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Whiteley, John M.; Yokota, Norma – 1988
This monograph reviews the impact of the freshman year and the four years of undergraduate study on a central dimension of personal development: the formation of character and its progression from late adolescence to young adulthood. A foreword by Nevitt Sanford places the discussion in the context of a general loss by American universities of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Consciousness Raising, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning
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Nunner-Winkler, Gertrud – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1990
Contends that identity problems among adolescents are exacerbated by misinterpretations of the role education plays in the process of achieving personal autonomy. States these problems arise when means to autonomy become ends in themselves and when status is emphasized over character. Explores three stages of the process from freedom to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness