Studied differences in attitudinal patterns of race consciousness and class consciousness among lower-class and middle-class blacks in a large southern city. Interview results for 205 adults show similarities in race consciousness but differences in class consciousness. Lower-class blacks express more class consciousness than middle-class blacks.…

Examined the connections between the new governance in education and new procedures of social exclusion and inclusion in Finland using data from many sources and focusing on the emergence of a new discursive formation. Outlines a new system of reason as a historical shift of responsibilities in the national education system. (SLD)

College students participated in two studies assessing differences in their way of addressing male and female professors and the implications of terms selected. The probability of being addressed by title versus name was significantly greater for men than women. Professors were perceived to hold higher status when addressed by title, regardless of…

A study involving 90 learning-disabled (LD) children, ages 9-12, and 94 nonhandicapped children found that LD children were less likely to be popular and more likely to be rejected and neglected. Achievement and Intelligence Quotient were not meaningful predictors of peer status in LD children. (Author/JDD)

When coached in leading peers, asking questions of peers, making comments to peers, and supporting peers, trained children showed significant increase in their use of comments and leads and improved in questions and supports, whereas controls showed little change. Increases in skill use in the classroom with peers was correlated with improvements…

A factional survey analysis of 198 older adults found that the old and the young are apparently accorded less status or prestige than persons in midlife. Gender differences were smaller and status ratings less extreme than those made by earlier samples of university students. Status ratings were unaffected by respondents' age, sex, marital status,…

Examined 67 preschool children's concepts of authority with regard to 3 factors: adult-peer status, social position, and type of command. Found that preschoolers have understandings of the social context in which authority relations are embedded, conceptualizing authorities not solely with respect to their adult status, but to their role within…

Staff working with adult literacy clients take a six-step exploration of power: (1) defining power as degree of choice available; (2) identifying factors enabling choice; (3) examining schools' role in reproducing social relations; (4) comparing social status; (5) depicting participants' place on the power differential continuum; and (6)…

The perceived ethnolinguistic vitality of Vietnamese Australians and Anglo Australians in Brisbane is reported, as well as differences based on sex, level of education, and, for Anglo Australians, residence in areas with either high or low concentrations of Vietnamese Australians. Anglo Australians were perceived as much higher in vitality.…

Finds that (1) U.S. listeners assigned more favorable assessment to U.S. than non-U.S.-accented speakers but that information recall was not affected; and (2) status affected recall, with subjects recalling more information from messages delivered by professors than by students. (SR)

The key question identified is not whether literacy theories, practices, and research recognize variable and contextual aspects of literacy, but whether they consider how this diversity positions learners, teachers, and researchers with respect to existing inequities and relations of domination and subordination. (55 references) (LB)

Used data from over 2,000 respondents in National Survey of Families and Households to examine sociodemographic differentials in stated willingness of individuals to marry persons with various social, economic, and demographic characteristics. Men placed higher value on physical attractiveness and youth; women placed value on earnings and…

Illiterate people are stigmatized by myths such as failed lives, poor self-concept, and the equation of poverty with illiteracy. Illiterate people respond to stigma by "passing" and "covering"; the stigma of association affects adult literacy education. (SK)

Although status is important in student's choice of college, students do not always choose most prestigious school they can attend. Student concerns for both local and global status shape college choices. Students with similar abilities but different preferences choose different institutions. Implications for college choice, retention, academic…

Descriptions of criminal events were rated by 611 college students randomly assigned to 1 of 4 conditions in which race and gender of offenders and victims were varied. Race and gender did not affect perception of the seriousness of criminal events. Although students perceived sex differences in the criminal justice system, this did not affect…