The study discussed here attempts to shed further light on the influences that differences in characteristics of personal-growth group participants have on the quality of their experiences. (Author)

Donald Schneider, 1988 president of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), examines the demographic composition of NCSS membership and discusses strategies for taking NCSS and the social studies profession into the twenty-first century. Profiles NCSS members and nonmembers, advocating increased participation of minorities as teachers…

Reports results of a survey of 116 local and state school board members, school superintendents, senior high and elementary principals, and higher education professors in Texas. Subjects chose between paired statements, prioritizing competencies that they felt should be included in a training program for board members. (CH)

An exchange of letters between the president of Temple University and the chairman of the AAUP committee on academic freedom and tenure is presented concerning the appropriateness of the association's censure of Temple on actions permitted under collective bargaining agreements. (MSE)

Investigates the severity of the sanctions group members (N=72) recommend in judging socially proscribed acts. Results showed that the greater the seriousness and attribution of personal responsibility, the more severe the sanctions. Status failed to reveal a mediating influence in the judgmental process. (LLL)

This paper explores the issue of why some students in the Caribbean do not do as well as expected in assessed groupwork. The study was based on peer assessment in 2 university courses taken by 57 students who worked in 8 groups (group sizes 4 to 10). Both males and females participated, their ages ranging from 20 to 46 years. The study was…

Since the late 1980s, ES/FL teachers interested in Cooperative Learning (Holt, 1993; Kessler, 1992; Lopriore, 1996) have come together to share ideas at the annual convention of the International TESOL organization. The 1997 convention was no exception. The first four authors hosted a Breakfast Seminar at which about 45 other teachers joined us to…

Trainee programers were studied to see which structure for training was most effective--groups selected by personality traits, random grouping, and individuals. The selected groups were superior in technical information but individuals showed best productivity rate. (MS)

Class distinction determines who are insiders'' and who are outsiders''. In times of great social change the differences in the values, commitments and intellectual orientations of these conflicting groups become deepened into basic cleavages, social and cultural. (Author/JB)

Logs are presented to communicate what was observed and felt by author while attending a graduate class in group process. (Author)

The GUICO (guidance and counseling) approach synthesizes various elements of group guidance and group counseling in order to achieve developmental social and remedial problem solving goals in group settings. Counselors share responsibility for group leadership, provide structure for group events; and act as models in role playing situations. Group…

Uses examples from the author's and others' experiences to describe techniques that "cults" use, including emphases on discipline, group identity, confession, constant activity, an unquestioned doctrine, and control of members' communications. Suggests high school courses be taught on cult methods, the Bible as literature, and…

Presents an expectancy model of coalition membership addressing inducements, contributions, and exchange in coalitions. Discusses how concepts and considerations both addressed and ignored in past work are accommodated by the model. Gives a number of practical implications of the model by focusing on interventions into client systems. (Author/RC)