Eighty children between the ages of 6 and 13 were asked to indicate and compare the needs and earnings of doctors, bus drivers, waiters, and shopkeepers. Youngest children did not perceive that unmet needs existed. Older children recognized the needs but sharply disagreed about inequalities. (Author/DB)

This paper examines the mental processes involved in inferring perspective changes resulting from the rotation of a spatial array or from the rotation of the viewer of that array. Under certain conditions, viewer-rotation problems become easy and array-rotation problems become difficult. Apparently, an array is fixed vis-a-vis the spatial context.…

The authors discuss some fictional works about handicapped children and suggest how these books may be used in conjunction with other teaching techniques, such as drama, written expression, and art, to help nonhandicapped children understand their disabled peers. (SJL)

Role-taking, peer supervision, and gradual peer leadership evolution appear a promising method of producing positive psychological development during the student teacher experience. (JD)

The recently-appointed executive director of the National Association of Biology Teachers describes his responsibilities during the early months of his office. Five issues are outlined which relate to the association's future role. (SA)

Discusses a study involving experienced teachers that illustrates a developmental methodology for promoting technical performance dimensions and moral and conceptual reasoning. Argues this learning-teaching framework (LTF) uses role taking, guided inquiry, balance, support and challenge, continuity and instructional coaching in educational…

This article focuses on heightened multifaceted sensitivity (HMS), a conception of sensitivity that is used in counseling gifted students and their parents. HMS is described and its implications for counseling gifted students are discussed. Case examples are presented of children and adolescents to illustrate characteristics of HMS. (Contains…

Identifies techniques to help siblings develop mutual caring and lifelong bonds. Suggests parents consider the challenges of a new child, a child's perspective about a new sibling, timing of birth announcements and adjustment, the unique character of each child, children's age differences, and the gift of having siblings. (DLH)

Examines the notion of investing in children and its connection to outcome-based assessment and the philosophy of teaching and learning. Considers the implications of grounding one's work with children in the immediacy of working with them over time and in a community rather than only in future outcomes. (DLH)

Performance by 23 deaf children (ages 7-14) on a role-taking task correlated positively with camp staff members' ratings of emotional adjustment, self-image, communicative effectiveness, and role-taking skill. Role-taking performance, however, was not reliably related to measures of aspects of social behavior such as altruism and helping.…

Discusses issues related to teaching international relations. Supports the position that teaching controversial issues is an integral part of any social studies course. Explores some controversial issues that might be considered in the classroom, describing approaches to teaching these issues. (KO)

Explores the ways that feminist scholarship informs international studies and the ways that a global perspective enhances women's studies. Points out that taking gender seriously leads to examining what has been taught in international studies. Suggests goals for a genderized international studies curriculum. (KO)

Presents two lesson plans for learning strategies employing the skills of empathy and reciprocity. The lessons cover the Black Codes developed during Reconstruction and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Lists objectives, instructional procedures, and makes suggestions for essay questions to be used in summative evaluation procedures. (KO)

Discusses teenage girls' life experiences as a way to identify sources of conflict emerging from their cultural perspectives. Considers some theoretical issues relevant to the development of a critical pedagogy and the empowerment of teenage girls. Offers a starting point for thinking about appropriate ways for feminist educators to work with…

Asserts that, among the concerns in recent research in moral development, has been the steps involved in moral judgment stage development. Reports on a study of 490 college students and adults on the primary perspective-taking factors associated within the transition to mature moral judgment. (CFR)