This article discusses the contributions to this special issue of "Teacher Education Quarterly." At the core of all the contributions is the compellingly urgent realization that humanity is facing, and must deal with, enormous ecological and social problems and challenges. This situation has created an urgent and compelling need centered…

Rwanda is on the verge of a breakthrough. Having weathered one of the worst humanitarian crises imaginable just fifteen years ago, and with an impoverished countryside plagued by HIV/AIDS, hunger, and malaria, Rwanda seems an unlikely place for an economic renaissance. Yet the nation's commitment to good government and support for free market…

This article discusses why it has become considerably more difficult for the rising generations to enter the system of social and civic relations in today's Kazakh society. This situation is due to the transition from the Soviet model of socialization (which was unitary in terms of its normative character, with equal starting social opportunities…

Human gene-changing research, once confined to sci-fi films, is now a burning public issue. (Editor)

Author took the comments of Professor N. C. Bhattacharya's "Demythologizing John Dewey" (EJ 111 872) to task and attempted to clarify Dewey's position on education and social issues. (Author/RK)

Author answered the criticism of Professor Thomas B. Colwell, outlined in the article previous to this one (AA 522 006), of an earlier article (EJ 111 872) called "Demythologizing John Dewey". (Author/RK)

The emergence of a new kind of legal practice, public interest law, is described. (KM)

This paper focuses on the referral structure (and the primary definers within this structure) in terms of which elder abuse is being defined as a social problem in Canada and interest groups are being mobilized to deal with the alleged problem. Preliminary research indicates that the major impetus is, in the main, not coming from organizations of…

There is a lack of objective and detailed measurement of the geographical patterns of economic activity. The need for countries to establish geographical institutions to monitor and measure social and economic problems is discussed. For address of journal see SO 504 028. (Author/RM)

The geographer's growing concern with social issues and public policy provides considerable opportunities and challenges in the field of mapping human phenomena. The author discusses how a geographer's skills can be applied to the description and interpretation of social problems. For address of journal see SO 504 028. (Author/RM)

This article deals with drinking specifically and doesn't concentrate solely on alcohol and alcoholism. The author believes that American society has so many drinking problems because we have so many wrong ideas about drinking. The intention is to dispel these myths. (Author/BW)