Suggests a taxonomy of the grass roots movement and gives a general descriptive over view of the 60 groups studied with respect to origin, constituency, size, funding, issues, and ideology. (Author/AM)

This paper examines what it calls the "theoretically methodological starting points" of educational reform within the larger context of social change. It states that educational reforms can appear as a result of radical social changes, that educational reforms are the operationalization and institutionalization of social transformation.…

If counselors are going to perform functions different from dyadic therapeutic counseling, institutions preparing counselors must change the context and processes of their programs. The author describes the procedures he has used to equip counselors to utilize the basic principles of change with an organization as a target. (Author)

A model is presented for investigating the integration of student and faculty life cycles. It is addressed primarily to the different developmental needs of a healthy nature that inhere in both faculty and students as they engage in various stages of their respective life work. (Author)

Article describes the use of accountability schemes and their effect on the educational system. (RK)

Outlined are measures for improving the instructional methods and materials used in the training of leaders within the Communist Party. (JB)

Author outlines ideas prevalent in China on child-rearing. (DS)

Author examines the social patterns of the future and makes suggestions for educational and social development. He further states that if aesthetic educators are to have a role in the direction of future art studies, imaginative and systematic thinking must begin. (Author/RK)

The selections of Chinese writing included in this feature are an attempt to help listen to the collective voice of China, to provide teachers with materials which will help students place themselves within the Chinese culture. The article is divided into sections entitled Poetry, Peking Opera, Picture Story Books, Crosstalk, Kuaiban (Chinese…

Futurism and World Order Models can be studied through simulation techniques which involve an inquiry into the ways and means of achieving basic values. The authors list ten simulation games suitable for this study and suggest debriefing questions. (VW)

The Great Awakening (a period of intense religious revivalism between 1730 and 1745) is analyzed as a mechanism of social change." (Author/SE)

This essay explores a kind of adaptation, referred to as defenseive structuring, that recurs with great regularity among groups that perceive themselves as exposed to environmental stress of long duration with which they cannot cope directly and aggressively." (Author)