The majority of 197 respondents to a survey on mentoring among home economists indicated a single significant influence on their professional career development. The majority reported having female role models, but noted a lack of assistance in acquiring specific professional skills. (SK)

Presents a language arts unit designed to create bridges between the real world and the story in order to help children develop both social understanding and reading comprehension skills. (FL)

Becoming a faculty member in an academic nursing program encompasses the learning of a complex role. Because nursing is new to universities, there are few role models. A deliberate process needs to be designed to assist the novice faculty person in acquiring the role. (Author)

Relates the special problems of the homosexual adolescent, focusing specifically on negative social bias and its effect on the adolescent's psychological development and identity formation. (Author/CM)

Contributions of various clinical schools of thought to the theories about lawyering are examined, categorized by their emphasis on the individual attorney's role or the profession's in general. Although clinical legal education has matured, it is lacking in legal scholarship. Available from Dennis & Co., 251 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14203. (MSE)

Questions to stimulate discussion around five articles in the May-June 1981 issue of "Health Education" (v12 n3) are listed. (CJ)

Studies the attitudinal consequences of fear and victimization by focusing on the degree people of different ages express approval of violent behavior. Results indicate the experience of victimization socializes individuals to a view of violence as constituting an effective strategy for resolving interpersonal conflict, especially respondents…

Examines possible intended and unintended effects on adolescents of two dominant socialization strategies for preventing premarital pregnancy: (1) the moral absolutes strategy, represented by perceived sexual permissiveness of parents/friends, religiosity, and sex-guilt; and (2) the relative consequences strategy which emphasizes pregnancy…

Power dependence theory and anticompetitive theory/sex strategy research were used to study a power v a socialization perspective. Results indicate that neither theory adequately explains perceptions or behavior in mixed sex groups. A sex stratification perspective can illuminate societal reasons for sex differences. (Author/GC)

Freire reflects on his role as consultant to the Adult Literacy Program in Sao Tome and Principe. Emphasizing the political aspects of pedagogy, he describes how adults learn to read and write, as well as to think critically and participate in national development. (SK)

Depressed clients were assigned to an immediate (IT) or delayed (DT) treatment group. Results did not support the effectiveness of IT. However, after receiving treatment, DT clients successfully increased activities and decreased depression relative to IT. Effects were maintained through the follow-up. Factors accounting for these results are…

Analysis of responses to Shure and Meeker Personality/Attitude Schedule showed sexes differed in elevation on six factors. Subsamples participated in coalition game. Four of six factors were related to prenegotiation stage indices of coalition formation. Sex differences in coalition behavior may be mediated by sex role socialization differences.…

Reexamines "An American Dilemma," by Gunnar Myrdal, et al., with the object of clarifying the background which shaped the polemical portion of the book examining the pathological and derivative aspects of the Black community. Indicates that ways of conceptualizing culture have greatly changed since 1944, the year the book was published.…

A model of professional socialization is elaborated on and applied to the education of lawyers. Its basic components are the organization, the persons occupying the position of student-professional, the socializing process, and the long-term outcome of socialization. A method to influence the development of professional identity is described. (MSE)

Delinquents' patterns of play may be used as the context for teaching youths to adapt to societal demands. Games are uniquely self-reinforcing. The game preferences and behavior of delinquents are seen to differ from those of nondelinquents and may be used as the focus of a planned program of treatment. (Author)