Presents a study focused on the period following student admission to universities. Examines the effects of student motives for studying and socialization tactics on their academic achievement and academic satisfaction. Predicts that socialization tactics would mediate the relationship of motives to study to academic achievement and satisfaction.…

Explores how language-based socialization patterns play an important role in caregiver's and children's construction of socio-moral meanings. Argues that through participation in communicative and narrative practices children begin to understand cultural meanings about morality. Demonstrates the mutual interdependence between construction of moral…

The stories of two British students in transition to postcompulsory education show how one reflected upon and was transformed by actions in the new environment. Learning and work experiences were a form of cultural apprenticeship, a social learning process that transcended relationships in formal educational institutions. (Contains 40 references.)…

Five adolescents with visual impairments participated in trust engendering activities in five separate peer focus groups. At the completion of the intervention, four of the students with visual impairments showed marked improvement in their social acceptance and had higher scores on the Social Skills Assessment Tool for Children with Visual…

The educational and research implications of defining mental retardation as a self-regulatory disorder are explored. Behavioral, social-learning, and cognitive conceptualizations regarding the structure and development of self-regulation is examined. Self-regulation is described as a complex linguistically guided skill that can be taught through…

Findings are reported from an exploratory study involving 30 elementary student teachers. The goal of the study was to develop collegiality among student teachers. Results indicate that collegiality is fostered by opportunities to share responsibility, knowledge, and resources. Two forms of collegiality were identified: helping behaviors and…

Grace Pilon's Workshop Way system succeeds because it communicates inner security to students and promotes intelligent self-control. Program components include specific teacher guidance, high and intelligent student involvement, daily student-teacher contact, satisfaction of diverse needs, promotion of living-learning truths, and respect for…

A total of 69 male and 132 female undergraduate students rated the extent of their experience in a variety of child-rearing activities that involved routine physical care and play. Males reported lower levels of experience than did females. The discrepancy was greater with care activities than with play activities. (RJC)

Analysis of 47 case studies of tutoring relationships between college tutors and elementary students suggests that three tutoring patterns can be distinguished. Each of these three tutoring patterns--professional, comradeship, and informal--combines personal trust and social contract in different ways. Implications are drawn for implementation of…

Surveys the role of political and ideological education leaders among university students in China. Reports a study done at Beijing University that measured the amount of political education received by political leaders and measured opinions about political education work. Suggestions are proposed to improve attitudes concerning political…

This paper argues for a broad interpretation of the definition of social maladjustment; presents a hypothetical model of the relationship between adequacy of parenting and adequacy of environment; discusses methods for identifying social maladjustment; and describes programing for prevention and rehabilitation through development of social…

Reports findings from a participant observation study of 26 kindergartners. Adjustment patterns which children developed in response to classroom expectations are organized in 3 domains: forgetting expectations, using secret communications, and exploring limits. (RJC)

Describes differences in the socialization setting provided by all-boy and all-girl play groups, and explores possible reasons for children's tendency to congregate in same-sex groups. Considers three classes of possible explanatory processes: biological factors, socialization pressures from adults, and gender cognitions. (RH)

Incorporating group socialization procedures into a classroom with young children with developmental difficulties requires identifying target children, implementing the procedures, and evaluating the procedures. Socialization activities may include encouraging children to interact with one another, frequent modeling of prosocial behavior, frequent…

Discusses difficulties faced by contemporary West German youth as they search for their place in society. Identifies three domains of socialization (private, public, and commercial), describing tensions, contradictions, and incoherences between them. States that children must now respond as individuals to contrasting demands and multiple roles.…