The label "new realism" applied to some adolescent novels conceals the conventional values that are being affirmed in these books. (IRT)

Investigates the relationship between length of education, field of study and five measures of sociopolitical attitudes: political-economic conservatism, racism, religiosity, social inequality, and punitiveness on a sample of 384 Swedish high school students. (JDH)

Value orientation and different aspects of self-esteem were assessed with male delinquents, marginal delinquents, and nondelinquents. No value orientation or overall self-esteem differences were found, supporting Kaplan's theory that delinquents use psychological defenses to enhance self-esteem and retain endorsement of social values. (Author/BW)

Suggests six reasons for using or teaching literature in the English classroom. (RB)

Traces the growth of biological thought as seen in children's books about the wolf from the early and late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discusses social values and books on wolves. (PRA)

This study tested the legitimacy of the contentions articulated in the controversy over banning the film "The Lottery." (DD)

Describes Albert Camus's writings regarding semantic abuses in public rhetoric. (DD)

Educational reform is a critical national mandate, but no one talks about reform of physical education. A review of federally funded laboratories and centers found no physical education research, technical assistance, or dissemination activities. Physical educators must push themselves to reinterpret the value of physical education to society. (MT)

The fact that curriculum content represents interpretations and values linked to certain groups rather gives it a potential for enhancing interests and of being a political tool. General questions to help students see that issues represent conflicting value positions held by interest groups are included. (RM)

Reprints an article originally published in 1937. Suggests that conscientious teachers must lead their pupils to see that the democratic ideal must be the heritage of all. Notes that liberal teachers must be fair and must insist on the same rights in the classroom that they demand for themselves in society. (RS)

Many well-known adolescent novels perpetuate the dangerous stereotype that killing--and especially killing what one loves--is manly. (JH)

ADOLESCENCE IS CHARACTERIZED AS A PERIOD OF BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS THE SAME FOR ALL RACES, A MORATORIUM PERIOD BETWEEN CHILDHOOD AND ADULT ROLES, AND A PERIOD DURING WHICH A YOUTH ACQUIRES AN IDENTITY. ADOLESCENTS CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO THREE SUBGROUPS. FIRST ARE THE MAINTAINERS OF SOCIETY GROUP WHO ARE CHARACTERIZED BY RESPONSIBILITY,…

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)