Two aspects of the study of the function of moral norms in schoolchildren's behavior, eliciting the children's knowledge of moral norms and studying the conditions under which moral norms shape the behavior of children, are reviewed in the Soviet literature on moral development. (Author/KM)

This paper opened a workshop session designed to demonstrate a group training process using the collegial modeling process. This process was developed within the faculty of a small high school serving a correctional facility. The program described was developed to allow teachers the option to model specific behaviors to both their colleagues and…

Porfirio Salinas has been hailed the best painter of the Texas hill country and its bluebonnets. Born on November 6, 1910, Porfirio's teachers recognized and encouraged his drawing ability. When Porfirio found employment after school in a graphics company that also sold art supplies, he met Robert Wood, recognized for his Texas landscapes, and…

This paper identifies the most influential paradigmatic individuals in human history, Socrates, Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, and Baha'u'llah, and presents their individual conceptions of the highest state of being and knowing, comparing the commonalities of those conceptualizations. Each proposes a state that might be described as…

Facts can be objectively gathered, but they are devoid of significance until they are related, contemplated, and unified in the mind of a creative person. Facts lead to ideas, and ideas combine with tacit knowledge and skill lead to knowledge which is a steppingstone to wisdom. An academic's task is to find, define, and refine ideas. Books provide…

Children are exposed to aggression and social stereotypes through the actions, words and demeanor of entertainment characters on television. They are socialized through the three stage observational learning process of exposure, acquisition, and acceptance. Research supports the statement that all television is educational television. (BJG)

Analysis of photographs in the Los Angeles "Times" and the Washington "Post" shows men appeared more often than women, except for the lifestyle sections. (RB)

The demographic characteristics of the typical volunteer, taken from the personnel files of 208 current and previous volunteers of a Big Brothers agency, indicate the following profile. The modal Big Brother is usually Anglo-American, is a young adult aged 18 to 25, is a student or a full-time employed person, has some college education, lives in…

This study examined whether toy preferences of 20-month-old children exhibit cross-sex asymmetry, whether toy preferences are modified in a modelling situation, and whether children's familiarity with toys is related to toy preferences. (GO)

Student teachers must be taught new ways to cope with bureaucracy, while effecting purposeful changes in the status quo. (Editor)

Multidimensional scaling is used to quantify the relative appeal of television characters as behavior models for children. (Author/STS)

Today in many educational circles there is much talk especially among blacks, of the need for role models and the scarcity of positive constructive examples of those who stand for academic excellence for young people to emulate. (Author/AM)

In a naturalistic setting, boys and girls were exposed to a same- or opposite-sex live adult model who played with sex inappropriate toys. The results are explained in terms of the inappropriateness of toy playing for adults and the theoretical importance of adult vs. peer influences. (GO)