Discusses the social education derived from a group living community service program. Outlines the format and philosophy of the program, discusses the house meeting process, highlights the stages of intensifying tension and release, and defines the role of staff in assuring the group progression. (Author/LLL)

Television viewing has negative effects and positive potential for young children. It is evident that children need to be educated in television viewing in order to understand the differences between fantasy and reality, and sponsor motives. (DF)

A Marxian analysis of the form and content of children's Revolutionary War fiction shows how characteristics of these materials are related to the socioeconomic and historical milieu from which they come. Structural similarities between these novels and Western films reveal historically rooted bourgeois attitudes, social values, and ideologies.…

Argues that politics of research must be considered in study design and interpretation of results. Efficacy studies leave larger ethical and philosophical questions unaddressed, such as who decides what constitutes appropriate objectives for whom, and why. Concerns are raised about social consequences of labeling. (TE)

This paper is based on the premise that one major reason for adolescent pupil dissatisfaction in our schools is the neglect of moral and social education as an essential ingredient of all genuine education. A model is presented to demonstrate the importance of three aspects of the learning situation. (Editor/RK)

Human social and cognitive development is largely an outcome of the child rearing practices of the cultural subgroups which make up modern society. While the social classes are the most pervasive and powerful in their influence, ethnic subgroups are also effective. (MS)

Individuals, to realize democracy, must try to establish their own dominion and supremacy by rejecting the rule of the mechanical and the impersonal in today's technological society. (MB)

This study examines variations in family socialization practices among Anglo American and Mexican Americans and the effect of these practices on achievement values, self concept and educational achievement. Data were collected from 102 junior high school students and their families. (Author/BW)

Suicide proneness and self-destruction scales, together with measures of self-favorability and self-confidence, were administered to two samples (n=106 and n=213). It is suggested that women are self-destructive in passive ways, reflecting their lack of self-favorability and confidence and manifested by failure to react to everyday situations in…

Compares the integration of Welsh, Northern Irish, and Scottish minority groups into the public education system of the United Kingdom from 1945-76. The author concludes that future assimilation of these groups depends upon the degree to which their educational ideologies agree with those of the dominant society. For journal ability, see SO 505…

Argues that there is a hormonal difference which exists between males and females which precludes the females from developing the same degree of strength, speed and power as her equally trained male counterpart. Nonetheless, the female has the ability to develop a high level of skill in any sport. (NG)

Homeschooling is quickly becoming a significant educational phenomenon. According to the Indiana Department of Education, the number of Indiana homeschooled children has increased by 400 percent over the past eight years, with a current enrollment total of 22,403. Furthermore, this number likely understates the true number of Indiana homeschooled…

Achieving the kind of balance that encourages all children to learn, work, and contribute to their fullest potential has been a continuing challenge as the world grows more complex and our communities more fragmented. Aspects of education that have been referred to as character education, service learning, citizenship education, and emotional…