The study highlights the presence of intolerance within the textbooks used for Islamic education, which has negative implications for peace and harmony. However, the understanding of this intolerance construction in the textbooks is currently limited. Therefore, this research aims to identify and analyze the intolerant values embedded within these…

Shows high correlations between student groups and low correlations between student groups and United States adult norms, suggesting that personal values of early adolescents are more related to age than to geographical location of school. (RL)

Relations between the social judgments and social behavior of 40 junior high school students were examined. Twenty of the students had engaged in disruptive behaviors that involved violations of classroom regulations and defiance of authorities. One year later, 13 of the 20 originally disruptive students no longer displayed disruptive behavior.…

A growing number of junior high schools are becoming interested in career development programs promoted by the Federal Government through the Office of Education. The current career programs stress major values and attitudes held in common by society along with those found desirable on job settings. (Author/KP)

THE PROBLEM OF COEDUCATION IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS DISCUSSED. REASONS FOR REEVALUATING THE PRESENT SITUATION WERE GIVEN. LOWER-CLASS MALE YOUNGERSTERS LEARNED AN EXAGGERATED AGGRESSIVENESS BASED PARTLY ON INSECURITY, THEREFORE THEY HAD TO ASSERT AND DEFEND THEIR IMAGE OF MALENESS IN THE CLASSROOM. THE NEGRO YOUNGSTER, RAISED IN A MATRIARCHAL…

This curriculum manual on Alcohol and Alcohol Safety is designed as a teacher's guide for junior high level students. The topics it covers are: (1) safety; (2) attitudes toward alcohol and reasons people drink; (3) physical and behavioral effects; (4) interpersonal situations; (5) laws and customs; and (6) problem drinking and alcoholism. Each…

This script, with music, lyrics and dialog, was written especially for youngsters to inform them of the potential dangers of various drugs. The author, who teaches in an elementary school in Harlem, New York, offers Miss Heroin as her answer to the expressed opinion that most drug and alcohol information available is either too simplified and…

Provides an interdisciplinary unit of study based on Hila Colman's 1978 novel, RACHEL'S LEGACY, a story about the economic and social trials of a Jewish immigrant mother and her three daughters. The unit helps junior high school students examine how traditional roles of men and women impose economic, social, and emotional limits on peoples' lives.…

Describes a telecommunications project in which junior high students had the opportunity to communicate with inmates at a state maximum security prison and to hear from inmates how wrong choices, such as joining a gang, can lead to disastrous consequences. (SR)

Discusses author Roald Dahl's view of society as revealed through his books for children and adolescents. Describes Dahl's three major works for intermediate readers ("The BFG,""The Witches," and "Matilda"). Discusses Dahl's view of the world and its place in his books. Notes Dahl's positive impact on adolescent readers; and discusses critics'…

Draws on ethnographic observations, historical sources, and official documents to examine the historical and contemporary connections among the Mexican "secundaria" (junior high school), the broader ideological and political-economic context of Mexican educational development, and concepts of adolescence in both expert discourse and…

This book introduces middle school students to the basic facts of human reproduction and explains the physical, emotional, and social aspects of growing into adolescence. Designed with a structured sequence of six lessons and activities, this module includes teacher scripts, reproducible worksheets, and transparency masters. Lessons cover: (1)…

AN EXAMINATION WAS MADE OF THE VARIOUS PATTERNS OF INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR OF YOUTHS WHICH DISTINGUISH DELINQUENTS FROM NONDELINQUENTS. THREE GROUPS WERE EMPLOYED IN THIS STUDY. GROUP ONE CONSISTED OF IDENTIFIED DELINQUENTS. GROUP TWO CONSISTED OF UNBEARABLE YOUNGSTERS AS DETERMINED BY THE TEACHER. GROUP THREE CONSISTED OF A MATCHED CONTROL GROUP.…

The major purpose of Project Open Door was to design, develop, test, and disseminate a portable module for vocational educators and others to use with junior high school students in pre-vocational exploration free of sex stereotyping. The module produced contained a slide presentation with accompanying cassette tape and a leader's guide. An…