Presents a review of social trends having significance for women's gender roles, identifies potential implications of these trends for home economists, and makes observations about these implications for the personal lives of women who are home economists. (JOW)

This article describes French life in the French town of Cahors, and stresses the fact that while French life is definitely changing, it is important to search out the traditional aspects of French thinking and customs in order to understand the limits and meaning of the current modernization. (CLK)

The "Research & Action Report," published twice a year, is a window on the activities and initiatives at the Wellesley Centers for Women. The report typically features news about the Centers, interviews with researchers, commentary on recent events or social trends affecting women and girls, announcements of new publications, and much more.…

Sociological and philosophical ramifications of the increasingly popular concept of short-term and long-term retreats from the city are examined in this study. (RL)

Describes the Centro Intercultural de Documentacion (CIDOC) in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The center is dedicated to the search for new alternatives for positive social change, and was started by Ivan D. Illich. (GB)

Article, condensed from the NEA Research Bulletin, describes the magnitude of the world literacy problem. (MB)

From an anthropological viewpoint, the author examines the relationship of modern-day youth with his "multidimensional world, whose components are science, creation, knowledge, language, society, power and man. (LC)

The author concludes that while at present many feminists are trying to create a female culture, they would be better advised to aim for power bases instead. (Author)

The authors discuss a series of studies in which the main concern is with how, or if, teachers have particular attitudes about the language of school children. (Author/MS)

French intellectual thought changed during the Napoleonic Era. The effects of the Enlightenment philosophers, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and Romanticism on the development of Napoleon's philosophical outlook are used to illustrate the changes occurring in France as a whole in the early nineteenth century. (AM)

Present psychological terminology facilitates biologically determinist models of sex differences, making it less likely that environmental sources of such differences will be explored. The term "gender," rather than "sex," should be used for those characteristics socioculturally considered appropriate to males and females.…

Analyzes sociocultural transnational linkages among Colombian, Dominican, and Salvadoran immigrants in the United States, emphasizing the importance of comparative analysis. Survey data indicate that participation in any particular transnational activity is low, but participation over all the different forms of transnational practices is…

Argues for a more holistic approach of studying ICT (information and communication technology) in schools by adopting a sociocultural perspective. Proposes a theoretical framework based on activity theory and describes the development of a research agenda for the study of ICT in Singapore schools. (Author/LRW)