The ability of three-year-old children to deceive was examined in order to determine whether they were able to hide their emotional expression intentionally. Results indicated that very young children have begun the process of learning how to mask their emotional expressions and support the role of socialization in this process. (RH)

The author establishes an operational concept of the culture of teaching. He argues that educational research overrates the importance of specific behaviors by ignoring the patterns and origins of the rules governing the culture. A model is presented to account for the evolution of the teaching culture. (CH)

Three articles explore character education from different perspectives: "Teaching Students to See Beyond Themselves" (Lasley, Biddle); "An Effective Character Education Model for a Diverse Student Population" (Cline, Necochea); and "Teaching as Modeling: The Impact of Teacher Behaviors upon Student Character…

Pre/posttest data from 44 nursing students participating in a practicum showed that their role orientation changed from that of faculty to staff nurse. The practicum appeared to facilitate their socialization into the work setting. (SK)

Investigated relationship between level of socialization for parenthood among primiparous married couples (n=454) and indicators of personal, family, and infant well-being. Results indicated when social support, life events, childhood experience, health, education, and income were held constant the level of socialization predicted personal and…

Suggests having and induction ceremony for new teachers, and offers a creed for first-year teachers. (SR)

The low status of nursing is traced from the days of Florence Nightingale, and concepts of role socialization are applied to nurses. A highly automated, democratized workplace is envisioned that will change socialization practices. (SK)

Investigated Taiwanese and U.S. mothers' beliefs regarding the reasons for their toddlers' and their own positive and negative behaviors, assessing five attributional orientations. Surveys of 21 Taiwanese and 36 U.S. mothers indicated that Taiwanese mothers more readily blamed their children and themselves for misdeeds and less readily took credit…

Explored the role of parent and child gender in parent-child conversations about past emotional experiences. Observations of conversations between parents and children approximately 3.5 years old indicated that females conversed more overall, specifically about emotions, and used more emotional words. Both mothers and fathers used more emotional…

Examines the portrayal of women and the use of violent themes in 33 popular video games. The analysis reveals that traditional gender roles and violence are central to many games. There were no female characters in 41% of games with characters, and women were portrayed as sex objects in 28% of these games. (SLD)

Examines the direct effects of religiosity and racial socialization on subjective stigmatization among African American adolescents (N=50). Participants who showed strong commitment to the church were more destigmatized as were those who received racial socialization messages stemming from a single primary category. The more racial socialization…

A survey of 1,106 student nurse anesthetists (40% male) showed that increasing age was negatively correlated with socioeconomic rewards. Male gender was positively correlated with administrative/supervisory roles, female gender with holistic patient care. Men achieved socialization more readily in occupational orientation. (SK)

A four-year, qualitative study of graduate students revealed graduate student development, students' perceptions of the academic career, and graduate students' suggestions for improving graduate socialization experiences. It also provided recommendations and policy questions for faculty advisors, chairpersons, teaching assistant supervisors, and…

Suggests reasons why education is difficult and contentious, arguing that educational thinking draws on only three fundamental ideas (socializing the young, shaping the minds by a disciplined academic curriculum, and facilitating the development of students' potential) and that the problems in education are due to these ideas, which are fatally…

Examines the "Harry Potter" books for the messages they convey about schools, teachers, and education. Asserts that the present positive images of schooling as well as moral dilemmas and their resolution. (Contains 23 references.) (SK)