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Scully, Patrick; Leighninger, Matt – 1997
This guide is designed to involve people in study circles in discussing and taking action on community changes caused by immigration. A foreword introduces immigration and race relations, education, language differences, and job opportunities and defines study circles. Session 1 gives individuals the opportunity to share their personal…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community Change
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Mare, Robert D. – Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1981
Utilizing "Social Indicators" (1979), discusses growth and distribution of schooling in the U.S., trends in student test performance, and major organizational changes in elementary/secondary education. Comments on quality of available data and suggests improvements for future reporting of educational indicators. (Reprint of article is available…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ginsburg, Herbert P.; Russell, Robert L. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1981
Two studies investigated how social class and race are associated with mathematical thinking. The first study compared poor Black preschoolers with a group of both Black and White middle-class children; the second study compared Black and White children of lower- and middle-class status. Children were drawn from both preschool and kindergarten…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Blacks, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
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Crosbie, Paul V. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 1979
Sex, body size, several sociocultural variables, and status rank were measured in mixed-sex small groups. The intervening sociocultural variables explained some but not all of the interrelationships. Results underscore the empirical vulnerability of social-psychological explanations of sex-role behavior and signal the need for further research.…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Body Height, Body Weight, Critical Path Method
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Fischbein, Siv – Intelligence, 1980
Swedish longitudinal studies of twins support Scarr-Salapatek's explanation of nature-nurture influences on intelligence. This model predicts more genetic variance in test results for advantaged than disadvantaged groups. Jensen's work, however, suggests equal amounts of variance among different social classes. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Environmental Influences
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Hertz-Lazarowitz, Rachel – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1979
Israeli children responded to a questionnaire assessing self-esteem, locus-of-control, and classroom social climate. Data were compared according to school grades, socioeconomic status, and sex. Affective personality variables and children's perception of the school social environment followed divergent patterns of development according to social…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Class Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style
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Guri-Rosenblit, Sarah – European Journal of Education, 1996
Discusses trends in Israeli higher education over the last 15 years, focusing on the interrelations between secondary and higher education, access to universities, the rapid growth of the Open University of Israel, the upgrading of non-university postsecondary education, the under-representation of Sephardic Jewish and non-Jewish students, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Educational Policy
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Bigler, Rebecca S.; Averhart, Cara J.; Liben, Lynn S. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Examined whether African American first- through sixth-graders' perceptions of occupational status and their own vocational interests were affected by racial segregation of the workforce. Found that for familiar jobs, children's judgments related to their knowledge of racial segregation in these jobs. Novel occupations depicted with African…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Youth, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests
Vanderstraeten, Raf – Compare, 2002
Discusses research on Catholic pillarization. Argues that some European countries are internally divided into blocks of different religions and political persuasions. Outlines the success of the pillars in the areas of education and healthcare. Stresses that other social sectors which function impersonally are not influenced by the pillars. (CAJ)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences
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Cook, Thomas D.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Interviewed boys in grades two through eight about their occupational aspirations. Found that aspirations of inner-city boys mirrored race and class differences in adult job holdings; the gap between aspirations and expectations was greater for inner-city boys than other boys; and lower occupational aspirations of inner-city boys were related to…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Villegas, Ana Maria – Urban Review, 1988
Reviews the literature on home-school disjunctures in language use. Argues that social inequalities are the true source of the academic failure of minority students and that attention must be given to the political link between school and society. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Culture Conflict, Educational Sociology, Educationally Disadvantaged
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Brodkey, Linda – College English, 1989
Discusses how discourses construct teaching, by examining "the Literacy Letters," a correspondence between pairs of middle-class teachers and working-class women enrolled in an adult basic education course. Challenges the ideology that class, race, and gender differences, while present in American society, are absent from American…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Adult Basic Education, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research
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Partington, Geoffrey – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Maintains that E. D. Hirsch's book, "Cultural Literacy," is based on an anthropological rather than a normative view of societies and, therefore, does not claim that one society is more cultured than another. Concludes that historical understanding or other forms of cultural literacy requires wider criteria of significance than Hirsch…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Traits, Democratic Values
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Nagle, Jane P. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Interviews 20 vocational high school students about school and family histories, present school experiences, and reflections about their literacy histories. Discusses three themes that emerged: connections and disconnections between home and school literacy practices (and resulting frustrations and failures); difficulties meeting standards set by…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, High School Students, Interviews, Literacy
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Leslie, Leigh A. – Family Relations, 1995
Reviews similarities in criticism of the treatment of women, minorities, and homosexuals by marital and family therapists. Examines the impact these critiques have had on the field and explores areas in which work is still needed. Contains 132 references. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Criticism, Ethnicity, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Characteristics
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