Argues contemporary social work practice will, of necessity, involve political activism. This activism will strengthen and redefine the relationship between legislative policy and social work practice in the field of aging. Asserts social work practitioners in all roles will be challenged to refine or redefine their goals while remaining true to…

Describes the Peace Corps Partnership Program (PCPP), focusing on the involvement of the Corcoran High School (Syracuse, New York). Discusses how a school and its students can select a PCPP project to support. Identifies the different parts of a PCPP project and includes an example project. (CMK)

Addresses the role of outdoor education in educating for a sustainable society. Discusses elements in promoting social action (environmental awareness, empowerment, commitment) and 10 essential competencies in educating for sustainability. Describes related benefits of outdoor education such as increasing student motivation, utilizing multiple…

Analyzes the development of collective interest in children's moral and physical well-being. Proposes alleviation of the dichotomy between "moral progress" and the "discourse of suspicion" which sees reform as the imposition of one social group over another. Discusses and illustrates trends with data from the Children's Aid Society and the New…

The contemporary challenge for curriculum and educational policy is to create pedagogy and implement social action that reflects new visions of humankind and influences the emergent popular and intellectual culture. The African American community is responsible for educating its children. This community's greatest threat is miseducation that…

Four articles address topics related to projects and themes: (1) "Supporting Young Children as Activists: Anti- bias Project Work" (Pelo); (2) "A Study of Hands: Chicago Commons Explores Reggio Emilia" (Harger, Rodriguez, & Schroeder); (3) "A Personal Experience with Portfolio Books" (Meinen); and (4)…

Provides background information on the topic of service learning and discusses the two variations of service learning: (1) providing charitable services; and (2) engaging students in political organizing and social advocacy. Focuses on the Westside Outreach Center and the Urban Citizen Project at the University of Colorado (Denver). (CMK)

Presents a qualitative methodology employing workshop sessions for studying audience assessment of the mass media's service to the public. Finds that viewers are capable of a sophisticated critique of television, and raises implications both for the politics of communication and for further reception studies. (MG)

Describes a literacy education project in which Australian non-English-speaking background (NESB) secondary school students were asked to evaluate the state of human rights in their schools and make suggestions for improvement. Relates this project to broader political implications. (FMW)

Examines the rhetorical function of the modern American jeremiad as a means to restore social harmony in a time of crisis. Analyzes Robert F. Kennedy's response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Reveals the strengths and limitations of the jeremiad as a response to social crisis. (SR)

Reviews the social responsibilities traditionally recognized as directly related to librarianship and explores the question of whether librarians should take positions on broader social issues. Arguments on both sides are presented and some of the philosophical and professional concerns that should be addressed are discussed. (20 references) (CLB)

Examines the life of Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa), Sioux activist, educator, orator, and lobbyist. Describes her early insistence on a "white" education, her association with Carlisle Indian School and Carlos Montezuma, and her advocacy of American Indian education and self-determination, peyote suppression, and the BIA's abolition.…

Goals, content, methods, and outcomes of adult education differ according to state policy and characteristics of the political regime. In the 1980s, Mexico represented a "corporatist" state undertaking an incremental approach to literacy provision for purposes of political legitimation and social integration, while Nicaragua represented…

Reviews the history of student activism at American universities from the colonial period to the present, focusing on the 19th-century abolitionist movement and antiwar movements in the 1930s and 1960s. Also discusses student activism at Kent State University (Ohio) and the events of May 4, 1970, when four students were killed in a confrontation…

Medical student organizations, such as the American Medical Student Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges' Organization of Student Representatives, and the American Academy of Family Physicians' National Congress of Student Members, are responding to the increased need for generalist physicians, through community-based…