Evaluates the role and nature of political education in the school system of the German Democratic Republic. Defines inculcating Marxism-Leninism as the primary guideline for behavior in all situations as highest in the hierarchy of educational goals. Research findings indicate, however, that, in spite of the stress on political education, its…

This study determined that adolescent participation in voluntary associations was related to the form and extent of political activity in adulthood. Adolescent participation had positive effects on discussion of issues, campaign participation, and voting rates. (Author/APM)

Outlines rationale for career education. With career education, focus shifts from content process. Career education is preparation for life and the function of school is to provide experiences that primarily prepare children for more living rather than for more schooling. (Author/BEF)

A strategy for preventing drug abuse by children and adolescents is socializing them into social competencies necessary for psychological health and responsible decision making. This is achieved through direct learning, identification based on admiration for superior competence, and adoption of social roles within meaningful relationships with…

Analyzes the dominance, appearance, and role of women as depicted in newspaper Independence Day political cartoons over a 100-year period. Concludes that woman's place has gradually broadened to include activities beyond wife and mother. Indicates a resistance to changing norms and difficulty in coping with emerging ones. (JMF)

Suggests that oral history can provide significant experiences that promote identity, empathy, moral sensitivity, community building, and decision making. Students interact with diverse groups of people, thus breaking down social isolation in the school curriculum. (Author/KC)

Suggests that the mass media serve as socializing agents by providing direct linkage to media and contents which are essential for the development of political values, and by contributing to the structuring of social contexts in which adolescents may exercise such value orientations and reinforce ties with primary socializing agents. (JMF)

Reviews literature on various aspects of adolescent sexual development, such as masturbation, how knowledge of sex is learned, sexual preferences, sexual practices, and values. (DB)

Results of this study indicate that the proportion of extended family members in a kibbutz's population does not itself account for members' power and influence. (Author)

Reviews a content analysis which was done on elementary and secondary civics textbooks in New York State. The objective was to determine attitudes conveyed about political authorities, the relationship of citizens to authorities and regimes, and the nature of politics, the nations, and democracy. Results are presented. (Author/DB)

Focuses on higher education in socialist societies including USSR, Hungary, Romania, East Germany, and Poland. Topics discussed include the need for improvement in higher education, access to higher education institutions, political influences, general characteristics of educational systems, and the need for qualified personnel. (Author/DB)

The politicization of education as a means of protecting the rights of children is examined in terms of the objections to it raised by critics and the context within which such politicization has occurred. (JMF)

Aspects of Dewey's philosophy are analyzed and compared to those of Marx to demonstrate their similarities. Dewey's social and political philosophy is clarified by showing its radical phases, and his reasons for rejecting revolution are examined from his own point of view. (JMF)

The author is concerned with politics in a wider sense--providing children with an individual and collective sense of identity in time and space, giving them opportunities for the exploration of shared experience, making them aware of the responsibilities and privileges of community. (Editor)

Discussed are three intellectual rights of children which need protecting: (1) freedom from exploitation via propaganda; (2) freedom to encounter alternative points of view regarding religion and ideologies; and (3) freedom to participate in the creation and justification of human values and social groups that directly affect their lives.…