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Download full textSIBLEY, WILLIS E. – 1967
THIS DOCUMENT IS AN INTERIM REPORT OF A 1967 SEMINAR HELD AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY. THE GOAL OF THE SEMINAR WAS TO PREPARE A SUBSTANTIVE PROPOSAL FOR FIELD RESEARCH CONCERNED WITH THE CULTURE AND STRUCTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS IT IS NOW DEVELOPING IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. (HM)
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Leadership, Research Projects
Hillman, Susan; Smith, Jerry – 1980
Research indicates that leadership among children is a function of the group and that situations can be manipulated to encourage leadership. Teachers can intervene to influence the development of positive forms of leadership in all children. Three areas for teacher involvement are apparent. Teachers can (1) become more sensitive to their own…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Experience, Leaders
Davis, James A.; Leinhardt, Samuel – 1967
The authors sought to test Homans' proposition that small groups inevitably generate a social structure which combines subgroups (cliques) and a ranking system. We present a graph theoretical model of such a structure and prove that a necessary and sufficient condition for its existence is the absence of seven particular triad types. Expected…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Structure
Peer reviewedBoorman, Scott A.; White, Harrison C. – American Journal of Sociology, 1976
General role structure theory is explained in algebraic models. (DE)
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Role Models, Role Theory, Social Science Research
Peer reviewedFoley, John W. – Social Forces, 1977
Presents a path analytic model that both measures local health system differentiation and explains differences between communities in a causal manner. The policy relevance of this model is discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Models, Path Analysis, Policy Formation
Peer reviewedFine-Davis, Margret – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1983
Surveyed 420 Dublin adults to examine attitudes toward the role and status of women in Ireland. Results indicated that males, older people, and those of lower SES background held more traditional attitudes and were less likely to favor social policies associated with greater equality. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adults, Females, Foreign Countries, Sex Role
Peer reviewedPickard, Phyllis M. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1975
Explains thesis that a knowledge of the way of life of neolithic nucleate settlements might serve as a yardstick against which to measure innovations in educational work. (JH)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Theories, Family Structure, History
Peer reviewedBronfenbrenner, Urie – National Elementary Principal, 1976
Reviews the last two issues of "Principal" and offers the author's optimistic view of the future of the family. (IRT)
Descriptors: Child Care, Family (Sociological Unit), Human Development, Social Services
Lee, Valerie E. – 1999
Benefits accrue to individuals from their social relationships, and these benefits may serve as resources. A study focused on the structure and implications of voluntary association, both between and within U.S. secondary schools. It studied both the qualities of social relationships in high schools and the schools' organizational characteristics.…
Descriptors: High Schools, Social Capital, Social Environment, Social Networks
Mathias, T. A. – New Frontiers in Education, 1974
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, International Education, Social Change
Shukla, S. – New Frontiers in Education, 1973
Discusses the functions of the college, the environment in which it functions and the roles of the various principal elements of the system of higher education in India. (Author)
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Administration, Higher Education, International Education
Peer reviewedKennett, John – Educational Review, 1973
Pierre Bourdieu's work is part of a new concern to question traditional conceptions of sociology and its practice. Article evaluates his contributions and presents some critical viewpoints. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Art, Culture, Educational Development, Evaluative Thinking
Peer reviewedTomeh, Aida K. – Sociology and Social Research, 1971
Compares patterns of moral behavior of Middle Eastern and American college students. (NQ)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Moral Values
Peer reviewedAllen, Martin G. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1972
The study examined cross-culturally the relationship of aggression and crime to variables of childhood experience, adult behavior, and social structure. (DM)
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Childhood Attitudes, Crime
Lightfoot, Alfred – Changing Education, 1972
The potency of social class in determining educational inequities is examined. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Equal Education, Social Class, Social Differences
