It is concluded that students have five knowledge distortions, each of which is discussed. Learning is viewed as a process of unlerarning and relearning. (SD)

Higher education, in this economic recession, faces the culling out of inadequately qualified professors and accompanying student dissent in determination of faculty competence. (IR)

Considers literature from the capitalistic and communistic points of view and discusses the respective literary critics of the two ideologies. (DS)

Rating of 90 selected occupations place governmental positions near top, indicating respect for authority and power. Notes high congruence with ratings by American students in similar studies. Suggests questions for further study. (CJ)

The data for the paper were collected in the spring of 1967. The data were analyzed in the summer and fall of 1967.

Applies a model of change to an analysis of recent developments in family policy. The model includes such concepts as cultural values, ideology, purposive group action, and structural relations. Clarifies some of the contradictions and confusions of recent political and organizational developments concerning families. (Author/RC)

The study of the nuclear weapons culture and of disarmament must be made central to the curriculum in the humanities, the sciences, and other subject areas. After discussing the contradictions of the nuclear age, the author suggests using consciousness-raising techniques, readings, films, and student research projects as means of reaching…

Using Inglehart's construct of materialism/postmaterialism, between 1975 and 1978 data were collected from Ball State (Indiana) University students regarding their value priorities. The majority of students were found to have mixed values, but the trend was toward materialism. (GC)

A rejoinder to Stafford's article which states that Marxist teachers should not be tolerated (v15 n2 p161-66 1981). The author argues that in rejecting the Marxist critique of education which holds that capitalist schools indoctrinate students to reproduce the system, Stafford avoids confronting the reality of capitalist exploitation. (AM)

Describes political consciousness in collectivities. Symbolist thought, focused on the idea of "myth," is linked with material thought, focused on the concept of "ideology." Suggests that a description of political consciousness can be constructed from the structures of meaning exhibited by a society's vocabulary of…

A content analysis of television programs presented during times likely to have high proportions of children in the audience indicated that entertainment programs contain messages about the political system which are often negative or inaccurate. (Author/MER)

Presents the text of an interview with Chicano leader Jose Angel Gutierrez in which he discusses his background, rhetorical style, and political beliefs. Compares himself with other Chicano and Black leaders. (JMF)

The English were described in significantly less favorable terms than the Irish. The strife in Northern Ireland was reflected in stereotypes about subnational Irish groups. While Catholics and Protestants were seen as different from each other, these differences were overshadowed by distinctions between Northern and Southern groups. (Author/BEF)