Persons in a vocational training center for the unemployed were the subjects of a study of alienation and social learning. The study related measures of meaningless, normlessness, social isolation, and powerlessness to control-relevant information about both the immediate training center and also future employment opportunities. Results showed…

Identifies conceptual problems in using political efficacy attitudes as indicators of socialization into political systems. Suggests that difficulties arise from the multidimensionality of the efficacy concept and from researchers' inability to distinguish efficacy from related constructs in political socialization literature. Proposes approaches…

A survey following a 1978 Michigan tax-limitation election indicates that tax-limit supporters were far more likely to vote than were opponents. This supports the "alienation" hypothesis that voters who differ from the majority will be less likely to vote. Available from Executive Director, NTA-TIA, 21 East State Street, Columbus, OH…

Extensively interviewed over a six-week period regular, day-to-day adolescent frequenters (N=23) at a shopping mall. Found that subjects exhibited good deal of alienation from both family and school and used the mall as neutral ground on which to create fragile but mutually supportive community of kind. (Author/NB)

Examined correspondence between conceptual and empirical dimensions of student alienation. Responses from 2,056 secondary school students revealed basic correspondence between multidimensional conceptualization of alienation and empirical dimensions articulated by students. Such correspondence strengthens confidence in concept of multidimensional…

Reexamines materials from an ethnographic study of science-education laboratory work in a teacher-educator course through the lens of three Marxist concepts: alienation, reification, and commodity fetish. Concludes that the potential for generating criticism of science in teacher education is squandered because of a fetishized notion of science.…

Our least-served students are taught by our least-experienced teachers. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, teachers in high-poverty public schools are twice as likely to transfer to another school as their colleagues in low-poverty public schools. Consequently, many students in high-poverty, urban public schools spend…

This article begins by examining the Scottish Executive's published figures on exclusion from school to argue that while they show small reductions in the use of temporary exclusions from year to year, there is as yet no evidence of a substantial reduction. In addition it argues that the published data fail to give an accurate picture of the…

If this country is to survive as a genuinely pluralistic society, integration must foster a truly open society with options for all people. (Author/DW)

Problems of urban high schools, including poor attendance, high dropout rates, low achievement, and poor social relationships, are linked together by a strong sense of alienation among students and teachers. Yet much of the educational research and policy treat these issues separately. In this study a conceptual framework for understanding student…

Argues the need for professors and departments of English to reach a new consensus on goals for teaching literature. (JH)

This article argues that in Britain dominant educational discourses of "the ideal pupil" exclude minority ethnic pupils and prevent them from inhabiting a position of authentic "success". It suggests that "the successful pupil" is a desired yet refused subject position for many minority ethnic young people--even for…

Explains some of the psychological issues surrounding a child's sense of belonging. Highlights consequences of alienation and discusses ways to foster a sense of belonging. Advocates that schools first ensure that teachers feel connected to the school--teachers can then help their students feel like they too belong. (RJM)

The present research attempted to contribute to the study of loneliness by examining the factors that comprise the phenomenological construct of what is referred to as loneliness and by aiding in identification of its antecedents. Subjects (N=526) included 228 males and 298 females from all walks of life and varied demographic backgrounds. Data…

Impressionistic accounts of contemporary student behavior. (JH)