Explores views of children in English schools who have received corporal punishment from teachers. Findings indicated that most children accepted firm and non-excessive punishment as an integral part of their relationship with adults. (Author/DB)

Describes the Parent As A Teacher Inventory (PAAT), a composite attitude scale in which parents describe: (1) their feelings about various aspects of the parent-child interactive system, (2) their standards for assessing the importance of various aspects of child behavior and (3) their values concerning child behavior. (SB)

First grade teacher interests in four subject areas as measured by the Strong Vocational Interest Blank were compared to their students' interests in those areas as measured by the Survey of School Attitudes. A relationship was found only in the natural science subject area. (JKS)

Describes what happened when presidents of various state universities in Florida tried to act as publishers of campus newspapers. (LJR)

Examines interpretations of a definition of the social studies propounded by Wesley in 1910. In an interview with Wesley in 1974, the authors discussed what is useful knowledge, what utility knowledge can have in a democracy, and what knowledge teachers should transmit. Finds that Wesley's definition has been oversimplified, especially in terms of…

Traces the development of medical sociology, which deals with sociological perspectives in relation to health care, from trends in Europe and the United States beginning in the early 20th century through the present. Available from: Unipub, Box 433, Murray Hill Station, New York, New York 10016. (AV)

Discipline in the urban middle school is a rehabilitative process requiring accurate adult perception of the kinds of behavior problems which interfere with student achievement. (Author)

Characterizes the crisis in history instruction as resulting from low student interest and high unemployment among historians. Suggests actions by historians which might mitigate this crisis, including expanding course offerings to include subjects of global interest, offering innovative courses, stressing basic patterns of human experience, and…

A study to identify characteristics of a policy analyst essential to his performance analyzed curriculum and academic disciplines represented in schools of social policy. All programs require workshops or internships and economics and statistics. Seventy-five percent require political science and 75 percent quantitiative methods. (The Rand Corp.,…

Normal infants were administered the Bayley Scales of Infant Development at 6 months and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale at 3 years. At 6 months the quality of stimulation found in the early environment was measured. Results indicate that home environment may contribute to instability of performance on infant tests. (GO)

Changing social context and changing curriculum have brought the parochial and the public schools closer together. (MM)

"The real crisis in our schools is in attitudes, social relationships, and our concern for each other. Considers the use of discipline in schools and an "interpretation of the fair administration of discipline". (Editor/RK)

Studied discipline, social competence, sophistication, and religiosity in relation to eating, drinking, and smoking behaviors in young women. Supported discipline's general relevance to a broad range of behaviors. Social competence, sophistication, and religiosity moderated discipline's form of expression. The personality variables had stronger…

An elementary school teacher from Worcester, Massachusetts, was reprimanded and received a two-day suspension and a series of involuntary transfers after being reluctant to turn a case study (done for a college class) of a disturbed student in to her principal. Rights of privacy of public employees are discussed and Supreme Court decision in…

Academic discipline cases at Auburn and Arizona State have focused attention on special treatment for athletes. In both cases, stiff penalities imposed on athletes by faculty or student-faculty committees were radically cut back by top administrators. (MLW)