The author examines the traditional discomfort of conservative teachers and comfort of liberal teachers with the Oliver-Shaver public issues rationale. He predicts that as students move more to the political left, conservative and liberal teachers will enjoy a closer alliance in their attitudes toward the above rationale. (JB)

Principal issues are: evaluation of laws; effecting changes in law; meaning of order, relationship of law and order. Primary tasks for elementary schools are: fostering understanding about language for clear, consistent, and cogent discourse; communicating accurate, comprehensive information about the issues; and, providing participative…

Describes a classification system based on interpersonal and economic resources which provides insight into the social problems of modern culture. Concreteness versus symbolism and particularism versus universalism are the coordinate pairs into which six categories of resources--love, services, goals, money, information, and status--are plotted.…

Study results indicate health attitudes of students can be changed, and that the shift may be toward a public health orientation. A modern teaching approach with appreciation for student opinion may be more beneficial to health understanding than is traditional rote learning. (Author)

Deals with the influence of the mass media, erotic literature, drug addiction, and social unrest on the frustrations of French youth. (DS)

Part II will appear in volume 7, number 2 (October 1970) of Media & Methods." (RD)

After briefly reviewing the conception of the term social studies", the author turns to a discussion of present and future curriculum in terms of the increasing use of social studies projects and the position, expectations, and relevance of history. (JB)

Examines the implications of poverty research for the goal orientation of American society, and for social science and social scientists. (JM)

As part of an elective program in intracultural medicine, students participated in actual clinical experience in hospital and field services on the Navaho Indian Reservation. (IR)

As the relationship between student and academia changes, the need grows for more active participation by the student not only in the educational process but also in the world beyond the classroom. The wish to make education relevant" to the social scene is equal to the need to put education to use in the social context. (CJ)

Reports a 15-day study of contemporary urban problems. (RD)

Reviews research dealing with the causes of adolescent runaway behavior and the negative physical and psychological consequences of being away from home prematurely. Gender differences are also noted. Concludes that running away must be viewed as both an adolescent and a family problem. (Author/JAC)