Second article in a series, including SO 500 585 and SO 500 621, describes the changes in social studies curricula in the United States during the 1960's as a result of the many federally funded curriculum projects. Specific description is provided of several projects of international interest. (DB)

Results of two short questionnaires administered to 144 elementary school students and their parents, in which they were asked to rank their attitudes to English, mathematics, science and social science. (MM)

Responsibility for environmental problems lies with scientists and academic intellectuals who have neglected to do broad research over the broad range of human ecology. (IR)

Two bodies of survey data were reanalyzed: (1) surveys of college graduates from 1947 and, (2) surveys of social scientists and academics in all disciplines, The variations in political orientation apparently follow an essentially linear and age-related progression. (JM)

Eight texts are reviewed. All focus on educational Problems, ranging from the narrower ones of urban education and career choice to broader concerns such as the social order and socialization. (DB)

Law schools should incorporate more training in scientific method, and social scientists could benefit from study of the subtleties of the law. (Editor)

Some guidelines offered to law schools showing interest in law-related research studies based on the investigation of human behavior. (IR)

Discusses the problems created by an emphasis on the structure of the disciplines in social studies, and recommends alternatives that place more importance on self-realization within community." An appendix points up major trends in academic reform movement in social studies. (JB)

After briefly reviewing the conception of the term social studies", the author turns to a discussion of present and future curriculum in terms of the increasing use of social studies projects and the position, expectations, and relevance of history. (JB)

Examines the implications of poverty research for the goal orientation of American society, and for social science and social scientists. (JM)

Illustrates the thesis that "the training of teachers of the social studies must be structured so that a continuing analysis of the subculture of students themselves becomes a central element. (JS)

Reprinted from "Providence , a publication of Providence College, Rhode Island.

Discusses the unique contribution geology can make to general education as an interdisciplinary subject. Suggests making the geology curriculum broader in scope and deeper in meaning for the nongeologists. Geologic science is viewed as the most effective means by which the physical sciences may serve the social sciences, arts, and humanities. (RR)