Analyzes all female homicide victims (N=912) in North Carolina from 1972-1976. Investigates Verkko's static and dynamic laws of the relationship between sex and homocide victimization, but findings do not support either of Verkko's laws. Suggests a consequence of converging sex roles may be an increasing tendency to fatal assault. (Author/JAC)

Analyzes the language of advertising and the expressive devices it uses to capture the attention of the consumer and arouse his/her interest. Condemns the artificiality of this language and the social values it reflects, quoting profusely from the works of Herman Glaser and other contemporary authors. (MES)

Outlines a taxonomy of six kinds of educational research and their individual impact on educational change. After discussing factors which limit the impact of such research, the author concludes that the social mechanisms for the diffusion of new ideas, rather than the research itself, determine educational change. (AM)

Compares the different conditions and effects of locally and overseas funded educational research projects within developing countries. The author recommends that overseas funding donors become more sensitive to local expectations, complement local funding sources rather than competing with them, and encourage long-term research with low-level…

Presents a case study of a program to improve functional literacy among adult Indian villagers. In attempting to fit the program to local conditions, organizers encountered problems of curriculum design, enrollment fluctuation, teacher training and effectiveness, role conflicts, and in the placement of education centers. (AM)

Outlines briefly the organization and social role of the university in Europe during the Middle Ages. The author describes the evolution of the institutional structure from exclusively church-linked schools to self-administering educational bodies. (AM)

A formal conceptual framework for responsibility education is presented, and a range of educational implications are derived. The concept of responsibility education stems from the notion that contemporary social conditions and moral issues are related to three concerns: pedagogy, curriculum, and institution. (JN)

Our cultural malaise reflects the inadequacy of a civilization which is directed solely to material improvement in order to satisfy the yearning of the human spirit. The values of the industrial civilization, having affected material advancement, gradually lose the self-evident justification contained therein during past times. (JN)

Provides a survey of the linguistic, social, and educational situation created along the Swiss language frontier by the interaction between French speaking and German dialect speaking groups. Reports research data gathered on senior secondary students on the language frontier. Explains the "territorial principle" governing language use…

Interindividual and intragroup code-switching between the local and urban dialects is related to the degree of interplay among sociocultural factors of status, integrity and self-esteem present in the speech situation. In formal meetings, code-switching is governed by these factors with speakers manipulating the parameters of status while…

A description of the sign language used in a Mexican village shows its parallels with other sign languages, its similarity to the folk gestural system of Mexico and its distinguishing aspects. Examples illustrate its syntax, grammar and lexicon. (PMJ)

Describes drugs used, patterns of use, and what is currently known about sociocultural determinants of drug use among Black youth. Presents data from a longitudinal survey of Harlem youth and identifies limitations of national data available on this subject. Recommends the analysis of drug use patterns by cohort and gender. (Author/GC)

Focuses on school boards as sociocultural systems. Asserts that boards' decision-making processes operate within a cultural context and have, over the centuries of their existence, developed a culture of their own. Proposes that culture dictates a decision-making output that is not as responsive or immediate as would be expected. (Author/MK)

Difficulties faced by older adults are exacerbated by social attitudes that render them unproductive and unneeded citizens. Health education can provide aging education that will make the aged stage of life a positive, useful, healthy, and socially acceptable time for continued personal growth. (JD)

Despite the fact that the subjects and the other groups formed the same ethnic group, subjects expressed a social proximity to their own group and social distance to others in terms of choice of spouses. A reverse trend was revealed in terms of acceptance of others as employees. (Author)