A 4-man field team from the University of Colorado, under the auspices of the National Study of American Indian Education, spent 6 weeks in the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, in the fall of 1968. The team studied the public school system of Browning, Montana, the major town on the reservation and reported on educational facilities,…

The cardinal aim of this paper is to demonstrate interrelationships between patterns of social behavior and patterns of terminology. The author postulates that the terminology significantly symbolizes behavioral patterns and proceeds to examine the relationship of Russian kinship terminology and social structure in the context of a pre-industrial…

As the first of 2 volumes of a survey of contemporary (1966) economic, political, and educational needs of Indians of Canada, this study viewed the difficulties Indians have faced economically and politically. The study took over 2 years to complete, and over 40 scholars participated using interviews, firsthand observations, and questionnaires to…

The purpose of this survey was to investigate the nature and extent of the problem of second language learning as a factor in national development in countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. This document is based on the findings of the survey but includes some information not covered in the survey and represents essentially the reaction of…

From March 1966 to September 1967, participation observation field work in the black community of South Central Los Angeles was done to investigate certain ideological and organizational developments after the riot of August 1965. The study focused on "Operation Bootstrap," a small self-help job training organization, which was a relatively direct…

This volume contains nine papers presented at a discussion session on language planning at the 1972 Georgetown University Round Table. Papers by Bjorn H. Jernudd and Joan Rubin emphsize language planning as only one kind of treatment for language problems. Aaron Bar-Adon and T. P. Gorman discuss language treatment activities, indicating that local…

The study was designed to investigate the Mexican American value system in an urban environment. The target population consisted of Mexican Americans and Anglo Americans in census tract 3, a section of what is known as the Arnett-Benson neighborhood in Lubbock, Texas. The problem was stated in the form of 2 questions: (1) to what extent are…

This report examines the origins and implications of social reporting and accounting and defines the problems related to finding measurable indicators of social change. The development of scholarly and governmental interest in these concepts and the interest in the conceptual differences among approaches on how to manage society are discussed. In…

The amount of violent behavior in a society is determined by a number of social indicators which influence members of that society to condemn or justify violence. To develop a technology for the implementation of appropriate social action, therefore, one must have a thorough understanding of the nature of such social indicators. In order to…

A conception of schooling and its associated conception of educational policy, designed to join rural schools with their communities in a powerful force for rural development, are described in this paper. Information is presented in the form of answers to pertinent questions and covers the following areas: the revitalization of rural communities;…

This report consists of four parts. The first part is a non-technical summary of the basic problem and an attempted solution. The second part is a technical review of the literature and a description of the basic algorithm used in the solution. The third part describes the use of the Sociogram System. The fourth part describes the use of CHAIN, a…

Presents activities which focus on the images, expectations, and stereotypes about men and women and their proper roles. (Author/DB)

Investigates China's post revolutionary efforts to promote sexual equality through presentation of case studies and questions about women from three different levels of Chinese society. (DB)

Discusses American society's shift from cultural assimilation, or the "melting pot," to cultural pluralism, or ethnic identity. Notes dangers inherent in an overemphasis on pluralism and presents recommendations for social studies teachers to achieve a balance between the common core values of our society and those of cultural pluralism. (KC)

The parallels between the function, goals, and structure of organized religion and the American school system are examined. (JD)