This book offers a structured approach to disco dancing, and is designed for use in group instruction. After a brief historical look at popular dance in America, the basic fundamentals of disco steps are explored. Dance terms are explained in a glossary, and a section on music introduces notation, rhythm and meter, and time signatures. In the…

Traditionally journalism history has been male-oriented and has operated on the assumptions that journalism history is about winning, autonomy, and change. Two corollary assumptions hidden in post journalism history are (1) proper journalism history should focus on action, not consequence of action; and (2) history should be explained in terms of…

The subject of this booklet is cross-age helping. It begins with a discussion of what cross-age helping is and why it is effective. Cross-age helping is described as a program where children teach or help other children. The older children help the younger children learn what the younger children want to know, and the younger children help the…

Describes a survey project for use in sociological research methods courses. The project is built around the American Council on Education's Freshman Survey, and provides instructors with valuable opportunities to design panel studies focusing on the experience of the students over their college years. Claims that the suggested project reduces the…

Explored relationship between two dimensions of social interaction and well-being (quantity and adequacy of social contact) in 1050 older Australians. Results indicated that respondents' assessments of the adequacy of their social contacts, rather than the amount of social contact per se, was a critical determinant of well-being in old age.…

Handicapped adolescents often have problems developing social skills. Suggestions for helping these children become comfortable with friendship, dating, and sexuality are offered. (DF)

Examined effects of participating in senior programs in two rural Arkansas counties. Found that programs reached socially active elders at low risk for institutionalization. Participation failed to lower rates of institutionalization or to improve health and life outlook; did not result in higher use rates for other government services. (NRB)

The "Research in Practice Series" is published four times each year by Early Childhood Australia. The series aims to provide practical, easy to read, up-to-date information and support to a growing national readership of early childhood workers. The books bring together the best information available on wide-ranging topics and are an…

Jean Reid described a recent three week tour of China, from the Hongkong border in the south, through Shanghai to Chenghow, in the centre. She took the photographs on the journey, which focused on the great social revolution taking place in China and the enormous educational development at the base of that change. (Editor/RK)

Recent works on the experience of Italians in the U.S. point up the new ethnic consciousness which derives from a convergence of forces and influences in the 1960's. (Editor)

Revised version of a lecture held February 12, 1973, at the Ruhr Teachers' College, Dortmund Division, as a basis for discussion in a seminar on Landeskunde im Englischunterricht'' (Cultural Awareness in English Instruction). (RS)

The program described in this report involves selected high school students who were trained as mental health aides and worked with primary grade children referred for school maladaptation problems. Data evaluating the program's effectiveness are presented. (Author)

In this paper, I should like to consider a humanistic paradigm of communication science not to replace but to truly complement the physicalistic paradigm. My sole purpose is to enlarge the domain of validity for the term science'' in the universe of communication studies. (Author)

Author outlines several ways in which language and sports share a commonality. (CB)

Nursery school children were asked to perform tasks by their own and other mothers. There was only slight consistency across mothers in the tendency of children to obey. However, obedience was strongly determined by the preexisting relationship between adult and child, 44 to 52 children were less obedient to their own mothers. (Author/WY)