For many African children today, the grim realities of everyday life are far removed from models of education based on traditional wisdom. Part of an attempt to draw the attention of a wide public to the situation of street children, this book focuses on the educational aspects of a problem from which no country is spared. The book focuses…

This document compiles materials and bibliographic references to assist national high school debaters in researching the 1989-1990 topic, "How Can the Federal Government Reform Prisons and Jails in the United States?" Materials are organized into a section of general materials and around each of three official debate propositions within…

This report by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the U.S. House of Representatives presents the conclusions of an effort by the committee to outline a possible long-term budget strategy which will take the nation into the 21st century. Between June and December, 1991, the Committee held 16 hearings, 14 caucuses, and 10 briefings in…

The homeless crisis in America is a complex issue with no "quick fixes." In Stanislaus County, California, it seems that there are many programs operating in isolation of one another. Approximately 5% of the county's population is homeless. Homeless persons have survival needs for food and clothing, hygiene, health care, affordable…

Suggests that college biology programs prepare students to handle biosocial problems by offering courses in many different disciplines and in problem solving. (LS)

Six student projects which focus attention on the activities and processes through which conditions come to be defined as social problems are described. They demonstrate the relevance of the student's own values and life experiences in understanding social problems. (Author/DE)

Suggests that students be taught processes and practical applications of biology in an interdisciplinary approach. (LS)

The values-in-conflict approach is emphasized as an effective method for developing student understanding of social problems. For journal availability see annotation SO 504 171. (Author/DE)

Discusses discrimination in the military justice system, noting the military's failure to meet the needs of black men as individuals. A number of measures to safeguard the rights of servicemen, who are being considered for other-than-honorable discharges, are given. (Author/AM)

Author sketched the heterogeneity of multiuniversities in dichotomous concepts, analytically assumed that these dichotomies are institutionally interrelated, and hypothetically proposed that the liberal/vocational polarity constituted the independent variable in the multiuniversities. This discussion focused on that polarity. (Author/RK)

The National Service Scheme in India provides work experience based on social services as an integral part of education. The author presents ideas for national service based on agricultural improvement. (Author/PG)

Author believes that the teacher of literature should encourage the study of modern novels and drama that will lead to realistic discussions of low life, life in the slums, and other social problems. (Author/PG)

A discussion of the current position of social studies in relation to teaching technique and method leads to advocating a social studies curriculum that provides for relevance to students' lives, examination of social issues, and strategies to help students deal with values and value conflicts. (Author/ND)

The aim of this study was to ascertain the differences, if any, between English, West Indian, Indian and Pakistani adolescents in Britain, in their attitudes towards personal, social and cultural materials, and whether such differences were a reflection of personality rather than cultural diversity. (Author/RK)