Discusses the social or interactional dimension that accompanies the academic aspects of schooling. Characterizes the competent student as one who integrates academic content and interactional form in teacher-directed activities. Emphasizes that teachers and students cooperatively contribute to the social organization of the classroom. (Author/BE)

Studies the material culture of elementary classrooms in a rural midwestern school to determine whether socialization and enculturation into national society and culture are symbolically reinforced by the integrative functions of classroom decoration and artifacts. (Author/BE)

Suggests that four social processes protect against alcoholism in American Jews: (1) association of alcohol abuse with non-Jews; (2) integration of moderate drinking norms, practices, and symbolism during childhood through religious and secular ritual; (3) restriction of adult relationships to other moderate drinkers; and (4) techniques to avoid…

Students with disabilities were able to develop academically and socially through participation in an outdoor education program. These students are helped by being allowed to take risks and responsibilities like everyone else. (CMJ)

Reviews research literature on the mother-daughter relationship as a transmission structure for sexual socialization. While the literature indicates generally low levels of direct communication about sex between mothers and daughters, the influence of the mother on the daughter's sexual and contraceptive behavior is also indicated. (Author)

Describes different roles and socialization activities of male and female children in an Afghanistan household. Stresses the implications for adolescent behavior and marital relationships of mothers' influences on children of both sexes. (GC)

After examining dilemmas that principals face in conducting their jobs, the author offers fresh perspectives on the role of the principal as a system analyst, an adapter, and an instructional leader. (IRT)

The author discusses the responsibility universities have for the social education of prisoners. (RLV)

Handicapped individuals matched on self-reported assertiveness were assigned to one of two conditions. Behavioral role playing, self-report, and activity budget pre- and post-test measures revealed that assertion-training subjects reported greater gains in assertive behavior and showed greater improvement in performance on seven criterion measures…

Children's specialized speech codes and nonverbal behaviors are examined in the context of playground games. (JD)

A factor analysis of the verbal appeals used by 70 mothers in the socialization of their young children supported the validity of characterizing the moral arguments of parents in terms of their content (type of behavior approved or disapproved) and the source of moral authority to which they appeal (parental authority, legality, justice, etc.).…

Findings show that more vocationally mature students are more realistic and have more highly integrated data in making career-related decisions than less vocationally mature students. The level and type of career decision-making skills and career-related preferences are important factors in career decision making. (Author/BEF)

Describes a feeling-oriented, unstructured group approach promoting social learning among prisoner-participants. Groups evolve through a series of developmental stages during which members assume more responsibility for themselves and others in working through problems of living. Group facilitators need to recognize stages and allow for…

Discusses definitions of early childhood education from the viewpoint of children, parents, teachers, and society, and identifies some current issues in early childhood education. (MP)