This essay explored the authority relation between parents and teachers, their respective spheres of influence, the quality of their relationships, and the potential for building constructive alliances between them. (Author/RK)

Materials selected for instruction should be concerned and sensitive to the self-concept of all children. (JH)

Presents a perspective on some of the various roles assumed by white faculty on the black college campus, arguing that in order to determine what role the white faculty member should play on the black college campus, the disparity in perceptions which exists between the black college and the white faculty member as to how this role should be…

Investigates the possibility that some schizophrenic behavior results from conformity to a mental patient role. (Author/RK)

Studies the role perceptions of minority and majority administrators in selected secondary schools in Kansas. (Author)

Focuses on the primary interactions of the intern with the supervisor, colleagues, and co-workers within the structural framework of the organization, and examines the ways in which the expectations of the intern and other organization members affect these relations. (Author)

Describes a study that found differing perceptions of the principal's role in collective negotiations among various educational groups. School board chairmen and superintendents tended to see principals as part of management, while teachers, teacher association leaders, and principals identified principals more closely with teachers. (Author/JG)

Examines one aspect of communicative competence: the recognition of linguistic correlates of sex roles. Acquisition occurred according to 2 patterns: (1) increasing approximation to adult norms, and (2) rule learning and rule differentiation. Timing of these developmental sequences is discussed. (GO)

The article discusses the position occupied by slaves in aboriginal Cherokee society. (NQ)

The primary objective of this book is to provide concrete and practical information to guide practice in education. While it incorporates a review of research, its focus is on implementation of research in real-life educational experiences. None of the scenarios described is fictional. Five underlying themes reoccur: (1) education is a…

After distinguishing between sex-role typing, socialization, and identification, a sample of male and female adults were grouped according to their sex role and socialization pattern. It was noted that sex-role typing for men appears to expand the personal options available to them; for women, sex-role typing seems to restrict the alternatives of…

The purpose of this article is to offer a sketch of what is intended to become a full feature portrait of "basic group identity." This is the identity derived from belonging to what is generally and loosely called an "ethnic group." (Author)

The purpose of this study was to achieve an understanding of those political and social forces in the United States which shape African student attitudes toward black consciousness; a random sample of 208 African students studying in the U.S. received a questionnaire interview, which 191 returned. (Author/JM)

Some of the problems confronting the counseling psychologist in high risk programs are considered here, including approaches to counseling, remediation and administrative issues. (Author)