Examines the growing interest in the professional ethics of teachers and states that idealistic conceptions seem to be challenging realistic conceptions of the teaching profession. Analyzes the social function and significance of professional ethics and presents a developmental approach to teacher socialization and teachers' ethics. (Author/GEA)

Families can help delinquents change. Behavioral family contracting applies the social learning approach to a series of family agreements or contracts. It provides structure, a natural system for learning and changing, commitment, and responsibility. (Author/LHW)

Reviews the rationale for social skills training with delinquents. Describes one program that uses discussion, modeling, role-playing, positive reinforcement, and shaping. Presents four scales for behavioral assessment to access social skills, assertion/aggression, violation of minor rules and regulations, and evaluation of the program by each…

Reviews various social learning and counseling approaches utilized by psychotherapists in one-to-one clinical behavior therapy. Behavior analysis, family contracting, and social skills training are used as are other office-based clinical behavior therapy techniques to help delinquents change. (Author/LHW)

Presents the social learning approaches in group homes for delinquents as an alternative to institutionalization. Describes two behavioral group homes that are not only effective but cost less than institutions. (Author/LHW)

Addresses issue of socialization of the young for participation in society by viewing the family as a micro-society. Congruence between family themes and societally shared meanings is considered, utilizing ideas from the social construction of reality theories of Berger and Luckmann (1966). Three ideal-types of family themes are developed relative…

A personal reminiscence of the people behind this movement in New York City in the 1960s. Focuses on LeRoi Jones. (LHW)

Examines the nature of didacticism, the view that there are universal moral values that are conveyed through literature. Examines six commonly held ideas concerning the limits of didacticism in hope of providing renewed interest in its possibilities. (JDH)

Examines response styles to cognitive demands of the WISC exhibited by 7- to 10-year-old black children adopted by either white or black middle-class families. A significant difference in the average performance of the two groups of children was observed, favoring those adopted by white families. Mothers' helping behaviors differed by race.…

Freshmen participating in the honors program had higher levels of achievement after one year than did an equivalent comparison group and a comparison group of randomly selected freshmen. (Author)

Defines socialization and its three stages. Looks closely at the process of organizational socialization, focusing on the reciprocal nature of socialization, the process of cultural learning, factors influencing institutional identification, and research needs. Considers ways in which organizational socialization can benefit Catholic educators.…

Presents field study research focused on (1) the socialization processes that the assistant principal undergoes as an aspiring administrator and (2) the processes that make an assistant principal effective and mobile within the organizational structure. Reports that roles and tasks are often poorly defined and that assessments of job performance…

Erickson's 1951 study of gender differences in preadolescents' play construction was replicated and expanded to correct for sex bias of materials. Erickson's finding of innate biological differences in the experience and perception of space was not confirmed. Instead, differences were attributed to the materials provided. (KH)

Interviews with a group of biracial adults (ages 17-35) suggest advantages in coming from an interracial background. Many subjects reported that dealing with parents from different racial groups made them more tolerant, objective, and nonjudgmental. These findings disprove notions about "mongrelization" and stereotypes about biracial people having…

Reviews findings on early political learning in U.S. elementary and secondary schools. Identifies counterproductive practices and presents alternatives which might better prepare students for responsible and competent participation in democratic society. (JDH)