This study was concerned with whether or not subjects rated as highly authoritarian demonstrate a significantly greater tendency to model neutral teaching behavior than do subjects who were rated as less authoritarian. Results indicated a significant relationship between ratings on the authoritarian variable and tendencies to model observed…

The most important job of the teacher educator is to link results of educational research to classroom application in a given school room with a given group of children and a specific teacher. (JD)

Two studies on sex-role stereotyping in preschool children examined teacher and pupil attitudes. A survey of 30 pre-kindergarten teachers' beliefs and practices revealed teacher encouragement of expected traits. A study of 25 four-year-olds focused on self-image, presence of sex-stereotyped beliefs, and whether the teacher could effect changes.…

An innovative program, the Office for Women in Medicine, (OWM), at Yale University School of Medicine, aids professional women in overcoming some of the barriers that they face in the traditionally male-dominated medical profession. (Author/LBH)

Questionnaires to compare faculty self-perceptions with dental students' perceptions of the role they desired to achieve are described. Results indicated a minimal relationship between the self-perceptions of faculty and the students' identification of their desired future role in the dental profession. (Author/MLW)

For over 50 years Catherine Hammett has dedicated her life to the development of organized camping. She started at the ground level as a Girl Scout camper, became a counselor, joined the Girl Scout National Staff, became a camp director, author, and an American Camping Association president. (JHZ)

Discusses the critical nature of staff recruitment in the success of camps. Suggests directors contact domestic and foreign colleges as well as former campers. Stresses the importance of maintaining competitive salaries and making the working conditions as pleasant as possible to reduce staff turnover. (SKW)

Children need to acquire the qualities of determination, carefulness, concentration, self-restraint, patience, conscientiousness, and endurance. These aspects of personal capability are important to the moral life in schools and thus should be part of their ethos. They must be modeled by teachers as ways to overcome and avoid difficulties. (VM)

Analyzes primetime commercial television content showing that heroes, villains, and secondary characters are almost always being rewarded or justified when commiting antisocial acts, frequently portrayed as being internally motivated. The context is also portrayed as very antisocial. (SD)

After discussing the concepts of "white" and "black" masculinity, the article discusses the following factors constraining black male role assumption: (1) structural constraints; (2) societal constraints; (3) dysfunctional socialization messages; and (4) psychological factors. Three theories on black masculinity are discussed and their weaknesses…

The relationship between faculty practice and student acquisition of beliefs, values, and attributes associated with professional craftsmanship was studied. The dependent variables studied were autonomy, locus of control, self-concept and self esteem, professional and bicultural role behavior, and characteristics associated with the professional…

Presents a survey of a sample of scholars' opinions on why the educational achievement of Black males is disproportionately low and how this major problem might be addressed. Reports that, in general, the interviewees support the development of separate Black educational facilities with Black role models to solve Black males' educational…

Examines directions in the "peer helper" movement with special emphasis on its potential role in the elementary school. Lists three aspects for evaluating peer counseling programs: assessment of self as helper, assessment of knowledge and skills used in the process, and assessment of outcome. Reviews benefits of program. (Author/ABB)

Reports on a study of the professional socialization of associate degree nursing (ADN) students. Reviews previous research on the process of nursing socialization. Presents study findings based on responses from 1,877 nursing students in 20 ADN programs, focusing on students' characteristics and ideal and actual role models. (DMM)