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Tapp, Karen; Engebretson, Ken – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2010
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how mental health practitioners can use the Enneagram's system of human personality development as a source of insight and a tool for personality transformation. The article provides an introduction to the Enneagram and its orientation to personality types and defines a linear process of how to use the…
Descriptors: Personality Development, Classification, Counseling Techniques, Personality
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Hepburn, Susan L. – Infants and Young Children, 2003
This article first reviews the literature regarding temperament and outcomes for children with developmental disabilities and explores methods for integrating temperament information into early intervention practice. It proposes that children with developmental disabilities who present extreme scores in specific domains of temperament may benefit…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Personality Development
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Reifel, Stuart – Young Children, 1984
Reviews the literature on children and the threat of nuclear war, focusing on four areas: awareness of nuclear weapons, fear of the bomb, influences on personality, and denial of the threat. The research is briefly critiqued, and implications for early childhood are drawn. (RH)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Response, Fear, Intervention
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Entwisle, Doris R.; Stevenson, Harold W. – Child Development, 1987
Introduces this thematic issue of CHILD DEVELOPMENT which addresses schooling and child development. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Research, Influences
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Carlson, Janet F. – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Describes a board game used to facilitate the learning of theoretical principles associated with the psychoanalytic perspective on personality. Covers rules governing play and special advantages of this learning experience. Game board is reproduced. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Personality
Delaney, Donald W. – Momentum, 1987
Offers information from a study of anorexia nervosa patients, discussing the behaviors and attitudes that characterize this group. Considers related social, cultural, and environmental factors. Suggests that educators voice concerns to the disturbed student and his/her parents in a simple and frank manner and encourage seeking professional medical…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anorexia Nervosa, Catholic Educators, Elementary Secondary Education
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Peshkin, Alan – Educational Leadership, 1986
Outlines the program of Bethany Baptist Academy, a fundamentalist religious K-12 school in the Midwest. The school socializes the students to think and behave according to the dictates of its religious doctrine. (MD)
Descriptors: Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Moral Values, Personality Development
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George, Paul S.; Oldaker, Lynn L. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Presents data from a survey of the effectiveness of middle school programs in 34 states. The data show that changing to middle school organization results in student achievement gains, decreased discipline problems, enhanced personal development among students, and other positive effects. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Discipline, Educational Environment
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Dishon, Dee – PTA Today, 1984
This article contains ideas to help parents and teachers create environments that encourage a positive self-image. These activities help the child feel special and capable with a sense of belonging. (DF)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Role, Learning Activities, Parent Child Relationship
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Turner, Jeffrey S. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1981
Describes the development of coping behavior in children and the role of coping behavior in dealing with conflict and anxiety. Defines various coping mechanisms including rationalization, projection, displacement, denial of reality, compensation, regression, and intellectualization. Outlines suggestions for helping children and parents understand…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Child Development
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Enns, Carolyn Zerbe – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Reviews criticisms of traditional personality theories and describes alternative, more inclusive, theories that teachers should consider adding to their courses. Suggests that teachers expose students to theories respecting diversity, feminist approaches, theories stressing relatedness, and the reformulations of traditional theories. (KO)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Psychology, Higher Education, Moral Development
Vasil'ev, Iu. V. – Soviet Education, 1991
Suggests that Soviet school administration theory should be studied in combination with social administration. Presents as a goal of the educational system a model secondary school graduate who is disciplined, organized, and capable of both self-restraint and mobilization of will. Notes that such a personality approach requires perfecting existing…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Change, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries
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Figley, Grace E. – Quest, 1984
This article discusses the possibilities of moral education through physical education. A brief overview of several moral education programs is presented with an emphasis on Kohlberg's cognitive development approach. An appeal is made to physical educators for greater concern and involvement towards this goal. (Author/DF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Etzioni, Amitai – American Education, 1982
Learning can take place only in a "disciplined" environment, i.e., one in which proper relationships between teachers and students, and between students and rules and routines are developed and maintained. The focus on discipline is often misdirected in that it is authoritarian when what students need is self-discipline. (JOW)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Educational Quality
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Schaps, Eric; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1986
Describes the Child Development Project in California, which holds that academic and character education are equally important goals for schools. The project has been established to produce long-lasting effects on children's "prosocial" development. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities
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