Argues against the unity principle of time and space in terms of objectives of the educational system: enhancement of learning, sociability, and autonomy; socialization to the labor force; propagation of social norms; and concept of identity. Suggests that declining impact of these in Western society necessitates new schooling structure that…

The move from teaching to administration is pivotal for creating innovative leaders. The National Policy Board on Educational Administration has called for principal recruitment and preparation reforms. This article discusses the socialization processes leading to the principal's role and describes implementation, benefits, and problems of New…

A prison reading club can provide motivation to learn to read and write, reinforce conventional learning, and support individual development. The literate environment created is a tool for resocialization of incarcerated youth and young adults. (SK)

To implement school restructuring, midcareer administrators must change their role conceptions. This article examines literature concerning the major issues of socialization to a role conception (including definitions, sources, and socialization mechanisms for changing role conceptions) and presents a research agenda focused on two reform…

Reviews Frans J. Van der Linden's "Adolescent Lifeworld: Theoretical and Empirical Orientations in Socialization Processes of Dutch Youth: A Selection of Social Ecological Studies." (BB)

For a beginning administrator, understanding school culture, maintaining a school's cultural elements, and gaining acceptance for building or changing a school's culture are major challenges. Preparation programs blending understanding about school culture with acknowledgment of four developmental stages in an administrator's professional…

Crack addicts are bringing about 475,000 damaged children yearly into society. This article describes classroom techniques proven effective with crack-affected children afflicted with hyperactivity, impulsivity, learning and memory problems, and inability to grasp cause/effect relationships. The teaching techniques include removing stimuli from…

The differences between schools in the United States, Japan, and Russia are discussed. An analysis of the culture of the United States to direct science teaching and learning toward the end that will allow the open society to survive has been proposed. (KR)

Mothers recorded their children's prosocial behavior and failure to be prosocial, and their own responses to their children's behavior. Helping occurred more frequently than other prosocial behaviors. Children were equally likely to receive acknowledgement, approval, praise and no response for prosocial behavior. (BC)

Analyses of data on 110 Mexican-American adolescent inhalant users and 78 of their mothers indicate that level of acculturation, cultural factors, and socioeconomic factors did not directly affect youth's drug use and criminality but may have had indirect effects through socialization and psychological factors. Contains 22 references. (Author/SV)

Reviews four books that address the effects on Japanese schools of dominant cultural beliefs, particularly perseverance of these beliefs and its relationship to success, the primacy of the group, and the superiority of meritocracy. (SV)

Traditionally, our educational system ignores children until about age five, despite overwhelming research evidence about the importance of the first few years of life. Most early childhood researchers would agree that the Head Start program for preschoolers (except for the Perry Preschool Project) has not succeeded. Missouri's New Parents as…

Discussion of the problems (other than motivational) encountered by adult language learners focuses on a humanistic approach for the teacher, arguing that better understanding of cultural confusion and dissonance allows the teacher to pair students appropriately, identify sources of student dissatisfaction, and work to overcome inhibitions.…

A summary of two studies of literacy development in classroom settings illustrates: (1) the developmental dialectic between children's use of symbolic forms and the functions those symbolic forms serve in the child's social world; and (2) ways that specific cultural practices define the interaction between the child, the symbolic media, and the…

Reports on two mentoring programs, one for new faculty and one for new teaching assistants. The first, an externally funded, elaborate program suggests the centrality of sustained, involving relationships for best mentoring outcomes. The second demonstrated that a simpler program focusing on involvement within pair/group meetings produced…