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Chatmon, Chris; Gray, Richard – Voices in Urban Education, 2015
African American males are three times more likely than their White male counterparts to be suspended or expelled in public schools. Changing these odds requires not only addressing disparities in discipline practices, but also lifting up a new narrative of hope, possibility, and brilliance so that young Black men can see and realize their…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, African American Achievement, Educational Change
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Anderson, Ruth – Early Child Development and Care, 1990
Considers the importance of role relationships in the elaboration of personal construct systems. Discusses possible limitations in the ability of an individual to enact a role in such a way as to enable personality development. (PCB)
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Personality Development, Role Theory
Cufaude, Jeff – Campus Activities Programming, 1987
The implications of silence are far reaching in human communication, affecting intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, and mass communication events. Understanding the role of silence in self-insight and the development of self is crucial for student affairs professionals desiring to facilitate student development. (MLW)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Listening
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Lyons, Nona Plessner – Harvard Educational Review, 1983
The author offers interview data from female and male children, adolescents, and adults in support of the notion of having two distinct modes of describing the self in relation to others--separate/objective and connected--as well as two kinds of considerations used by individuals in making moral decisions--justice and care. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Generation Gap, Human Relations, Interpersonal Relationship
Kafka, Gene F. – 1979
The importance of introspection as a method of learning for the college student (collescent) is examined. The roles and expectations of the teacher and the collescent in the "teacher-learner dyad" are also discussed. It is suggested that a higher level of learning in American colleges is possible through the process of introspection. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Emotional Development
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Koegh, Barbara K. – New Directions for Child Development, 1986
Discusses the role of temperamental individuality in the school setting and focuses on the importance of temperament for children's adjustment in school. (HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Early Childhood Education
LaCerva, Victor; Siegel, Daniel J.; Stephens, Karen; Zivkovic, Aleksandra Selak; Jacobson (Meyer), Tamar – Child Care Information Exchange, 1999
Workshop examines resilience in young children. Papers are: (1) "Adverse Effects of Witnessing Violence" (Victor LaCerva); (2) "Relationships and the Developing Mind" (Daniel Siegel); (3) "Support Resilience by Connecting Children with Nature" (Karen Stephens); (4) "Stories of Children in Croatia: Resilience and…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Brain, Cognitive Development, Day Care
Moffitt, Mary Anne – 1986
Romance novels have become increasingly popular and sexually explicit, in part because women may gain a sense of self through reading them and perhaps in reaction to the patriarchal structure of society. Women may seek escape and a sense of self-identity through the novels'"larger-than-life" characters and predictable endings. Readers of…
Descriptors: Females, Identification (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Literary Criticism
Ching, Leong Yin, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Attended by participants from 19 nations, this conference focused on six topics related to child and adolescent development. Major topics discussed included child development and related issues, curriculum and the adolescent, the adolescent and technological changes, and the preparation of youth for adulthood. Symposia focusing on child…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Adolescent Development, Behavior Patterns