Scientific-technological progress and its social consequences are clarified in relation to the moral practices and conditions of socialist society. (Author/KM)

Topics are: exposition of ten features in making concrete the unity of school and life, the nature of general education, the unity of scientific training and ideological education, as well as the connection between the struggle of the working class and the teaching of Russian. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

After seeing a keen interest stimulated by a residential course of political training, the executive of the Youth Movement (Democrazia Cristiana) in the province of Reggio Emilia (Italy) decided to abandon the traditional training methodology, which consisted of one or two residential courses evey year on current political issues on the party's…

This document describes a 36-hour, 6-day workshop which focuses on gender role conflict of adult men and women and which was designed to help participants analyze their gender role socialization and gender role conflict. Section I enumerates the overall assumptions of the workshop, including perspectives about gender roles, gender role conflict,…

To show how Hugh Blair's treatise on rhetoric helped shape the patriarchal context in which women write and to suggest some considerations for modern teachers of writing, it will be useful to look at the ways 18th-century belletristic rhetoric responded to the disruption occasioned by women's entry into public discourse. Blair's work, the most…

Nursing role conceptions of registered nursing (RN) students were compared with those of generic students in the baccalaureate program at South Dakota State University. The study population consisted of 76 students. Responses were obtained from four groups of students using a quasi-experimental pretest/posttest group design. Factors positively or…

This study examines the socialization and enculturation process by which one becomes a school board member, using adult socialization and small group theory to construct a model of the role personalization process. Thirteen new school board members in seven Arizona school districts were interviewed indepth, from the announcement of their candidacy…

Most research on teacher education has taken a functionist approach to socialization, emphasizing the importance of moulding individuals to the norms of the profession. Weaknesses have been noted in this approach, and recommendations have been made which call for a theoretical and empirical reorientation to the study of teacher socialization which…

Third in a series, this review examines progress made in research in developmental psychology, primarily in India, between 1976 and 1984. Focusing on physical, motor, and mental development, Section I discusses physical development and growth norms as well as factors influencing physical development. Section II, centering on cognitive, perceptual,…

The history of medical and legal professional education in the 1800's is directly related to the social and intellectual context of the respective professions. Doctors required the establishment of a recognized "school" of medicine and lawyers established legitimacy through competent court room technique. (JH)

Durkheim's treatment of the nature of morality and of moral education is examined. Three elements in his moral theory, namely the spirit of discipline, attachment to social groups, and autonomy or self-determination, are examined in turn and discussed. (Editor)

Author draws our attention to the seiousness of the Coleman Report on Youth and hopes the report will stimulate the nation to seek new solutions to the problems of its young people. (Editor/RK)

The president of the British Columbia Teachers Federation, reporting to the annual meeting, discusses the interdependence of school and society and urges teachers to take an active part in social reform through political action. (JH)

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of various attributes of the family in the structure and process of social influence during adolescence. (Author)

Article surveys various approaches to questions of group interaction as they are affected by the choice of a communications medium. (Author)