Discusses the themes of love, sex, and marriage, as evidenced in French folk songs. (AM)

Surveys the work and theoretical orientation of Charles Judd, an educator who maintained that social psychology is the basis for educational psychology. (GO)

Describes six pressures and trends shaping society today: transformation of knowledge; the communications revolution; economic turbulence; shifts in power structures; new concept of work, education, and leisure; and the search for meaning. The effects of these pressures on social transition are discussed and implications drawn for learning and…

Attempts to show if there is any interaction between adolescents' alcohol use and sexuality/contraception and if alcohol use effects the onset age of sexual activity or choice of contraception. Presents a descriptive study of young women as they used or did not use alcohol and engaged in sexual activity for the first time. (ABB)

Investigates the relationship between length of education, field of study and five measures of sociopolitical attitudes: political-economic conservatism, racism, religiosity, social inequality, and punitiveness on a sample of 384 Swedish high school students. (JDH)

Describes a 30- to 40-minute group exercise which helps students to understand family economic problems, and to be more realistic about their lives once they graduate. (JDH)

This introduction to a special report on telecommunications presents several compelling reasons why telecommunications is one of the most practical and beneficial applications of personal computer technology and briefly summarizes the other articles in this section. (MBR)

The author argues that because sexism is social in nature, those institutions that serve as the primary transmitters of the sociality should work to eradicate the disease altogether by striving for gender freedom. Ways in which aspects of sexism interact and reinforce each other are discussed. (MT)

Volunteers can help extend and expand all types of programs. Issues and trends of volunteerism in the society and its agencies and organizations are explored. (DF)

This report seeks to assist employees of the military services to increase their awareness of and knowledge about Hispanics beyond what they see in popular culture. The report includes an overview and update about Hispanic demographics in the United States. It also discusses a few cultural issues and provides information intended to help…

This study seeks to investigate the interrelationships between three areas of science education: (1) the nature of science (NOS); (2) socioscientific issues; and (3) critical thinking. More specifically, the research addresses three questions: (1) How do high school biology students conceptualize the meaning and interpretation of data, cultural…

Zeigler's device on "how do you rate recreationally" was administered to 386 nationals from four countries representing four levels of societal sophistication. The differences among and within the strata of nations which were found to exist in recreational inclination and in the forms of recreation are discussed in this article. (Author/KP)

A discussion of Intelsat, the first operational system of global interconnections relying solely on communication satellites. (Author/HB)