This paper presents a discussion of strategic planning within social institutions and provides a planning agenda that focuses on modern trends, forecasts, and projections. First, the background of the strategic planning process is reviewed, and historical changes in the nature of modern technology are delineated, including a transformation in…

The effect of sports participation on character development is discussed. Literature concerned with the differences between the formation of male athletes, female athletes, high-skill-level athletes, low-skill-level athletes, and nonathletes is reviewed, as well as research concerned with the differences in personality between participants in…

The Victorian concept that women would sacrifice their femininity by participating in vigorous sports has to some extent been ameliorated, but vestiges of the bias remain today. This attitude was not based on hostility toward women but on overprotectiveness and concern for imagined dangers for the health of women, whose prime function in society…

The lifelong learning movement is part of an attempt to change the social order, particularly since its ultimate purpose--the creation of a learning society--implies a total restructuring of the relationship between society and education. The concept of lifelong learning is not new--it finds a strong model in ancient Greek society--but its…

A total of 99 students from a Toronto secondary vocational school participated in a study to determine whether students who studied retail merchandising differed significantly in comprehension and reading rate from students who did not study retail merchandising. An experimental group composed of 50 merchandising students and a control group of 49…

In an effort to try to better understand the emerging needs of modern society and to derive more meaningful solutions to address these needs, social planners have begun to depend more and more heavily on the accumulation and analysis of social data, and social data base systems have experienced a tremendous growth in this country during the last…

This report presents the proceedings of a one-day conference held at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom in December, 1977. The conference debated a variety of educational issues, technology, and changes in society. In doing so the participants tried to discuss how best to respond to specific needs of society, and how to deploy limited…

Marxist/Maoist interpretations of sport in China differ significantly from the functional and meritocratic perspectives in the West which emphasize competition and personal reward. The latter school stresses the ability of the upwardly mobile aspirant to prove ability through competition. Individuals with talent are placed in valued positions in…

"Subtractive" bilingualism in Northern Belize is analyzed based on an extension of a model by Wallace Lambert. The impact of English language instruction on Spanish speaking children in Corozal Town, the northernmost urban center in the British colony of Belize, Central America, is described. This description extends an earlier account…

One perspective for literary analysis assumes certain divisions of language, grammar, and "worlds of discourse." The worlds that language can express are the phenomenal, extensional, intensional, and alternate systems. Within these contexts, certain linguistic features universally affect responses to the world created and the language used. One…

The origins of local news in the United States country press between the 1840s and 1870s are discussed and traced in this monograph. Specifically, it deals with why local news reporting in standardized form began when it did, who provided the news, and what the news items revealed about the patterns of life in rural areas and towns in the United…

THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY IN TERMS OF SIX ELEMENTS OR LEVELS--(1) VALUES, NORMS, AND BELIEFS, (2) SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, (3) ORGANIZATIONS, (4) GROUPS, (5) POSITIONS, AND (6) SOCIAL ROLES. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT TO SEE SOCIETY IN ITS TOTALITY IS TO SEE DOWN THESE LEVELS OF SOCIETY AND ACROSS EACH OF THE LEVELS, AND TO LOOK FOR…

PICTURE TAKING WAS UTILIZED TO OBTAIN SOCIOMETRIC DATA AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS IN AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL FACTORS IN HEALTH PROGRAM PLANNING. THE AUTHOR CAPITALIZED ON THE INDIANS' INTEREST IN A PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH AS A STARTING POINT FOR CREATING AN OPEN COMMUNICATION CHANNEL AND A FEELING OF GOOD WILL. NORMALLY WITHHELD INFORMATION…