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Forrest, Kelly A.; Judd, Kathy R.; Davison, Jodi R. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
This article is an autoenthnographic account of the yearlong journey of two undergraduates and their instructor when the traditional classroom structures associated with the banking concept of education were altered in an upper division class and follow-on research experiences. These changes focused on foregrounding students' experiences of the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Course Content, Attachment Behavior, Learner Engagement
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Goldner, Limor; Mayseless, Ofra – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2008
Mentoring programs for youth have become increasingly popular interventions and are generally effective in promoting proteges' wellbeing and functioning. Building on recent efforts to understand the interpersonal mechanisms underlying mentoring relationships, the authors apply central concepts from attachment, social support and social learning…
Descriptors: Mentors, Parent Role, Caregivers, Intimacy
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King, Michael G.; Newnham, Karyn – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2008
The label Attachment Disorder (AD) is used as either a description of a child's presentation, or as a diagnostic category. It is unclear whether this label is intended to be identical with the DSM-IV Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) diagnostic category, or if it is a separate diagnosis based on Randolph's Questionnaire and the premises…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Educational Psychology, Attachment Behavior, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Kennedy, Brianna L. – Pastoral Care in Education, 2008
Middle school students with insecure attachment histories present a particular challenge for school personnel. These students frequently cause behavioural disruptions and fail to academically engage in course content. This paper draws from attachment theory, as well as literature in the fields of education, neurobiology and psychology, to…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, School Personnel, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents
Levy, Terry M.; Joffe, Wendy – 1977
This paper describes a three-phase developmental process which often occurs following the termination of an ongoing and intimate relationship. The phases are separation, individuation and reconnection. Each phase has a unique but interrelated matrix of psychosocial reactions, needs and potential for personal and interpersonal development. The…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Attachment Behavior, Counselor Role, Developmental Psychology
Fonagy, Peter – 1993
Work in developmental psychiatry and psychology has increasingly focused on how internal representations of early experiences with primary figures of childhood affect relationship formation in later childhood and adulthood. Investigations of the reflective self function, which involves mental states in which individuals become the subject of their…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse, Developmental Psychology