Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess to what extent social groups maintaining traditional-collectivistic or modern-individualistic lifestyles while sharing a similar nationality ethnicity and cultural origin, may be differentiated on the basis of their professional job perceptions and attitudes. Design/methodology/approach:…

The cultural backgrounds and experiences of Mexican-origin mothers and fathers (including their Anglo and Mexican cultural orientations and their familism values) and their socioeconomic background (parental education, family income, neighborhood poverty rate) are linked to the nature of their involvement in adolescent peer relationships.

This study explored relationships between preservice early childhood teachers' views of nature of science (NOS), cognitive developmental levels, and their cultural values. Using the Views of Nature of Science Questionnaire (VNOS-B) and interviews, we assessed views of NOS. The Learning Context Questionnaire (LCQ) was used to determine the…

This article explores the implications of funding increasing numbers of religious schools on the children of minority communities. It argues that handing responsibility for schooling to religious bodies undermines transparency, democracy and accountability in educational provision. Far from promoting "inclusion" as the Government claims,…

While anecdotal reports have strongly supported restorative practices, there is a need to expand the evidence base through empirical studies of the efficacy of these interventions. This article highlights such emerging findings reported by Paul McCold of the Institute for Restorative Practices in collaboration with researchers from Temple…

When providing services, social workers are engaging in social control, as the term is defined sociologically. The questions then are who determines the societal values and the norms of behavior, how social workers decide what values to support, and how they support these values. (Author)

This paper examines the "Populorum Progressio," Pope Paul VI's 1967 encyclical on the "development of peoples," for a condensation of the chief tenets of Catholic social thought and for curricular guidelines. The author takes the word "development" to mean the concrete realizations of justice and peace. Fundamental…

This study examines the social, political, economic, and cultural values of students at Northern Michigan University by using a College Student Questionnaire (CSQ) administered to a stratified random sample of full-time undergraduates. The variables were: sex, class, and residence. The CSQ consisted of 200 multiple-choice questions designed to…

Today, the science of man's subjective experience is in its infancy. But if it gains momentum, its consequences may be even more far-reaching than those which emerged from the Copernican, Darwinian, and Freudian revolutions. The following propositions have accumulated an impressive amount of substantiating evidence: 1) The potentialities of the…

This article examines the social conditions that bring about changes in divorce law and behavior. Modernization was found to have an important effect on divorce patterns, but, depending on other social variables, it may make divorce easier or more difficult. (Author)

This talk delivered at the "Focus '86...The Curriculum and You" Conference by an author of books for young adults, focuses on the problem of teenage suicide. The characters and situations of three books are described with emphasis on the need for human values within the community. (CLB)

This study examined the underlying constructs that influence criteria used to determine furniture design preferences and significant relationships between the self-conceptual personality trait of self-monitoring and furniture preferences. Traditional style was perceived as more aesthetically pleasing and contemporary style as more prestigious by…

Examined the impact of unemployment on the work values orientation of adolescents. Results showed little difference between work values orientation of youths from unemployed and employed families. Only esthetics proved to be significantly different with youths from unemployed settings valuing new experiences and outlets for their abilities more…