A number of exemplary compositions and uses of School Lenin Museums are mentioned in this article which brings out the important function of these museums in the political-ideological education of youth. (JB)

Study indicates that, "Socialization to a professional self-concept does happen during music school attendance. This self-concept is developed through participation in professional performances. (Author)

Discusses the gender schema theory of sex typing, which proposes that sex typing derives largely from the child's readiness to encode and organize information according to the culture's definition of maleness and femaleness. Explores conditions that produce gender schematic processing and discusses strategies for raising gender aschematic…

Social studies curricula are flawed by wrong assumptions about learning, by forcing history and geography (the two original components of social studies programs) to socialize students rather than allowing them to stand as autonomous disciplines, and by a confused concept of course content. The social studies approach to history should be allowed…

Reviews the literature relevant to the socialization of women into traditional female professions. Raises questions about what has been done and what needs to be done. (Canadian Home Economics Association, 151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Canada K1P 5H3) (JOW)

To maximize the adaptation of school psychology to societal conditions, the discipline must: (1) focus on understanding the socialization process; (2) develop preventive and remedial strategies to compensate for disruption in family socialization; (3) devise more effective assessments of social competence; and (4) maintain standards of scholarship…

Describes research on the integration of Mexican-American children into the U.S. political system. Observes that from newcomers through the second generation, Mexican-American children become increasingly identified with and immersed in American political orientations, but that the third generation demonstrates a notable decline in political…

Discusses how early socialization creates later role conflicts for Swiss women who pursue university educations. Role conflicts can adversely affect the self-image, choice of field study, and academic aspirations of female students. (AM)