A REVIEW OF EXISTING RESEARCH WAS MADE ON THE TOPIC OF POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION OF AMERICAN YOUTH. THE AUTHOR POSED THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AS SUBTOPICS TO THE OVERALL RESEARCH REVIEW--(1) WHAT IS POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION, (2) WHAT DO YOUNG AMERICANS BELIEVE ABOUT POLITICS, (3) HOW DO YOUNG AMERICANS ACQUIRE POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND (4) HOW IMPORTANT…

This paper reports on an experiment examining sex differences in the types and meanings of emotional responses to a particular projective test: May's deprivation/enhancement measure (D/E), which is seen as an index of gender identity. The measure consistently differentiates males and females, which May felt reflected both physiological and…

Two waves of telephone interviews with a sample of 141 voters were used in a study of political communication effects during the 1974 congressional election in the Illinois 24th Congressional District. Seven variables specified by the combined-effects model were derived from the interviews and factor analyzed. Two factors were found and…

Suggests that adolescents are affected by and involved in the school political grievance system in a number of ways. Under some conditions students seem to be prime transmission belts of parental dissatisfaction. Students come to interpret grievances according to role patterns exhibited by their parents. (Author/AM)

This monograph describes early child care in Israel along the following dimensions: historical perspectives, the status of disadvantaged minorities, cultural assumptions and values, division of responsibilities, planning, socialization, programs, professional training, information and communication, and research. Statistical tables include…

Contends that criticism, though it functions in the student-critic dyad as an important mode of learning, does not address vital issues of socialization and creativity confronted in collective work. Without group experience students are misled as to the functioning of the design professional within the work-client setting. (JT)

Explores effects of sexist curriculum materials in the classroom and challenges educators to encourage attitude changes regarding sex roles among teachers, counselors, administrators, and students. Also discusses a survey of elementary school students' attitudes toward sex role orientations. (Author/DB)

What students learn in school is determined more by the hidden curriculum of rigid classroom structures and power relationships than formal curriculum. A less alienating classroom environment must replace these traditional structures, such as tracking, grading, and student powerlessness, if education is really to be reformed. (SJL)

The assumptions underlying recent work on the relationship between ideology and school experience are discussed and compared to the traditions which now predominate in curriculum research. Hypotheses are posed about what curricular knowledge is accorded high status by our society and its economic and cultural effects. (Author/SJL)

Learning disabled adolescents often exhibit psychosocial deficits independent of academic failure and frustration. (PHR)

Discusses Canadian national unity and the social studies curriculum. Suggests regarding Canada as a political whole composed of many cultures. A new K-12 social studies curriculum, which includes a comprehensive program in Canadian citizenship, is needed. The elementary, middle, and secondary students would study citizenship, Canadian political…

This article presents a study that analyzed audio taped transcripts of students' interaction in two different kindergarten settings. Findings presented indicate that early classroom socialization has a significant impact on the communicative patterns of young children. Comparisons are made between open classroom and traditional classroom…

This article presents findings concerning the relationship between schools and psychotherapeutic agencies in a suburban community of the northeastern United States. Significant questions concerning the deviant defining institutions in American society, their relation to adolescents, and the social network created by their interdependence are…

The authors conducted a study using student teachers in secondary schools to assess the impact of the organization and climate of secondary schools on the teaching of controversial social and political issues. They conclude that there is an atmosphere of censorship in the schools. (KC)

This research investigates the hypothesis that expressive aspects of sex-roles are learned in the early socialization of the child. Expressiveness of fondness, sadness, pleasure, and antipathy were operationalized by composite scales based upon responses to 16 Likert-type items, which were administered to 1190 high school students. (Author)