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Peer reviewedFlanagan, Constance A.; Tucker, Corinna Jenkins – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Examined relationships between adolescents' explanations for unemployment, poverty, and homelessness, and their beliefs about opportunity, reports of family values, and personal aspirations. Found that likelihood of attributing problems to societal causes was positively related to maternal education and average household income in adolescent's…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
Peer reviewedWalker, Hill M.; Zeller, Richard W.; Close, Daniel W.; Webber, Jo; Gresham, Frank – Behavioral Disorders, 1999
Argues that the population of children with behavior disorders has changed dramatically for the worse over the past 25 years due to societal transformation. Society's reliance on punishing sanctions rather than preventing risk conditions or rehabilitation is discussed and strategies are suggested for proactive approaches in addressing social…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Child Neglect, Children, Early Identification
Baines, Jim – 1980
Various aspects of aging in industrially developed and traditional societies are discussed in this monograph and bulletin. The objective of the monograph is to foster consciousness of the link between local and global concerns and of the need for a more humane world order. Discussion focuses on the marginality of older adults in industrialized…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Developed Nations
Download full textWhite House Conference on Youth, Washington, DC. – 1971
The proposals reported here evolved out of the conference held in Estes Park, Colorado April 18-22, 1971 to find new approaches to ten major issues, and new ways for youth between the ages of 14 and 24 to become more involved in the decision-making processes of the social and political institutions of the United States. 918 youth delegates were…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Conference Reports
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1982
Teachers of an eighth grade American history and government course are provided with a 4 unit curriculum guide. Following an introduction and course outline, Unit I, "Beginnings of America," contains 3 lessons covering exploration, colonization, and the American Revolution. The three lessons in Unit II examine the practical and humanistic aspects…
Descriptors: Alienation, Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Rights, Colonial History (United States)
