IN "OBSCENITY--SOME PROBLEMS OF VALUES AND THE USE OF EXPERTS," JOHN P. FRAN, OUTLINES THE LEGAL BASIS FOR DETERMINING OBSCENITY AND ANALYZES THE FUNCTION OF EXPERTS IN SUCH A DETERMINATION. AN EXPERIMENT IS DESCRIBED IN WHICH FOUR PROFESSORS OF LITERATURE AND TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS WERE ASKED TO READ SELECTED WORKS AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE…

Twelve studies dealing with the problems of applying technology to unmet human and community needs are presented. "Urban Planning and Metropolitan Development--The Role of Technology," examines the possibilities of the computer and other modern planning tools. "Technology, Automation, and Economic Progress in Housing and Urban Development"…

The key element in negotiation is power. This case study shows how one conservative group (ONE, the Organization of the Northeast, a Chicago community group) used "radical rhetoric" to achieve functional power in negotiations for community improvements. "Radical rhetoric" employs the tactics and the strategies used by…

Medical problems of older Americans are described, based on the types of illnesses and their frequency among the elderly. Those 65 years of age and older are defined as elderly, placing 20 million of the 203 million Americans in this category (1970 census). The major causes of chronic conditions in the elderly and the percent of those 65-74 years…

Physical education and recreation educators have a responsibility to inform their students about the dangers to the ecological system in an over-populated, over-industrialized, and polluted world. As a start, they can teach their students how to remain personally fit through exercise and proper diet. Secondarily, they can discuss social issues…

In the recent social revolution, rebellious middle-class youth attacked and rejected, among other values, the American middle-class belief in the worthwhileness of work. Although this recent humanistic revolt hardly affected the patterns of working life in America, it influenced attitudes toward work not only among middle-class adolescents and…

The purpose of this essay is to examine some of the reasons for the low implementation potential of most social psychological research (both in psychology and communication) and to suggest some ways in which the speech communication discipline can increase the applicability of its knowledge to the solution of contemporary individual and social…

These booklets contain selected drug education curricula, published by the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information. The guides include those from: (1) San Francisco, California, grades kindergarten through 12; (2) Flagstaff Public Schools, Arizona, grades kindergarten through 12; (3) Baltimore County Board of Education, Towson, Maryland,…

Derived from the deliberations of the 1969 Superintendents Work Conference, this position paper provides an analysis of the current panorama of social unrest in schools and the community in general. It began with the assessment that student unrest, to be effectively dealt with, must be viewed as emerging from and reflecting the structural,…

Twenty-two games related to international affairs are described. The information given for each game includes: description, suggested grade levels for use, number of participants, playing time, cost, publication date, and publication source. Such topics as international conflict, cultural differences, past and present foreign policy, and…

When the first Europeans arrived in America the natives were not a uniform group, but the result of ancient inter-ethnic relations. Indian tribes were divided into a number of diverse linguistic and cultural groups having distinctive physical characteristics. The dynamics of further inter-ethnic relations are explored in this book by examining the…

This general guide presents an overview and explains the rationale of the teaching approach of the "Public Issues Series," units produced by the Harvard Social Studies Project to help students in grades 9-19 analyze and discuss human dilemmas related to public issues. (A detailed report on the nature, development, and evaluation of the Harvard…

See TE 499 864, above.

This publication describes some of the issues and problems dealt with by Involvement of Mexican-Americans in Gainful Endeavors (IMAGE), a national, non-profit organization aimed at improving the social and economic conditions of Mexican-Americans. One of the main sources of concern for this group is the high dropout rate of Mexican-American…

This study of the cognitive-developmental approach to primary grade value education emphasizes the involvement of the reasoning process in solving moral dilemmas. This approach is in contrast to those which focus on clarifying values and developing an awareness of other cultures' values. Educational intervention in the cognitive-developmental…