In the quest for effective training of teachers, specific skills and competencies are stressed while the significance of interpersonal interactions are overlooked. Teacher educators must offer themselves as models demonstrating characteristics deemed valuable for future teachers. (MT)

Interviews conducted with adolescents from 12 to 17 years old and their parents revealed adolescent drinking can be explained by parental models of drinking behavior. Parental socialization factors, particularly support and to a lesser degree control, were also shown to have an effect on the development of adolescent drinking behaviors.…

The Networking Project for Disabled Women and Girls seeks to increase physically and sensory disabled adolescent girls' social, sexual, educational, and vocational aspirations and options through role models of successful disabled women in the community. (CL)

Examined the influence of stress on presidential longevity. Results indicated a longer life span for presidents politically affiliated with the preceeding president, and those named after their fathers, and a shorter life span for political opponents of the predecessor. Suggested identification of authority figures may counteract presidential…

Describes the use of modeling to reduce fears and teach new behaviors in group therapy. Discusses elements that influence the potency of modeling including reinforcement, view of the therapist, trust, and elements motivating group member imitation. (JAC)

The purpose of this Digest is to explore how heroes and heroines in children's literature from around the world help young learners understand and appreciate different cultures. It considers how protagonists can serve as role models for children; discusses how it is possible to obtain insights into universal and culturally specific values and…

A study of sixty children in grades 1, 2 and 3 demonstrated that with an expectancy to perform the same task after observing the model, reward to a model increased spontaneous imitation. (Author)

Expectancy theory predictions of course performance were tested for a sample of 195 undergraduates; significant prediction was attained for the total sample using a log linear expectancy model. (Author)

Speaking for NOW, the author talks about several topics related to sexism and humanism. (CH)

In Plato's model his clear criticism of Protagorean careerism and his negotiation with Socratic radicalism shows he is a centrist cultivating criticism and open discourse. In an age when academe seems to have lost a sense of its identify and function in society, its most enduring contributions are criticism and discourse. (MLW)

A representative sample (N=1988) of members of the two main teachers' organizations in Norway were mailed questionnaires in the spring of 1977 regarding their past and present smoking habits, and 92 percent responded. The percentage of daily smokers among the teachers was approximately half of that found in the general population. (BRR)

The author, a severely disabled adult, comments on his experiences talking to handicapped adolescents on career and daily living topics. He stresses the value of adult role models and suggests where community resources may be found. (CL)

Describes how to use biographies of successful women politicians to provide career role models for elementary school girls. The biographies of Margaret Chase Smith, Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, and Juanita Kreps are recommended as resources for career education. (AM)

The introductory quiz suggests that women have been involved in all facets of the rapidly developing field of psychology. The woman's role in the professional, family, and social context is explored. Struggles of women in the 1980s are compared with struggles of the foremothers in psychology. (BEF)