The transition to middle school places many adolescents at risk for negative adjustment, especially poor and underserved ethnic minority students. In this cross-sectional study, I explored the role of student-perceived mismatch in the transition to a school with an early-college model, using a sample of predominantly African American and Latino…

The current focus on instructional leadership within a high stakes accountability environment has frequently ignored the political role of school leaders. This article examines the perceptions of a group of new English headteachers to determine the features of their political role and their process in learning this role. The investigation is part…

Confucius (551-479 B.C.) believed in the power of language to regulate society. Concerned about civil war and the moral and social decay of his time, he advocated a peaceful society with a mild and moderate form of law and order and with an emphasis on the well-being of individuals through compassion, kindness, and justice. This form of law…

This issue of the "Interracial Books for Children Bulletin" has three major articles. The first deals with the book titled, "The Five Chinese Brothers". This is one of the most widely circulated children's books in the United States. Although this book has been tauted as being authentically "Chinese", it is being…

The relationship between student attitudes and the school as a political system is analyzed in this research report. Four types of school systems are hypothesized: elite, bureaucratic, coalitional, and participant. After testing this conceptualization, student attitudes of trust, integration, confidence, and interest toward both school and society…

This study surveyed equal groups of American, French Canadian, and English-Canadian high school students to learn what sources they used in formulating views on national and international issues. A total of 600 eleventh grade history students was surveyed. Results showed that mass media was the primary source used by all groups: in particular…

This paper identifies certain methodological shortcomings that seem to be inherent in much of the comparative generational research and also presents the results of a generational differences study in which these methodological deficiencies have been minimized. People of different ages who had served as VISTA volunteers were asked the same…

The tension between personal independence and the demands of our social environment is something which all of us experience in varying degree though we react to it in very different ways. Author concerned himself with the nature of that tension and its implication for educational policy. (Author/RK)

Toys were ranked for attractiveness by preschool and fourth grade children, both before and after one toy was forbidden. Results suggest that a perceived association between an object's being forbidden and its being attractive may be learned through the course of socialization. (Author/ED)

The specific focus of the author's argument centers on the issue of the nature and role of the curriculum in Open Education schools, and the dilemma Open Educators must face with respect to the issue of socialization. (Author/PG)

The purpose of the 13th Seminar on Family Research was to submit the theoretical frame to reevaluation, to challenge the legitimacy of the developmental approach as it appeared in the literature of the past decade. (Author)

A few techniques are suggested for the use of teachers and students to increase the level of personal awareness and to receive a picture of values and prejudices. (Author/KM)

An urban center for therapy, education, and social involvement is designed on the model of a village in order to simulate a middle class environment. (Author/MLF)

The purpose of this paper is, generally, to discuss issues related to the evaluation of implementation and, specifically, to provide practical advice about Follow Through implementation and its evaluation. First, the discussion explores philosophical and theoretical assumptions regarding (1) the nature of implementation and evaluation; (2)…

This bibliography contains annotations of 49 articles on the topic of professional socialization. The articles were identified using the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), Sociological Abstracts, Medline, and Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature data bases. A bias exists in the selection process towards items…