Examines Bowles and Gintis' 1976 book SCHOOLING IN CAPITALIST AMERICA, discussing how far research has come since the early positions that formed its conceptual basis. Describes class structure, class formation, and the "parallelist position," which argues that class relations do not automatically assume primacy over those of gender and race. (GEA)

Describes an international dialogue project based at the University of Lund, Sweden. The project amassed over 100 video-taped interviews with academics in geography and related fields. The tapes have potential for teachers wishing to explore the oral history of geography, the role of language and social structures in shaping research, and cultural…

Assuming that the patterns of interaction between youth and popular music can only be understood as part of the social system and cultural context, the essay discusses the creative focus, organizations of production and distribution, and various consumer groups that comprise the social milieu of popular music in Israel. (JD)

When the problems to be solved are structural problems of society, it is argued, blaming teachers is simply shifting the focus. Also discussed are potential effects of the Holmes Group proposals on who enrolls in teacher education, who is hired by school systems, and what is the science of education. (MT)

A critical pedagogy provides a framework which allows teachers and students to think critically about the realities of their world. If educators take seriously the notion of critical literacy, they must challenge the assumptions of the dominant educational rationality which serves the status quo. (GC)

To estimate perceived prestige and status attributed to rehabilitation counselors in medical settings 104 physical therapists and occupational therapists compared the social standing of rehabilitation counselors with that of other allied health professionals. Rehabilitation counselors ranked below several other occupational groups, including…

As a result of the "Great Migration" to Buffalo, the black population tripled from 1900 to 1930. Schooling became a sophisticated system of social controls to channel the attitudes and actions of the underclass of black youth. The system is described and its fundamental flaws examined. (MT)

This article describes the role of the Swedish Educational System (SES). It focuses on the interplay between the political decisions building the SES from the 1930s to 1970s and the socioeconomic development, especially the changes in the labor market. (CT)

Discusses the differences in power among people of all societies, which are reflected by pronoun usage (or other grammatical indications) or, in the case of English, by some other linguistic means. Since English can no longer distinguish solidarity and power by means of pronouns, it relies on the use of first names and titles to accomplish the…

Presenting implications for a practical strategy in community development, this article deals with the exchange: within local Volunteer Fire Departments (VFD); between a VFD and its local public; between and among VFD's which compose the fire service; and between the fire service as an organized collectivity and the regional public. (JC)

A reorganization and reanalysis of data gathered by Ronald Charles Frederico--who interviewed 146 dancers belonging to 12 ballet companies in the U.S.--to investigate the structural features of ballet as a profession. Four possibilities exist for a more general interpretative scheme for understanding ballet: social structural, phenomenological,…

Documenting the development and struggles of the Jena Band of American Indian Choctaws in Louisiana, this article describes the remarkable autonomy of these people in the face of governmental/racial discrimination. (JC)

A five-part analysis describes interracial interaction disability, two attempts to modify racial imbalance, how research was translated from the laboratory to a field setting, a report on an experimental school, and a summary of the modifications of expectation and the redesign of schools to support equal status behavior. (Author/KM)

The movements for free and equal schooling of the 60's have helped to expose the contradiction both of liberal educational reform and of the larger corporate capitalist society, thus making a substantial contribution to their objective. (Author/KM)

Article to be continued. (DD)