The field of family therapy has entered a period characterized by a considerable absence of conversation. Proposes that there be an annual working conference, founded on conversation and dialogue, which would examine the core issues of the field, and that the papers and discussions at each conference be published as an annual monograph.…

An analysis of the incidence of mandatory retirement and its economic rationale suggests that the question is becoming a nonissue, given the introduction of pension rules allowing more flexible early retirement and the resulting small, declining numbers of workers now affected by age ceilings. (Author/AG)

Although Congress did not implement an 1849 plan similar to President Nixon's recent proposal for rewards to stimulate innovations in areas of public concern, all of the inventions thought necessary at that time have now been made. (AL)

The author suggests that we should try to divert a little of our time and energy away from maintaining the vast educational apparatus that we have created, towards the task of obtaining vantage points from which the longer term choices that face us can be identified, and the significance of present day decisions in relation to these choices…

Discusses research questions surrounding the central issues of nutrition education. Emphasizes that nutrition educators and researchers need to be aware of developments in related health and must be willing to utilize theoretical models derived from the social sciences. (Canadian Home Economics Association, 151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Canada K1P…

Professionals in nine education specialty areas ranked educational journals by perceived degree of importance. The data were used to analyze degrees of similarity among the areas. Results suggested that education specialty areas are nonoverlapping and noninterdependent and that the field of education is more a mosaic of specialties than a unified…

A review of the 1982 Symposium on Research and Utilization of Educational Media for Teaching the Deaf titled "Microcomputers in Education of the Hearing Impaired" is presented. The author recommends that research be coordinated with curriculum efforts. (Author)

Implementation of high-quality early childhood education programs in African-American communities is seen as one response to promoting and perpetuating biculturalism in African Americans. Characteristics of this cultural transition system are described and issues that need to be addressed by the educational research and development community are…

Stipulates the need for a more adequate theoretical framework for sociological research on patterns of marital mobility of women. Identifies major characteristics of an ideal framework and applies the resulting theoretical approach to the marital relationship by discussing traditional and alternative hypotheses about stratification mechanisms…

Offers five reasons for the uncertainty in the state of the art of English instruction. Asserts the need for a theory of English instruction and offers James Moffett's theory on the universe of discourse as the one to use. (RL)

Reviews the methodologies of self-concept research of the past thirty-five years and highlights some of the major problems which have resulted in either false or overgeneralized conclusions. (Author)

This review of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in autism addresses three questions: (1) what structural anomalies of the brain have been identified by MRI? (2) why are these collective findings inconclusive? and (3) where should neuroimaging research go from here? It is noted that the vast majority of MRI scans in autism are clinically…

Comments on the papers of this theme issue, which are concerned with the impact of verbal and nonverbal representations in acquiring expertise in complex domains. Outlines lessons from first generation work in this field and issues for second generation research. (SLD)