The Moral Education Project described here is concerned with how people actually live, how their behavior affects others, and whether their behavior makes a happier, healthier and fuller life possible.

Results of the present study suggest that the socialization of ethnic perception involves a number of agents and is not dependent exclusively on mothers' attitudes. (Authors)

The results of this investigation, employing the newly-constructed Doll Play Technique as an instrument for obtaining young children's perceptions, support the thesis that the young child's behavior is related to his perceptions of his parents' attributes. (Author)

An adult model (teacher) displayed a preference for the doll least selected by the children in her classroom. Indications were that children in the experimental classes imitated the preference of their teacher in selecting their favorite doll at the completion of the experimental period. (Author/CB)

Suggests that the educational system be changed so that the task of learning becomes a common one. The problem, the author observes, is to reorganize the social structure of the school so that teachers and students can belong to the same group, with an identity of interest, even if they have different roles within its framework. (JF)

Project 18 is a course developed to encourage student involvement in the political system. It attempts to teach the importance of an active, concerned citizenry for the democratic process. (Author)

Numerous studies of Chicano families have focused primarily on pathology, rather than on the diversity and strengths developed throughout often turbulent historical events over which they had no control. The author carefully documents the fallacious premises on which the studies are based and offers suggestions for more realistic future research.…

The basis of good social studies education has been the growth of ability to cope with a changing world, and will depend in the future upon the directions and practices of the school of which it is a part. Presidential Address at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, November 1972. (JB)

Article examines the impact of a number of socio-political variables and the political environment -- the national political opinion climate -- on the party choice of university students using data from 1,006 questionnaires completed by first year University of New Brunswick students. (Author)

Report concerns research to develop a broad and flexible method for assessing familiarity with slang for various topics. (Authors)

Hypotheses were confirmed that most boys would resist sex-inappropriate behavior, boys would more often exhibit resistance techniques than girls, and boys would choose sex-appropriate toys for boys more often than for girls. (Authors)

Author briefly summarizes the research and objectives of physical education programs. (CB)