Although "flaming" (language and behavior considered outrageous in a classroom context) is a rupture of teacher authority, it can be used in the classroom as a viable pedagogical tool. A student in a basic literature course read a long and sexually explicit narrative in rhymed couplets. The rupture in the normal classroom environment…

A study focusing on the development and maintenance of peer groups was undertaken at South High School in the San Joaquin Valley (California). The central purpose of the study was to determine if a school culture existed at this school. Ethnographic and field observation methods were employed to examine the phenomenon of the "cowboys," a…

Reprint from a pamphlet "The New 'Rock' and Music Education published by the Division of Music Education, the School District of Philadelphia.

A sample of 462 student affairs professionals responded to a survey questionnaire designed to conceptualize a model institution of higher education committed to facilitating the development of the whole student. The respondents represented 74% of a randomly selected population sample drawn from the membership lists of ACPA, NASPA, and NAWDAC. The…

To give British teachers a better understanding of the working-class culture of some of their students, this article quotes recent studies in which working-class children express their views on school, teachers, work, and leisure. (SJL)

Describes the statistical distribution of immigrant children in Western European schools. Offers an explanation for the reasons that the overall performance of these children is poor. Raises questions about how educational systems can more effectively integrate foreign children into the mainstream of the dominant culture. (TW)

Analyzes the importance of break dancing to a subgroup of Ute and Navajo students at a southwestern high school. Describes the break dancers' interactions with other students, their communities, and their school. Break dancing facilitates intragroup communication, creates a unique group identity, and allows the students a kind of success in…

This study sought to examine the potentially corrupting influences of media attention, money, and the accompanying stress on the moral reasoning of student athletes at both Division I and Division III National College Athletics Association (NCAA) schools. Subjects were 718 nonathletes and 277 randomly selected athletes at a Division I school and…

Recently drinking-related deaths on college campuses have received wide media attention, prompting administrators to explore new ways of dealing with this problem. This study, conducted at Manhattan College (New York), focuses on exploring student perceptions about appropriate drinking behavior. Information was collected from a sample population…

A view of the high school as ecosystem, with implications for the assessment of behavior in the high school culture." (Author/SP)

Author examines the structure and content of music education and the roles and attitudes of its participants. (Editor/JB)

Students' value orientations with respect to education are compared with orientations they perceive as being stressed by their parents. The responsiveness of orientations at both generational levels to sex and status influences is analyzed." (Author)

James Coleman's theory of high school leading crowd is tested. Changes over the school year are measured for students at Newlawn High, a suburban, working-class school, using data from Coleman's "Adolescent Society" study. (Editor)

This study explored psychosocial diversity of two groups of gifted adolescents: those who feel different from their nongifted peers (n=379), and those who do not (n=94). Comparisons between groups on demographic variables, perceptions of self and other students, and school behavior showed the latter group manifesting greater desire for social…