Character education specialists seem to know it when they see it, but what it means to call something a character education program remains unclear. One possible source for this uncertainty is the manner in which character education has been defined. By identifying certain features as necessary, existing definitions fail to encompass the universe…

Historically, medical education has focused largely on medical students' intellectual development, mostly ignoring the broader psychological milieu of medical practice. This chasm can result in practitioners who are less likely to process their emotions and/or support their patient's needs, and more likely to experience burnout. Self-determination…

This article describes three distinct yet interrelated elements of self-authorship: trusting the internal voice, building an internal foundation, and securing internal commitments. These elements, which emerged from longitudinal interviews with adults in their 30s, offer insights into the complexity and cyclical nature of self-authorship as well…

In this article, the author states his belief that community based learning among adults can be a powerful force for encouraging personal development and for strengthening democracy in this multicultural, globally interdependent, battered world. To do so, however, it needs to pervade all the curricula, degree programs, learning contracts, and…

Intentionality can be fostered among hearing impaired students by approaches to improve goal setting, striving, and ownership of consequences. (CL)

It is essential for a school public relations professional to be familiar with disability competency as it relates to counseling programs within the schools and community. This article is an introduction to disability competency in such settings. The initial discussion highlights a historical perspective of the treatment of persons with…

An inservice summer program provides renewed self-confidence and teaching perspectives by having teachers participate as learners in outdoor experiences. (CMJ)

Discusses various aspects of a human development curriculum: constructing a conceptual framework; using the framework to build a teaching strategy; and learning experiences related to human development (reciprocity in relationships, family and community development, impact of technology, and effects of roles on personal identity). (CT)

Suggestions are given for developing an effective creative dance program in an elementary class. (JD)

Suggestions are made to teachers for using daydreaming, guided as fantasy, to prepare students to concentrate, to enrich the curriculum, and to increase self-knowledge. (Author/SJL)

Self development is conceptualized as surrounded by a series of ego rings that spread out from its center. Erikson's first five psychosocial stages are used as the developmental framework within which self-concept, self-esteem, and ego boundaries are viewed as component parts of the self's growth. Counseling implications are used. (Author/BL)

Presenting a new theory of work role transitions, a conceptual framework for analyzing and predicting modes of adjustment to transition is outlined. Includes a list of references. (MD)

The artfully inviting teacher utilizes both personal and professional teaching strategies and is thus most successful at maximizing student development. Personally inviting behaviors send messages which communicate caring and positive regard. Professionally inviting behaviors increase the recipients' efficacy, competence, and independence.…

The authors believe that teacher burnout is a developmental stage in a teacher's career which signals that the teacher is ready for a change. This can be accomplished by updating, training, widening knowledge, and setting professional goals. (CT)

The principal who faces himself or herself and chooses, whatever the choice, will find comfort in the knowledge that he or she has taken charge, not of a situation or of the problems of other people, but of himself or herself. (Author/IRT)