The Interstate Association of Commissions on the Status of Women has prepared this revised "Handbook for Commissions on the Status of Women" as a service to the growing number of Commissions across the country. Because both government and citizen groups are increasingly aware of the problems women face and are addressing them with new…

This Bulletin explores the implications of a population with essentially zero growth and an unchanging, or stationary, age-sex structure--a likely prospect for at least the approximately 26 countries, containing a quarter of the world's population, who were at or below replacement level fertility by early 1978. The only certain demographic…

This book outlines a carefully developed program for physical fitness. The concept of physical fitness and its physiological basis are examined and guidelines are laid down to enable the reader to evaluate an individual physical exercise program commensurate with his or her age and physical condition. Advanced conditioning methods are described as…

This tenth and last article in the series briefly reviews the objectives of the series and introduces a framework for further understanding and implementing the ideas that are useful to individual retirees. (Author/MLF)

Where does leisure lead--to philosophical changes, to changes in our behavior and its effect within and with our environment, to a different society? Are we moving from a work to a leisure ethnic? Leisure Today is concerned with the challenge expressed above and with the educational responsibilities for experiences and the consequent individual…

The author discusses some issues involved in teaching about women and family styles, including the benefits to students and the effectiveness of teachers. The benefits of exposing students to a variety of life styles include: (1) fostering of a greater understanding of diverse human situations and lifestyles; (2) challenging student perceptions…

This report describes a project designed to explore the feasibility of undertaking a systematic 6-year longitudinal study of how children being reared in alternative family life styles are being socialized and how these patterns of socialization affect the development of the children. Pilot investigations were conducted to (1) identify the…

This unit attempts to interrelate the traditional biological science studies such as food webs, population changes and ecological succession to form a coherent picture of our world today, the factors that created it and the forces that continue to change it. Designed for use in the secondary schools, it is built around nine films and has seven…

Outlines a grandparent biography project for individual research by high school students. Authors state that the purpose of the project is to compare changes in the ways the students' family has lived over several generations with changes in other cultures. (DB)

Comments upon excerpts from conversations between social studies educators and high school students in Morioka, Japan. Topics discussed include life-style, student activities, attitudes toward families and school, contemporary issues, and plans for the future. Suggests how to use the conversations to teach about cultural awareness. (DB)

The author examines two myths that are popular in the United States: 1) public policy proposals of the last few decades have been attempts to make real the promises held out by the American Dream of equal opportunity for all citizens, and 2) that public policy is formulated for the happy child-centered, nuclear family. (Author/RK)

Describes the traditional life style of a small Italian community in Roseto, Pennsylvania. Americanization crept in during the sixties resulting in a breakdown of old values coupled with a decline in health and a jump in the heart attack death rate. (GA)

Describes a workshop for women designed to equip themselves for future roles by discussing topics such as assertiveness training, values clarification, decision-making, improvement of communication and interpersonal relationships, role models, futures planning, leadership training, and men-women relationships. (Author/HLM)

The nature of leisure participation among retirees and the effect of "types" of leisure on life satisfaction were the subject of this study. Isolate activities were found to be most prevalent. Life satisfaction appeared to be influenced by activity "type", number of activities, and participation-enjoyment congruence. (Author)

A home economics classroom designed to conserve energy and encourage students to practice a simpler life-style is described, and a check list of forty-five suggestions for developing the home economics laboratory as an environmental model is presented. (BM)