Details the aims and efforts of contemporary social science research in the Soviet Union. Includes an extensive list of recent Russian-language social science research monographs and books. (JDH)

Advocates developing Soviet secondary students' understanding of economics, conservation consciousness, and practical skills. Outlines several rural programs that involve students on collective farms and in school activities that promote these skills. Recommends teachers and youth organization leaders accommodate student age differences and…

Recommends developing programs that involve rural secondary students in the organizational planning and work of collective farms in the USSR. Argues this helps students apply knowledge, develop skills, and sharpen their social focus. Advocates including environmental education to develop students' ecological awareness. Notes experimental schools…

Presents Soviet secondary teachers' opinions on their responsibility to promote student sobriety. Data obtained through surveys show teachers rate the importance of their example second only to parental influence. Concludes that women teachers were more earnest and willing to involve parents in antialcohol efforts. Reveals teachers' views on which…

Proposes a model for school psychology services in the Soviet Union. Investigates positive and negative images of teachers and students held by 90 seventh and eighth grade students and 18 teachers. Finds an authoritarian type of complementarity, revealing that teachers' images of students often match their expectations. Recommends fostering more…