Applies a model of change to an analysis of recent developments in family policy. The model includes such concepts as cultural values, ideology, purposive group action, and structural relations. Clarifies some of the contradictions and confusions of recent political and organizational developments concerning families. (Author/RC)

A study investigated the decision-making process regarding the cigarette smoking of students in grades 5, 7, 9, and 11. Results indicate that greater emphasis needs to be placed on the social factors of the decision-making process in school health education programs and that the emphasis on social concerns should increase with grade level. (JN)

Highlights some powerful societal trends -- economic, sociological, political, and educational -- which may, in the coming decades, make the values and environment offered by Catholic and other private schools more attractive. (Author/SJL)

Analyzes a recent French national survey about the cultural behavior of lycee students. Points out the internal diversity of the lycee population in cultural practices. Argues that an adolescent culture exists; identifies an upper secondary school culture; and defines its relationship with mass, classical, or class cultures. (NL)

The power of academic freedom lies in the ambiguity between its existence as a universal principle and as a historically circumscribed relationship. Its greatest threat is dogmatism, which seeks to banish ambiguity by appealing to absolute truth. Academic freedom is an ethical practice aimed at both protection of individuals and advancement of…

Addresses the media's role in changing the nature of heroes in the United States. Describes the changes in cultural values that resulted in statesmen and soldiers being replaced by athletes and film and television celebrities. Attributes change to the development of the consumer society, centralization of the entertainment industry, and advances…

The main characters in a movie can serve individuals in many different ways, but the usual way is to appear good. In whatever form, stories of individuals are a useful part of popular culture when they offer models of how individuals might save themselves or be saved. However, there are other ways. Villains, monsters, and enemies can be at the…

This discussion presents a critical and thorough review of spirituality in Religion Education in the South African context. In the democratic South African education system issues such as personal well-being, spirituality and multi-religion education are confronting teachers and learners who have to cope with a new approach to religion in…

Television is responsible for more multicultural education than our public school system. The literature reveals that children's programming reflects society's dominant values and beliefs about a number of diversity-related topics such as race and gender. This article describes the findings of a unique study of preservice teachers' evaluations of…

South Korean mothers' reactions to preschoolers' aggression and social withdrawal were examined within a cultural framework. With recent social, political, and cultural changes in South Korea, there appears to be a conflict between traditional values and the Confucian heritage on one hand, and Western influence on the other. Mothers (N=81) of…

Presents data regarding belief in freedom of speech and press collected in early 1970 in face to face interviews with 2,486 respondents in a national probability sample of adults in order to test several hypotheses derived from previous empirical research, noting that the pattern of differential distribution of such belief appears to be quite…

Career education materials were analyzed (1) to ascertain what work-related values and attitudes are represented, (2) to note relative emphasis given to competing views, and (3) to compare the value content of the materials with the views presented in scholarly and journalistic literature on work. The literature was reviewed to determine the range…

Argues that it seems difficult to defend the position that the only way to eliminate hostility that results from culture differences is to reduce or eliminate such differences; however, the prerequisities of meaningful ethnic identity are lacking -- i.e. a commitment to distinct, important values, and a readiness to use resources to preserve them.…

This paper outlines an approach to devising master social indicators which reflect conditions in a major area of human concern. There are five principal sections: Section I is an introduction; Section II sketches a heuristic model for categorizing indicator concepts, and suggests how a hierarchically organized scheme of indicators can be…

The 1966 conference of The Child Study Association of American was devoted to the subject of sexual behavior, sex education, and social ethics. Discussions and questions focused on sexuality and its relationship to personal identity, the impact of social forces on the development of sexual attitudes and behavior today, and how young people…