This document discusses higher education's current debate about emphasizing diversity in the curriculum as part of the academy's continuing engagement with the wider society and with fundamental societal questions. The introduction suggests that the academy stakes its claims to leadership and service on a continuous engagement with nonacademic…

This paper argues that the social studies curriculum should extend the concept of critical thinking to social criticism. The purpose of social criticism is to foster a society that is characterized by community, freedom, and equality. In essence, it raises the question of how to live. The social critic looks beyond the symptoms of a social problem…

Most parents do everything they can to facilitate the health and happiness, growth and development of their children. Nevertheless, Western society leaves parents the responsibility for children's well-being, but does not empower parents to ensure that well-being. This book takes the position that our society is inimical to children and has…

Changes in economic and social life throughout the world during the next 25 years will be closely related to changes in the status and roles of women. In this book the author examines how women's roles are changing and the impact of this change on economic and social patterns. Chapter I identifies areas in which women have already gained increased…

In this speech the author examines the contact points between education and the world of work and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the relation of the two systems. He identifies and evaluates the following major areas of contact: (1) pre-school education, which is growing for children as both parents increasingly choose to work, but whose…

In June 2003, the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) organized its annual Policy Forum to discuss the impact of increasingly multi-ethnic and multicultural societies on education in general and the implications for educational planning in particular. The proceedings of this Policy Forum are presented in this volume. Part I,…

The document presents a report by psychologists, educators, and religious leaders who participated in a conference to investigate moral attitudes and behavior of youth in the United States in the late 1960s. The document provides information concerning youth's problems, needs, expectations, and attitudes in 1969. Topics discussed by conference…

This book analyzes the effectiveness and implications for social change of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It outlines several issues--legal implications, physical accessibility, transportation options, employment opportunities, and recreation--that stimulate community action for full inclusion. Part I, titled "Definitions and…

A study is reported which focused on career formation including ways in which perceptions and expectations are modified by changing economic and social conditions. Chapter 2 overviews the twenty-three tables in this report which highlight results of analysis of data from two Institute for Demographic and Economic Studies, Inc. surveys and the…

This article examines health promotion and disease prevention from the perspective of social cognitive theory. This theory posits a multifaceted causal structure in which self-efficacy beliefs operate together with goals, outcome expectations, and perceived environmental impediments and facilitators in the regulation of human motivation, behavior,…