Social dramatics is a therapeutic and educational program that can act as a mirror to reflect images of the self in action with others. It is the modality for experiential learning to correct social dysfunction by providing models for imitation, opportunities to practice and develop individual forms from that model, and risk free environments for…

This paper reviews the book "Sociology of Education" (Browne and Foster, editors). The paper begins with the observation that the study of the sociology of education is an important part of teacher training, but is often forgotten after graduation in the first year of classroom experience. Problems which impede the incorporation of educational…

Noting the importance of communication to the socialization process of individuals entering organizations, this paper examines how individuals move through different communication modes and make use of different communication skills as they progress from newcomers to organizational members. To accomplish this, the paper uses aspects of…

Cooperative education or industrial education, initiated to create an efficient work force, was exploitive of both students and the general public. It practically endentured students, educated them to docility, and procured public tax funds to subsidize the industries involved. (JH)

The author maintains that adult education has become a coercive force which governs the life of North Americans and threatens the rest of the world, directed by technocrats, politicians, and established institutions in the name of equal opportunity but with the actual aim of consolidating the established social order. (AJ)

Analyzes critically the two major perspectives on high school student politics, attempting to explicate and clarify both the empirical and normative implications of: (1) schools being considered not only hierarchical structures that process children but also basically bureaucracies and hence non-political institutions; and (2) high schools being…

This paper endeavored to investigate the perspectives of both social studies teachers and social studies teacher-candidates with regard to various components of the teacher's role in the civic education of secondary school students. (Author/RK)

This paper examined the growth of religious questioning in children which does not have the presuppositions of any established religious system such as Christianity and noted the need for research into the internalization of the culturally accepted system. (Author/RK)

The relationship among the family and the bilingual socialization of the child are explored in this sociolinguistic study of a sample of preschool Chinese children. The importance of the family as socializing agent is clarified. (Author/JH)

In spite of the important and almost exalted role of graduate and professional education, little is known about this form of advanced training as a psychological, social, and educational process. This book brings together and analyzes major research efforts aimed at an improved understanding of these elements and suggests ways that graduate and…

The purpose of this research was to ascertain whether the process of political socialization as the transmission of the political culture through schools contributes to the persistence of the American political system in the black community. One hundred and sixty black urban and suburban individuals over age 18 comprised the sample population.…

Survey of historical evidence concerning role of teaching among American political scientists, emphasizing teaching of college undergraduates with students' sociopolitical perspectives foremost in mind. (Author/ND)

Examines the socialization literature on three issues: (1) the extent to which socialization patterns express a distinctive Afro-American culture; (2) whether Afro-American and Euro-American child rearing practices offer significantly contrasting bases for differentiating behavior; and (3) the role of cultural processes and macro-structural…

Data from a survey of black high school seniors is used to test two ideas, it is stated: that (1) explanations of lw self-esteem among blacks are based, to a large extent, on the assumption that whites serve as a significant other for blacks, and (2) that this negatively affects their general level of self-esteem. (Author/JM)

Social, professional, and political factors influencing the Latin American teacher's role as a social change agent are examined. (DE)