Examines the differences in interpersonal relationship orientation between students identified as stars and as isolates. (Author)

This conceptual paper uses the author's observations and experiences, along with the relevant literature in the field to argue critically for the introduction of entrepreneurial studies in senior secondary schools (S S S) in Ghana. The argument is cast within the framework of career socialization theory, which proposes that the decision to adopt a…

Small classes in grades K-3 boost student academic performance in all subjects and in prosocial behavior. Results are both short- and long-term. One study explored the theory that a major cause behind improved academic achievement involves improved student behavior, which increases student engagement in the classroom. Two other studies provide…

This report on the process of graduate and professional student socialization provides information that can be of use to graduate program faculty and administrators, professional associations, state legislatures, and professional licensing bodies charged with assuring clients that well qualified professional practitioners are being prepared in the…

Social and emotional learning and character education are complementary approaches to strengthening a person's ability to understand, manage, and express the social and emotional aspects of life and to organize action in a positive, goal-directed manner. This book is designed for administrators who need help in introducing programs to their…

This paper describes briefly the path of political socialization research over the past 40 years; discusses "Project Citizen," a civics program for adolescent students, and the implications of recent research on it; and comments on the current state of political socialization research. Contains 12 references. (BT)

The chapters in this book examine the complex intersection between "the white supremacist realities of the American Academy and the presence of brilliant black men in the Academy." The chapters are: (1) A Message from Our Elders (Lee Jones); (2) The Data Speak: No Rest for the Weary (William B. Harvey); (3) The Psychological Dilemma of…

This paper addresses the personal challenges academics face in successfully responding to the call for academic leadership, focusing on the organizational socialization process of a new dean. A 3-year qualitative case study of one dean is presented. It involved data from a personal daily journal of activities, beliefs, and reflections kept over 3…

The key notion of the perceived environment is discussed in terms of its role in achieving an analytically useful conceptualization of human action and its relation to personality. Data from a longitudinal study of the socialization of problem behavior in youth illustrate the utility of the concept. (Author/KM)

A test administered to normals, delinquents, and felons appears useful for noting proneness to delinquency but not for discriminating degree of delinquency. (Author/KM)

We should welcome books of healthy propaganda, but let's recognize them as just that and not make them the mainstay of our children's reading diets. (CH)

It was predicted and found that social desirability was a significant mediator of locus of control-achievement relation for females. Results were interpreted within a cultural role model theory. (ST)

Teachers are advised to attempt to understand all the things that could be going on behind that blank face at the back of the room--to learn from what the street people say and what they do not say. (JB)