By viewing housework as simply a way in which men oppress women, much understanding of how different cultures mediate between the natural and civilized worlds is lost. Simply rejecting housework as a valid task may also move societies further into the world of consumerism and control by large corporations. (IS)

Outlines the conceptual framework of the Political Economy of Adult Education Project. From a materialist perspective, this analysis considers the ways a society is connected to the global means of production and the ways in which adult education provides differing opportunities for various social classes. (SK)

This article presents a competence-oriented experiment on the comprehension of ideas in modern literature. Comprehension is defined as being indicative of competence as opposed to qualification. Participants were 117 students from various educational programs in a Swedish gymnasium course on modern literature and society. Students were exposed to…

Summarizes and assesses some recent observations on youth culture as a factor in social change and points to the need for a systematic analysis of the inter-relations of social change and new generations. (Author/SF)

This study investigated the effects of repression-sensitization communication network change, task change, and situation change on leadership continuity. Twenty-four 5-man groups, homogeneously composed of either repressers or sensitizers, participated in a wheel network, a completely-connected network, and a leaderless group discussion (LGD)…

Arguing that for a range of reasons educators have neglected to address organizational issues in the sustained manner in which we have addressed the behavioral issues, the author advocates that changes should be made in the institutional structure of society rather than in the minorities. (Author/JM)

Discusses the findings of a comparative field study of 15 elementary districts within the urbanized area surrounding the city of Chicago, undertaken to generate information on the structuring of suburban school district government. (Author/JM)

The social restrictions and the degeneration of the ideals, attitudes, and moral values of urban police are examined, reflecting the undesirable aspects of this occupation. (JB)

Author examines the social patterns of the future and makes suggestions for educational and social development. He further states that if aesthetic educators are to have a role in the direction of future art studies, imaginative and systematic thinking must begin. (Author/RK)

The findings in this study indicate that status inheritance and education explain more income discrepancy than has been found in earlier examination (JB)

Reports a survey of three poverty areas in an industrial city of northern Indiana in which data were obtained from black residents regarding: (1) their perceptions of local leadership; and, (2) their activities in voluntary organizations. (JM)

Seeks to explain the use of ideologies concerning the failure or non-failure in American education in terms of the struggle of sponsoring and professional groups to establish or maintain position on the social scene and, correspondingly, to gain control over those clienteles which are relevant to drives for social or professional mobility. (RJ)

An intensive logical and empirical critique of Herrnstein's suggestion that a state of equal social, economic, and educational opportunities in a society would inevitably produce a meritocracy based on hereditary potential for intelligence. (JM)

Charges that the term alienation" has no scientific usefulness or meaning; and that it is useful only to formula-peddling counselors and spokesmen for the status quo when dealing with problem" minority groups. (JM)

Field teaching hopes to accomplish more than its format makes possible," since what is needed is a change in the social structure, not merely in attitudes and values. (Author/SP)