the Development of Education, is criticized for its reliance on science and technology to solve social problems. "Defensive education," based more on political consciousness and action, is proposed as a better solution to the educational needs of society. (MW)

This monograph is a comprehensive, and analytic account of the ways in which family and nation share responsibility for the care of infants and young children. Included is descriptive information about day care facilities, parent education, social services and group care programs, teacher training, research projects, and other facets of early…

This article examines the differing perceptions of Anglo, Mexican American, and Chicano students in a community characterized by political change which resulted in community control of schools. The data suggests that when schools begin to reflect the local culture, the students of that culture begin to view the schools more positively. (Author/DE)

This handbook is designed to provide teachers with activities which will assist elementary level special education students in developing the necessary skills to work with both peers and adults in the school setting. Activities are presented in the theme areas of self-esteem, sharing, cooperation, peer relationships, and adult relationships. Each…

While the capacity to recognize and appreciate beauty may be inborn in all of us, participation in the arts as an audience or artist usually involves a learning process. What is the relationship between childhood and early adult experiences with the arts and later participation? In 1982, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the…

A study was conducted of professional socialization, public service values, and political orientations of the state administrators in Kentucky. A sample of 3,000 Kentucky public managers was mailed a six-page self-administered questionnaire in three waves. A response rate of 49 percent generated 1,467 usable questionnaires. About 69 percent of the…

A study investigated the political socialization patterns of politically active vocational educators. Six groups of vocational educators were examined: agriculture education teacher educators, agriculture administrators, home economics teacher educators, home economics administrators, trade and industrial education teacher educators, and trade and…

The university is a major intervention in the lives of its students as it seeks to socialize them into society's future needs. Organizational climate or culture has a major impact on the motivation of students as it designs their role experiences through it organizational requirements. Stress related problems arise from the individual's life space…

This study investigates how the psychological and social processes of children participating in an instructional program in critical thinking become engaged as children incorporate cultural and sex-typed information into the development of specific cognitive skills. Forty boys and girls randomly selected from four fifth-grade classes at two…

The literature on competitive behavior in children is examined. Sections of the review concern the socializing process of competitiveness, evolutionary foundations, early developmental processes, the relationship between competition and aggression, gender differences, competition and cooperation, anthropological perspectives, effects of…

The contradictions of political education in East European socialist countries based on the Hungarian experience are explored in this paper. Divided into three parts, the first part gives a brief sketch of institutionalized political education, while the second concerns the crisis of Hungary's political education emerging in the 1980s. In the…