Argues that a new edition of the national standards for school library media programs should be based not only on findings of professional researchers, but also on field studies performed by school media specialists currently employed. Areas which need exploration are discussed, and specific topics are suggested as examples. (BK)

Reviews literature on status attainment, with emphasis on the relationship between status and education in the United States. Concludes that the status attainment process in the United States may depart substantially from the rational choice model favored by human capital theory. (DB)

Educational research has been excessively atheoretical and has not produced an accumulating body of systematically observed empirical facts. Much of the best work has been reductionist, partly because it has been rooted in paradigms of the behavioral sciences and partly because of the fragmentation of the community of professional researchers.…

From the assumption that all social reality can be usefully viewed as the processes whereby people act and interact in everyday life, this paper argues that the macroanalysis characterizing most comparative education research must be replaced by systematic observation and analysis of the microcosmic world of everyday school life. (Author/SJL)

Discussed problems and deficiencies in past research on clinical diagnosis, pertaining to sampling problems with regard to clinical subjects studied, adequacy of control groups, base rates, clinical versus statistical significance, lack of cross-validation, and problems due to reliance on inadequate schemes of classification. Future research is…

Presents evidence in support of college newspapers conducting readership studies to be more aware of the needs and preferences of their readers. (RL)

The secondary level, learning disabilities literature offers limited hard data on learning disabled adolescents' reading behaviors and pedagogical programing that meet these students' reading needs. (Author)

An interview with Edwin Emery, journalism professor and co-author of the widely used textbook "The Press and America," in which he discusses his book, historians and historical schools that influenced his work, and areas of journalism and mass communication history that need to be researched and expanded upon today. (GT)

Presents questions researchers need to answer about the effects and the effectiveness of vocational education and discusses why these answers are imperative for the 1980s. (SK)

Examines systems and processes in the field of political science information services including indexes, abstracts, and review columns in journals. Information is presented on depth and breadth of coverage, peculiar and shared indexing characteristics, and subscription costs. (Author/DB)

In this overview, the author discusses the need for art therapy research, problems it entails, and types of research approaches which may be used. Appended is a commentary by Janie Rhyne outlining the design of her own research. This article is part of a theme issue on art therapy. (SJL)

Presents an overview of cultural, historical, sociological, and psychological aspects of suicide, and indicates that a comprehensive definition of this phenomenon does not exist. Further emphasis on gathering detailed case studies of suicides is recommended. Contributions from other fields can provide a better picture of actual causative factors.…

Identifies areas within the social studies in which additional research is needed. Major areas identified are open classroom settings, inquiry and problems strategies, and values education. (DB)

Manpower and organizational problems are seen as the primary obstacles to progress in educational research in Spain. Lack of interest or demand for research results is also suggested as a serious problem. It is proposed that in Spain and in other countries educational research is a luxury maintained primarily for appearances. (MSE)

Traces the shift of paradigms in the political science profession from the 1960s to 1980, examines the classical paradigm, compares it with modern paradigms, and reviews contemporary efforts to articulate a new paradigm which takes the ecological crisis into account. (Author/DB)