Describes the role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the political arena, as well as in development and public welfare roles. Traces the recent history of grassroots efforts to solve social problems in Latin America. NGOs can strengthen institution building and influence national policymaking. (KS)

Discusses the adaptation of an English lesson to develop its potential for economic awareness. Presents a role play for students that deals with a fictitious teenager appearing before juvenile court. Emphasizes importance of allowing students to explore the economic aspects of social problems while developing English skills. Explores both social…

The public and its political leaders seem unwilling to support unconditionally the American creed of equal educational opportunity for all. The proliferation of teen pregnancy, school violence, illegal drugs, homelessness, poverty, suicide, AIDS, and unemployment shows that youngsters' social environment has severely deteriorated since the release…

The Future Problem Solving Program has a noncompetitive Primary Division that challenges gifted children in grades K-4 to think creatively about society issues, develop research skills, interact as a team, develop oral and written communication skills, become interested in the future, think critically, and solve problems. (JDD)

This article attempts to help teachers conceptualize science-related social issues and provides assistance in teaching such issues. Two teaching approaches are recommended: the case study approach and the investigation skills approach. Instructional goals are outlined, and each of the two teaching approaches is analyzed. (IAH)

This paper argues that many social validity processes in applied behavior analysis are actually measuring consumer satisfaction and not the habilitative validity of goals, procedures, or outcomes. The term "habilitative validation" is proposed to replace social validity, and use of more objective assessment methods is encouraged.…

A 21-item College Stress Inventory was administered to 164 Mexican-American and Latin-American college students. Confirmatory factor analysis of results generated three subscales titled Academic Stress, Social Stress, and Financial Stress, which possessed adequate internal consistency. (KS)

Provides a critical analysis of some of the social and political contexts of mathematics education in the adult and vocational education and training sectors with particular reference to gender issues. Presents a brief overview of recent policy developments and reviews selected papers from the literature on gender equity. Compares constraints of…

Depicts the lackadaisical attitude of students in a high school government and history class. Cautions that without a sound knowledge of and appreciation for democratic rights and the political struggles from which they developed, future generations may lose the privileges that they currently enjoy. (DSK)

Highlights an aspect of the highly gendered nature of 19th-century student teaching and focuses on how the female student teacher was constructed as a "problem." Two sections contextualize the female student teacher "problem" and the feminization of teaching, and analyzes attempts to contain or solve the problem. (DSK)

Combines some guiding principles of antiracist education with Vygotskian notions of education as enculturation to produce a set of proposals for a radical form of multicultural science education for sociopolitical action. Outlines a radical form of curriculum development involving the politicization of teachers as the only effective way of…

A Problem Task Force from the Fairfax County Public Library worked with other county agencies such as the police and social services to redesign a "Problem Behavior Manual" and present a training module for staff to better prepare them to deal with socially ill patrons. (Author/AEF)

Endorses the television series entitled "Culture Shock" that views controversial art as an artifact suggesting that the arts, and controversies surrounding them, can help viewers think critically about the issues of past and present societies. Focuses on "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," the painting "Olympia,"…

Contends that the lack of school adaptation is one of the most serious problems within the Russian educational system. Expounds that the lack of adaptation is the impossibility of adequate school instruction in accordance with students' natural abilities and students' social interactions within their own lives. Discusses efforts to overcome the…

Explores the legislative historical roots for controlling fertility of certain classes of women and the use of cultural images to define welfare and fertility legislation. It argues how reforms coerce poor women to postpone childbearing in ways that are injurious to women, particularly for African American women, in excluding them in sharing in…