Discusses educational research related to time students spend listening and implications research findings should have on teachers' methods and roles. Development of teacher training programs to improve listening behaviors, how listening should be developed across the curriculum, and how teachers serve as listening role models are suggested. (MBR)

Explores the concept of the late bloomer through profiles of the winners of a scholarship contest for college students over 50. Suggests that a combination of personal and community resources can make continued and new learning a satisfying experience in the later years. (JAC)

Describes a model program for the sharing of career-history videotapes made by retired professional persons for college students. Details tape preparation and production methods. Evaluation showed a positive response from students, their professors, and the retired persons who participated. (JAC)

This paper considers the phenomenon of teacher-student friendships in the American high school. (MM)

This study examined the function of role models in young, religious women's construction of religious identity, exploring the meaning and relevance of religious role modeling to teenagers and their teachers in a Jerusalem girls' high school. Students and teachers completed interviews. Students were asked whether girls in religious high schools…

Though teen pregnancy rates in the United States have dropped within the past decade, the teen birth rate in the US is still higher than any other developed nation. A recent study has found that youth who do not spend time in extracurricular activities after school are 37% more likely to become teen parents than are youth who spend time in…

Defining environment as both the physical space and the people who are in it, this paper explored the effects of environment on a first-grade child. Urie Bronfenbrenner's theories on the effects of physical environment on children provided a conceptual foundation during the observation of Christy, a student at Lawrence School in Brookline,…

Because of the threat of gangs, drugs and violence in their community, in the fall of 1990 16 African-American men started the Positive Impact Program (PIP) in Wynne, Arkansas for at-risk African-American boys. The program was originally developed to serve boys in kindergarten through eighth grade, but it has recently been made available to all…

In the mystery genre, the one characteristic that the enduring figures of Sherlock Holmes, Nancy Drew, and Encyclopedia Brown have in common is a rational mind. The source of their strength is their ability to think and think well. A study examined some typical examples of the mystery genre in young adult literature and surveyed children and…

This study examined selected perceptions and background demographics of 14 at-risk African American female adolescents in their relationships with 1 African American adult female who served as their nonfamilial, long-term mentor. In some cases, the mentoring relationship lasted as long as 21 years. The research focused on whether or not mentoring…

This book outlines approaches to teaching and learning that can address the diverse needs of students of different genders, races, ethnicities, classes, ages, and sexual orientations. The text focuses on strategies that optimize women's educational experiences, particularly education that is women-centered, and the attendant strategies that…

Questionnaires were administered in inner city sixth grade classrooms and sixth grade classrooms in two smaller towns in southern Minnesota; results indicated that most children select their heroes from among those people with whom they live on a day to day basis. (Author/JM)

Describes and evaluates the Life Choices Program for girls (N=66) aged 9 to 12, which emphasizes empowerment as an intervention. Comparison of the Life Choices participants with controls (N=50) showed no significant differences in locus of control. Differences in values suggest Life Choices participants are more aware of role alternatives. (JAC)

Investigated the degree to which children's (N=2,065) racial attitudes were related to their parents' racial attitudes. Results showed that children's attitudes were positively associated with parents' attitudes regardless of the parent's sex or child's age. Beginning at about age 12, girls' attitudes became more liberal and boys' attitudes more…