The leadership profile for Gaston County, North Carolina, was developed in this report to assist Extension professionals to more effectively organize and utilize these key individuals in the implementation of Extension programs, to become more aware of whom to contact on specific issues, and to develop specific educational programs. Data were…

The author contrasts the views of two theorists on leadership and communications, Raymond B. Cattell and Kurt Lewin. Cattell takes the authoritarian view that leaders are born, not made, and proposes the application of eugenic measures to develop the leaders that society needs, also stressing the importance of research to help to identify leaders.…

The primary focus of this book is "the put-on" and other manipulative strategies. Manipulative forms of communication as used in contemporary society are examined in relation to advertisements and commercials, salesmen, political figures, authors, artists, educators and students. The book is a study of power--how the powerful and…

This paper describes the setting and history of campus unrest in one California school district which led to the evolution of a new program of interventions. In the period since its introduction, unrest has been settled with a minimum of school disruption and a growing spirit of cooperation and understanding among students, parents, and school…

This study empirically tests the extent to which four experimental units in government influence the acquisition of political knowledge and the development of feelings of political efficacy and cynicism among Anglo, Black, and Mexican-American twelfth graders. Two classes regularly taught at two high schools were compared with two experimental…

THE INVESTIGATOR IDENTIFIED AND ANALYZED FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, USING AN INPUT-OUTPUT SYSTEMS MODEL TO ORGANIZE RELEVANT FACTORS INTO MEANINGFUL PATTERNS. INPUTS WERE PHENOMENA, BOTH PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL, OCCURRING OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF A POLITICAL SYSTEM, AS A…

The back-to-basics movement in part has resulted from public alarm over the increase in functional illiteracy--students' inability to solve everyday problems requiring basic language and mathematics skills. Although not all its adherents are politically and educationally conservative, those who support fundamentalist schools certainly are. These…

Six explanations of political ideological complexity and finds the social, structural, political activity, socialization, and functional explanations to be unsupported by the data. Both education and political information explanations are confirmed, the former being favored. Ideological complexity changes with education and greater political…

Examines three fantasy classics written at the time of the Industrial Revolution to illustrate the effects of drastic social change on fantasy writing; suggests the possible impact of these fantasies on their readers. (GT)

Suggests an approach to the teaching of European history which emphasizes the role of women. Discusses women's social and political roles during the Renaissance, amid 19th century European liberalism, and as reflected in 20th century visual and literary arts. (AV)

Data concerning political attitudes and knowledge were collected for 30,000 adolescents in nine countries. Findings indicate that students in countries with a high degree of international contact were more internationally minded. Sampling procedures are described. Available from: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, P.O. Box 211, Amsterdam, The…

This study focuses on the ways in which various methods of instruction affect elementary school children's political attitudes and knowledge toward the regime level--values (goals and principles), norms, and structure of authority--of the political system. (MJB)

An exploratory reanalysis is presented of survey results from a random sample of the economically active population in Sweden. Teachers in the sample formed a specific category (n=55). Results showed that the social class orientations of teachers concerning economic and political matters were closest to employers and most distant from workers.…

Discusses the possible impact of glosnost on libraries in the USSR and describes existing library conditions. The topics covered include the dependence on specialized card catalogs and bibliographies to retrieve restricted materials, limits on access to information within a hierarchy of users, and attitudes toward glasnost. (two references) (CLB)

Republican Party planks support parental responsibility, community support, and local control for education, a resurgence in the arts and humanities as part of a return to basic skills, creative partnership between government and the private sector in the sciences, and an ambitious space program. (MSE)