Teachers can change schooling without waiting for a change in the schools. (Author)

Children were shown television sequences depicting black and white children teaching" concepts, to test whether concepts would be learned and whether social preferences would change; the children learned the concepts but preferred companions of their own color both before and after viewing. (SP)

Examines hypotheses linking lower class leftist radicalism to the political primitivism caused by lack of education, lack of media exposure, infrequent participation in organizations, and personal isolation--on the basis of data from 382 Chilean urban slum dwellers. (RJ)

Reports a continuing longitudinal study begun in 1967 of attitudinal and behavioral change among recruits in the Philadelphia Police Department. Behavioral components are secrecy and mandatory mutual assistance. Comparisons are made with attitudes of detectives and experienced Patrolmen. (DB)

A critical analysis of current reading textbooks. (MB)

Recognition of the drama in political action enables us to see the stories we act out in our lives; to make our moral judgments; to discern our own inadequacies and those of others; to learn, create, invent. (Author)

The author, secretary general of the Republic of Zambia, discusses education (and particularly adult education) as a political imperative in Africa. He cites the problems of illiteracy and of the desire for a democratic system, and suggests that population growth must be adjusted to development potential. (MF)