Discusses the socialization of values from a sociohistorical perspective. Argues that value similarities between grandparents and grandchildren are a result of skipped generations being socialized within similar phases of the Kondratieff Wave. Consequently, they bear analogous historical imprints and share common outlooks. Includes a review by…

Seeks to broaden definitions of politics and political education by focusing on gender. Suggests that political education should be a process of demystification, teaching that power can be challenged and problem-solving techniques can be used to inject skills and new styles of seeking political alternatives. (JOW)

Offers rapprochement of Rotter's (1954) social learning theory with self-esteem and related constructs. Self constructs are defined and combined into a conceptual framework indicating the impact of their interrelations within a self-esteem system. An attribution model is used to clarify the impact of causal internalization on self-esteem.…

Reviews 11 books that are concerned with equal educational opportunity. (IRT)

The chapters in this collection explore how the pedagogical practices of higher education inform and also manage and socialize students. The essays consider how colleges and universities produce race, class, and gender hierarchies and reproduce conservative ideology. The chapters are: (1) "Peekaboo: Hiding and Outing the Curriculum" (Eric…

Newcomers learn about the practices and values of an organization through a process called socialization. Organizational socialization research provides useful information on the strategies, such as indirect questioning and disguised conversation, that new employees can use as they move into unfamiliar settings. At one time, researchers believed…

This publication examines racial, ethnic, and cultural identity development in children in out-of-home care. In the field of foster care, the overrepresentation of children of color and the prevalence of cross-cultural placements compel practitioners and caregivers to attend to issues of ethnic identity formation. Information comes from focus…

This is an interpretive study of the influence of Black Hegemony on the academic success of three successful African Americans: Clifton L. Taulbert, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Margaret Morgan Lawrence. All three spent their youth in southern communities strongly influenced by Jim Crow laws and customs, and their academic accomplishments were…

It was hypothisized that socialization within an achievement-oriented culture would encourage children to adjust the amount of self reward according to length and difficulty of a task. Task length but not difficulty was found to influence a self reward in second grade children. (ST)

Argues that if conformity is what culture demands, then schools that emphasize dull, fixed, ritualistic, and conformist behavior are functional. (Author)

This article discusses Freire's concept of conscientization or social learning, various levels of consciousness described by Freire, and how this concept compares to the theories of the educational theorist, John Dewey. (RK)

The objectives of this article are threefold: (a) to clarify what we think it means to be a girl growing up in our society; (b) to examine ways in which we may respond to girls more meaningfully; and (c) to explore what we consider are better messages for girls. (Authors)