Provides a brief history of the impact of urbanization on education, specifically focusing on the relationship between social class and educational policy. Concludes that schools and youth clubs failed to achieve much relief from the pressures and fundamental problems associated with urban poverty. (JDH)

The urban Black underclass can be traced to the sharecropper South of a generation ago. The propagation of underclass culture has been hastened by an exodus of working class Blacks from the ghettos. Interviews with urban and rural Blacks help identify the problems of the underclass. (Author)

The problems that now seem overbearing in the ghettos--out of wedlock childbearing, unemployment, crime, poor educational achievement--have existed in the ghettos for more than half a century. Anecdotal material from a Chicago project highlight these conditions. Federal efforts must focus on helping individuals to escape. (Author)

Examines three areas regarding women's position in society: (1) perception of women's status in Israel as a social problem and the sex differences in this perception, (2) the cognitive structure of this perception, and (3) correlates of the perception of sex-related issues as social problems. (SA)

Discusses problems reflecting the crisis in education, presenting general approaches for resolving the problems. Also discusses the California Earthquake Education Project (CALEEP), a program which provides education of current concern (including personal emergency preparedness) to the public. CALEEP activities are successful due to many social,…

Lists books, pamphlets, and articles of interest to teachers addressing "science, technology, and society" in the curriculum. This extensive bibliography includes international sources as well as those from public and private groups. (DH)

The special function of curriculum development is to select and organize the content so that the desired goals of the curriculum are most effectively achieved. Various curriculum development models are examined, and issues that should be emphasized in the development and implementation of a science-technology-society curriculum are discussed. (RM)

Investigates whether third- and fourth-grade children respond differently to conflict with friends and acquaintances. Results support the view that conflict between friends promotes more social development than conflict between nonfriends. Discussion among friends disagreeing on answers to social problems resulted in more mature solutions than…

Suggests strongly that teachers of English should help students become more skillful at analyzing the messages on war they receive, so they can confront the nuclear predicament and begin developing alternatives. (CRH)

Describes the new relationship between law and literature and how each discipline can benefit. (CRH)

Explores how Asian-American literature provides unique access to understanding the social history of an often misunderstood American racial minority group. (CRH)

Discusses use of simulation/role playing to help students understand unfamiliar, controversial situations and practice decision making in a nonthreatening context. Essential steps in simulation/role playing, four actual simulation/role playing situations, and their learning outcomes are described, and information sources for further information on…

The proceedings of a world conference (the Frankfurt Congress, September, 1983) concerning the role of higher education in addressing world social and economic problems are summarized, including introductory speeches and discussions of key issues such as employment, intercultural cooperation, changes in values and ethics, and general prospects for…

Analyzes similarities and differences between the educational views of so-called New Right and centrist conservatives. Holds that New Right policies would be an unmitigated disaster for our schools and society, while centrist policies would simply fail on several grounds. (CJM)

By 1970 the schools of the South were less segregated than were those of the North. This is due largely to the great progress in Southern rural districts. Can the same integration take place in Northern urban school districts? Probes the complexities in attempting such action. (Author/RK)