The purpose of the research is to extract as many common factors as possible which are associated with resistance to change. Two peoples are selected for study, the Navajo Indians and the Trappist monks, both of which are rural and have an extensive history spanning at least several centuries, but which differ radically otherwise. The 2 major…

THESE READINGS ON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TRAINING APPLY ELEMENTS OF LABORATORY TRAINING TO NEEDS AND ROLE DEMANDS OF COMMUNITY CHANGE AGENTS. THE COMMUNITY IS SEEN AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM CHARACTERIZED BY DISTINCT PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR AND INTERACTION, AND SUBJECT TO ACCELERATING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES…

A system of staff and patient-staff meetings was initiated to clarify the psychodynamics of ward interactions and to reduce conflicts. Observations were made on the program's effect on the therapeutic milieu. It was concluded that the program failed because the adolescent patients felt threatened by over-analysis. (SJL)

The parallels between the function, goals, and structure of organized religion and the American school system are examined. (JD)

Considers the nature of the larger corporate society and the school's subordination to it, that before there is educational change, there must be social change, and that schools, by design, will continue to encourage alienation in the larger societal structure while perpetuating the status quo. (Author/RK)

This paper describes the design and findings of field research conducted in a single "desegregated," polyethnic urban high school. (Author/MLF)

Conceptually analyzes the male work role, the female work role, the female family role, and the male family role as components of the work-family role system. Examines the links among these roles and analyzes sex-segregated labor markets for both paid work and family tasks. (JM)

Six historical works which address important educational problems of Mexican Americans are cited in this brief review article. (JP)

Presents empirical evidence for economic inequity for Pilipino Americans, focusing on income and occupation. Explores explanations from two competing theories, one emphasizing individual effort alone (the human capital model), the other focusing more on the social structure (labor market segmentation). (LHW)

Discusses leadership and political structure among the five Iroquois Nations--Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca--in the northeastern United States during the eighteenth century. Uses myth, ritual, historical sources, American ethnology, and British social anthropology to describe and analyze political entities and to classify leaders.…

Powerful elites assume they embody rationality and see themselves as husbanders of a set of common values. Any effort to develop an educationally sound policy on the teaching of value issues must be tied to alterations in the existing distribution of power in our society. Several approaches are evaluated. (MT)

Details findings of an OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) study concerning the social and labor market implications of aging populations. The article includes a demographic profile, impact on social expenditures, and the response of policymakers. (CT)

This article describes the dominant ideology characteristic of modern organization which reproduces patterns of domination and subordination, and then discusses the effects of the dominant ideology relative to the structure and function of schooling. (MT)

Outlines the history, present status, and future prospects of bilingual education in Slovenia, Yugoslovia. The way in which Italians, Hungarians, and Slovenes experience the right to equal education in a socialist society is described. (Author/DB)

Both the school and the family need to work together at rearing committed and wholesome adults. (Author)