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Bengtsson, Hans – School Research Newsletter, 1988
The development of empathy, sympathy, and consideration for others ranks as an important ingredient of social education in schools. To get across to children with deficient empathy and sympathy, knowledge about their psychological mechanisms is necessary. A project on "Psychological Mechanisms in Children with Deficient Empathy and…
Descriptors: Empathy, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Communication
Severson, Herbert; And Others – OSSC Bulletin, 1981
In 1980, Oregon Research Institute implemented Programs to Advance Teen Health (PATH), a smoking prevention program that helps seventh and ninth graders learn to resist social pressures to smoke. This report describes PATH and discusses the reasons behind its smoking prevention strategy. The report first notes the importance of preventing…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 9, Health Education, Modeling (Psychology)
Download full textWelch, Mary A., Ed. – Economic Issues for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1998
The economics of the decision to go to college or obtain technical training is discussed in this booklet. To stay competitive in the job market requires constant educational updating. The following questions are discussed: (1) how income inequality is measured; (2) how income is distributed in the United States; (3) why income inequality is…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Economics
Ray, M. J., Ed. – 1988
Five studies of aboriginal language use in Australia's Northern Territory include: (1) "Yanyuwa--A Dying Language" (Jean F. Kirton), which outlines the factors contributing to the demise of the use of Yanyuwa since 1963 and the trend toward use of Kriol; (2) "Kriol in the Barkly Tableland" (Phillip L. Graber), presenting…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics
International Planned Parenthood Federation, London (England). – 1979
Bibliographic entries are classified into nine categories: (1) General Reference; (2) International Planned Parenthood Federation; (3) Family Planning; (4) Bio-Medical Research; (5) Social Sciences Related to Family Planning; (6) Education and Training; (7) Information and Communication; (8) International Organizations and Conferences; and (9)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bulletins, Demography, Environmental Education
Goodchild, Lester F., Ed.; Stanton, Charles M., Ed. – History of Higher Education, 1987
Three articles on the history of higher education are presented: (1) "Teaching the History of Universities," by Jurgen Herbst, concerns the need for teaching the history of higher education and suggests the broadening of efforts to introduce the history of higher education to different populations. (2) "On Writing 'To Advance Knowledge'," by Roger…
Descriptors: Colleges, Cultural Influences, Educational History, Higher Education
Silver, Rosalind, Ed.; Thoman, Elizabeth, Ed. – Media & Values: A Quarterly Resource for Media Awareness, 1990
This issue provides a springboard for discussion for using media awareness as a catalyst for environmental change. Articles in this issue include: (1) "No More Business as Usual" (John De Mott); (2) "Covering the World" (Mark Hartsgaard); (3) "Earth's Star Rises in Hollywood" (Rosalind Silver); (4) "Artistic Activism Reaches the Young"; (5) "Where…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environment, Environmental Education, Mass Media
Adams, Sharon – TAP into Learning, 2000
This issue of "Tap into Learning" continues an exploration of ways computers can support student learning. As in previous issues, a constructivist learning theory is used as a framework for discussion. This issue examines the notion that social interaction plays an important part in the construction of knowledge. Articles include: "Communication:…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Constructivism (Learning)
Bishop, Alan J.; And Others – 1993
This book is intended to bring to a wider audience research concerned with the significant influences on the quality of mathematics learning taking place in schools. The four essays are: (1) "Influences From Society" (Alan Bishop); (2) "The Socio-cultural Context of Mathematical Thinking: Research Findings and Educational…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Cultural Context, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Hart, Thomas E.; Lumsden, Linda S. – OSSC Bulletin, 1990
Careful demographic forecasting provides schools with crucial information they require to plan effectively to meet future needs. The overview of general population trends that begins this document includes a detailed description of factors that influence demographic predictions. Changes in ethnic groups in general and Hispanic, Black, and Asian…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Demography, Economic Factors
Jansson, Karin, Ed. – School Research Newsletter, 1982
The Swedish Basic Skills in a Long Term Perspective research project, which is described in this paper, was prompted by the belief that only a long-term perspective could reveal significant changes in schools and society at large. The general purpose of the described project is to endeavor, in historical and societal terms, to elucidate and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Silver, Rosalind, Ed.; Thoman, Elizabeth, Ed. – Media & Values, 1992
This issue of "Media & Values" provides essays and teaching ideas for addressing the influence of television in society. Articles in this issue include: (1) "Wrestling with Television" (Elizabeth Thoman); (2) "Comics and Culture" (Rosalind Silver); (3) "Society's Storyteller" (George Gerbner); (4) "Five Important Ideas to Teach Your Kids about TV"…
Descriptors: Critical Viewing, Elementary Secondary Education, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role
Sherman, Dianne, Ed. – ZPG Reporter, 1993
This double issue of the "ZPG Reporter" focuses on the theme of ZPG's Children's Stress Index", the first national survey of children's well-being based on population- related pressures. Using an extensive list of social, economic, and environmental factors that affect the lives of children, the index ranks 828 cities, counties, and…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Child Health, Child Welfare, Economic Factors
Current Population Reports, 1990
The two papers in this report focus on some of the social, demographic, and economic consequences of the increasing entry of women into the workforce. Arthur Norton and Louisa Miller in "The Family Life Cycle: 1985" show trends in the frequency and timing of marriage, divorce, remarriage, and fertility across several generations of…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Divorce, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedvan de Kaa, Dirk J. – Population Bulletin, 1987
By 1985, fertility rates in Europe were below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman in all but Albania, Ireland, Malta, Poland, and Turkey, following a steady decline from a 1965 postwar peak well above 2.5 in Northern, Western, and Southern Europe and an erratic trend from a lower level in Eastern Europe. Natural decrease (fewer births…
Descriptors: Abortions, Birth Rate, Contraception, Demography
