Investigates whether interpersonal skills training raises the level of facilitativeness of the trainers. Results are positive. (Author)

A review is given of (1) the history of education as providing stability within populations, (2) the role of the university in an industrial society, (3) the need for education and society to interact fruitfully, and (4) the need for secondary education to prepare individuals for continued learning as adults. (AV)

A description is given of the role of literacy training in integrating education into the movement of national and social liberation in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Training of instructors, programs to incorporate basic literacy into life activities, and teaching of minorities are discussed. (AV)

This study focused on the kinds of cognitive behaviors preschool and kindergarten children engage in while playing in a solitary, parallel, associative or cooperative manner. The effects of socio-economic status, developmental level, and the use of specific materials on social and cognitive levels of play are discussed. (BD)

Effects of maltreatment were examined in three domains suggested by attachment theory: relationships with novel adults, effectance motivation, and cognitive maturity. Three samples of four- to eight-year-old children were studied: 93 maltreated children, 67 demographically matched nonmaltreated childen, and 30 nonmaltreated middle-class children.

Vocal and object-directed behaviors of parents and infants were examined according to the social-construction view of development. Interactions of 66 infant-parent dyads were observed. Normative changes and stability of individual differences of joint-action variables and the relation of these variables to 30-month cognitive-development status…

Research on characteristics of Down Syndrome infants affecting the interaction between mother and child is reviewed. Differences in the development of the social communication behaviors of state control (sleep and awake); gaze patterns; coordination of gesture, gaze, and vocalization; and frequency of vocalization have implications for parental…

Perceived unresponsiveness may be more critical to parent-child interaction than a severe disability itself. Controlling adult behaviors may reflect high levels of caregiver motivation and extinction burst effects. Reductions in the amount of caregiver-child interactions may be the outcome of previously unrewarded interaction attempts and…

A LISREL analysis indicated that students' academic integration level in each of the four years had a direct effect on reported academic skill development in that year and an indirect effect on reported growth in succeeding years. Social integration was influential only in the junior and senior years. (Author/MLW)

The ways in which infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents learn social behaviors, through role models, social rules, and rewards and punishment, are described. A four-step social skills training program for preschoolers is discussed. A list of resource materials is provided. (JL)

The article presents a historical overview of social interaction research focusing on handicapped children which was conducted at George Peabody College (Vanderbilt University). Topics discussed include defining reciprocal interaction, refining the definition of social interaction, research on generalization, and social integration with…

This study focused on the teaching methods needed to change gymnastics lessons from teacher command and whole-cohort teaching to lessons where pupils take more responsibility for their own and others learning and where emphasis is on individual and social development as well as physical development. (MT)

Describes a community service project in which prospective teachers planned activities and performed community services to test assumptions about the need for relevance and real-world applications in social studies education. Includes student observations on the project and provides suggestions for the implementation of the service project idea.…

Examines hothousing from a developmental perspective and concludes that hothousing is a matter of concern because it is based on a conception of the preschool child's future which is too narrow to include the complex creative and social needs these children will face. (PCB)