Discusses the role of general and technical education in forming the Soviet citizen, and is directed to past performances and future directions of Soviet education. Special concern is given to the function that educational science can have on improving education. (CB)

Extensive cross sectional data suggest a real continuity between prepubertal attitudes and experience and those of adolescence. The preteen years (10-13) represent a period of preparation for later heterosexual involvement. These findings suggest need to modify traditional points of view regarding patterns of sociosexual development. (Author/CJ)

An analysis of survey data to assess the sophistication and antecedents of high school students' attitudes toward compliance with laws. Reveals that a large number of the students have not internalized any values by which they can evaluate decisions concerning compliance, and that the attitudinal antecedents of compliance are quite different for…

Anomie theory holds that the provision of new resources and skills to an inarticulate and non-participatory population can produce two distinct responses: increased conformity or increased and more efficient use of deviant methods. Data on vocational education students suggest that there is such a differential reaction to formal training in the…

A plea is made for teaching social studies through the inquiry method in order to develop a solid foundation for Communist ideology. Rote memorization of Communist principles is discouraged. Instead the social sciences are seen as the way to instilling in the student an inclination to analyze societal problems toward the end of moving the…

In light of the goal of the Social Studies, the development of good citizens, the author explores the character of a necessary and sufficient" social studies program and its relationship to the Social Sciences. (JB)

Outlines the Marxist concept of individual freedom and the deviations which developed in Czechoslovakia unde Dubcek. (DM)

This research defines a communicative response to a concert; information seeking; sets forth a model for studying information seeking that recognizes social relevance of entertainment and information about it; tests propositions using the model; suggests implications of the model for the study of youth and entertainment culture. (Author)

Describes the cooperative relationship between the Komsomol (All-Union Leninist Communist League of Youth), the Pioneers, and the schools, with specific reference to their mutual responsibilities in the Lenin Year. (JB)

Traces the state educational program which at all levels aimed at the self-realization of the German race." (DB)

Modern Xhosa showed greater homogeneity in self concept, used more permeable constructs which covered wider ranges of events, and had the self and ideal self more closely related than traditional Xhosa. It is inferred that the traditional Xhosa group is falling apart. (Author/DB)

The influences surrounding the decision-making process in educational institutions are examined. (CK)

Comparison of college students and women with children results in two general patterns: greater use by former of active techniques involving direct manipulation of consequences: and decrease by former in use of love-oriented techniques which were negatively cast. Includes note on replication of previous finding (Marwell and Schmitt, 1967) on use…

The concept of high school education as catering basically to the individual flowering of unique personalities is examined critically. (DB)