Urban economy, society, and technology are undergoing great and simultaneous changes. Problems created by this call for a new look, a rebuilding with a sense of justice and equal treatment. If present trend continues, the untrained, and uneducated poor will become dominant inner-city groups in all major cities. (Author/AM)

The problem of definition, diagnosis, treatment, the government's position, and implications for blacks with regards to the behavior disorder prevalent in children from lower socio-economic homes are discussed. (Author/AM)

This article considered the form, content, objectives and background of courses relating to science and society. (Author/RK)

Presents a brief history of the diagnosis and treatment of hyperkinesis, focusing on the social and clinical factors involved with this medicalization; and then considers the problem of expert control, medical social control, the individualization of social problems, and the depoliticization of deviant behavior, as well as ramifications for the…

The consequences of Watergate for children, their education, and their ethical and moral commitment is discussed in terms of the child's development of moral judgment, and in terms of the practical issues of how values are transmitted from one generation to another. (Author/AM)

Suggests that it is erroneous to advocate that the rights and interests of each racial group and of each clique of national origin or religious orientation must be separately pursued if real results are to follow. (Author/AM)

This study employed training in facilitative self-responding as a means of helping clients alter what they say to themselves. The training was compared to empathy-based individual counseling. Results using eight measures identified significant differences in favor of the trained group for six of the eight variables. (Author)

Socio-civic elements basic to society are the imperative for a social studies program emphasizing process skills, human understanding, cultural goals, population problems, environmental protection, peace education, political responsiveness, interdisciplinary approaches, futures, and globalism. (Author/ND)

A call for new coalitions to combat the racism and mindless materialism that divides America in the hope of reaffirming a sense of purpose and a will to justice for all Americans. (EH)

The term illiteracy refers to a multilateral and constantly evolving issue that continues to take on alarming dimensions in the present day. During each modern historical period the factors responsible for its emergence and maintenance have been diverse and have had no national peculiarities. Illiteracy today presents itself as a particularly…

The retirement or earnings test provision of the Social Security Program is part of a debate over the future direction of the entire system. The current high rates of unemployment and inflation necessitating supplemental income for some older people may well influence the debate. (Author/AJ)

The villain that prevents people from building a sense of community is themselves; their ambivalence about the community and their wish not to get too close to each other. (Author/EA)

A national study of social conditions on college campuses found that college officials were concerned about alcohol and drug abuse, crime, breakdown of civility, racial tensions, sex discrimination, and a diminishing commitment to teaching and learning. In response to those findings, this book proposes that both academic and civic standards be…

The purpose of this six-part booklet is to review the current status of genetically-based biologic technologies and to suggest how information about these technologies can be inserted into existing educational programs. Topic areas included in the six parts are: (1) genetically-based technologies in the curriculum; (2) genetic technologies…

Relying on the social constructionist approach as advanced by Armand L. Mauss (1975), this paper analyzes the construction of a recent U.S. social problem, drug abuse. It is argued that the objective conditions of drug use alone cannot explain why drugs became an issue immediately prior to the 1986 Congressional elections. Explanations for the…