E-mail surveys of business faculty and focus groups with international students identified student behaviors that undermine academic performance, such as low participation and interacting only with international students. Strategies to facilitate student adjustment include initial meetings, small groups, and an atmosphere open to differences. (SK)

Television can be an important medium for the teaching and learning of the developing child. This article explores how social learning theory and the cross-cultural images and portrayals on television might influence the multicultural attitudes, values, and beliefs of children. (Contains 22 references.) (Author)

In this qualitative study, 8 Hispanic counseling student interns told the story of their professional identity development. Qualitative analysis of the transcripts of audiotaped semistructured interviews revealed 7 general themes. Results may provide counselor educators with direction in facilitating the socialization of Hispanic graduate…

Assessed children's temperament and maternal socialization at age 2-3. Assessed children's conscience at ages 4 and 5 by observing children's cheating behavior in a game. Found that for children fearful as toddlers, maternal gentle discipline promoted conscience at age 5. For children fearless as toddlers, alternative maternal socialization…

Subjects were trained in three targeted skills. Game training produced large and consistent gains in all target responses however, no generalization was recorded in covert assessments. Subsequently, an in-situ training procedure consisting of intermittent verbal prompts and reinforcement was used, which significantly increased use of skills in all…

A study of 291 students at varying stages of training for law (45%), accounting (40%), or human resource management (15%) found that those in traditional professions had greater exposure to employers, more engagement in recruiting, and more experience of selection processes. This greater activity was associated with career expectations and…

Addresses the dilemma faced by religious and theological educators committed to a feminist, liberative pedagogy when teaching learners in the church whose Confucian upbringing has socialized them into different means of instruction. Explores the practices of Confucius/Kongzi and traces the historical development of Confucianism. (CMK)

Maintains that the social learning theory of career development and counseling has not been applied to diverse populations. Qualitative analysis of interviews with middle school students revealed four themes, reflecting the influence of discrimination on participants' career learning: contextual barriers and resources for learning, and…

Political education prepares citizens for political, social, economic, and cultural participation. Democratic citizenship is learned formally, nonformally, and informally. A thematic and problem-oriented approach to political education should highlight the various roles of citizens. (SK)

Compared ability of three theoretical models (cognitive-attentional, cognitive-skills, social learning) to explain academic performance and test anxiety of 178 undergraduates. Found that variable sets from all models added unique variance to explain performance and test anxiety. Cognitive-attentional processes emerged as relatively more important…

When coached in leading peers, asking questions of peers, making comments to peers, and supporting peers, trained children showed significant increase in their use of comments and leads and improved in questions and supports, whereas controls showed little change. Increases in skill use in the classroom with peers was correlated with improvements…

Contends that, to understand role of gender in psychological problems, counselors need to be aware of gender-socialized individual characteristics, which may affect what psychological problems people develop, associated symptoms, and how people respond to problems. Claims it is important to recognize how broader sociological context presents men…

The overrepresentation of Black females in traditional occupations stems from the emotions, beliefs, and environmental factors affecting their decision making. Conflicts between sex role socialization and that of Black subculture, as well as discrimination in hiring, are contributing factors. (SK)

Investigates group differences in the use of language to request information in the conversational discourse of 39 children of 4-5 years. Membership in an ethnic group, social class, and situation affected speakers' displays of this function. (RJC)

The relevance of philosophy to political or educational change is held to be dubious. The purposes of lower (elementary and secondary) and higher education are discussed, and the kind of activity that produces improvement in education is outlined. (IAH)