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Vanasupa, Linda; McCormick, Kathryn E.; Stefanco, Carolyn J.; Herter, Roberta J.; McDonald, Margot – Innovative Higher Education, 2012
In this article we describe the challenges of transdisciplinary teamwork involving four faculty members from dissimilar epistemological traditions in the process of developing a manuscript on the lessons learned in our teaching collaboration. Our difficulty originated in implicit mental models and assumptions that caused incongruence between our…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teacher Collaboration, Writing for Publication, Program Descriptions
Smith, Laura; Davis, Kathryn; Bhowmik, Malika – Professional School Counseling, 2010
Youth participatory action research (YPAR) projects offer young people the opportunity to increase their sociocultural awareness, critical thinking abilities, and sense of agency within a collaborative group experience. Thus far, however, such projects have been primarily the province of educators and social psychologists, and not substantively…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Action Research, School Counseling, Critical Thinking
Dixon, Carol N.; Green, Judith – Language Arts, 2009
In this article, the authors present a "telling case" of the history of the Santa Barbara Classroom Discourse Group (SBCDG) and describe how policies supported and constrained the work of this sustaining community. As a telling case, this discussion of policy issues that were constructed and faced by members of the SBCDG does not claim…
Descriptors: Group Experience, Policy Analysis, Case Studies, Inquiry
Openshaw, Kristi P.; Schultz, Jared C.; Millington, Michael J. – Rehabilitation Education, 2008
Rehabilitation counselor education is experiencing an explosion of knowledge, which is becoming increasingly difficult to organize and disseminate to students. Communities of practice, a form of social learning, provide a way to organize and disseminate information. Distance-based education programs are increasing within the field of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Socialization, Counselor Training, Rehabilitation Counseling

Chinitz, Susan Pasternack – Children Today, 1981
Describes the formation, activities, and outcomes of a therapeutic group for 7- to 14-year-old siblings of handicapped children attending the Bronx Center of United Cerebral Palsy of New York City. The group met for eight weekly sessions during summer vacation from school. Limitations and positive aspects of the intervention are pointed out.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Disabilities, Family Problems

Hawkins, Brenda L. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1983
Illustrates how group counseling can facilitate personal development in older adults, using an open-ended support group at a geriatric day care program. Recurring themes included relationship with adult children, housing needs, religion, health issues, and age stereotypes. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Gerontology, Group Counseling, Group Experience

Christensen, E. W. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1983
Describes study circles as a nonformal, learner-centered approach to education. Discusses the role of the facilitator, group format and function, and raises professional issues that group workers need to consider. (JAC)
Descriptors: Group Experience, Leadership Responsibility, Program Descriptions, Self Directed Groups
Laense, Joyce; Wagner, Sara B. – 1975
This report presents results of an interview study made by the National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC), a program of The National Council on the Aging, Inc. (NCOA). Thirty Centers were selected for on-site study. The criterion was a program directed to older adults, meeting at least once weekly on a regularly scheduled basis and providing some…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Gerontology, Group Activities, Group Experience

Scher, Murray – Counseling and Values, 1980
Describes a workshop in intimacy for (N=10) men. Analyzed intimacy between men based on the verbal expressions of those who attended the workshop. Suggests counselors need to understand male reluctancy towards intimacy with each other to better help them overcome it. (RC)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Group Experience, Human Relations, Interpersonal Competence
Hollis, Joseph W.; And Others – 1976
The LORS technique is a combination of several techniques such as role projection, simulation, psychodrama, feedback, value clarification, role reversal, dramatization, decision making, process analysis, and others. The significant difference is that, when the techniques are used together, each often undergoes changes to the point that the effect…
Descriptors: Group Counseling, Group Experience, Interpersonal Competence, Learning

Danieli, Yael – Children Today, 1981
Describes a program, both rehabilitative and preventive, which provides individual, family, group, and community work for Holocaust survivors and their children. Six group experiences are offered: awareness, self-help, long-term therapy, mixed, multiple-family, and intergenerational. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Family Problems, Group Experience, Group Therapy
Wieck, Colleen – Education Unlimited, 1979
The article identifies factors that enhance the quality of life for mentally handicapped senior citizens and describes a successful day program designed as an alternative to segregated institutional placement. (PHR)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Day Programs, Group Experience, Group Homes

Kaplan, Leslie S.; Geoffroy, Kevin – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1984
Describes the use of the "Let's Be A Group" activity in providing a vehicle for group facilitators' appropriate interventions and participants' personal and group insights. The board game includes questions dealing with structure, information, intimacy and insight. An informal evaluation by 25 school counselors was positive. (JAC)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Group Counseling

Hohmann, Mary; And Others – Adolescence, 1982
Describes an approach to leadership development which is particularly supportive of the needs of adolescents and reflective of a democratic style of leadership. It is an outgrowth of the High/Scope Summer Workshop for Teenagers, which helped young people acquire leadership skills through group membership and cooperation. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Group Dynamics, Group Experience, Interpersonal Competence
Bresett, Stephen – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
QUEST, the outdoor experimental learning program at Bloomsburg State College, is patterned after the Outward Bound philosophy and aims at personal development of students through strenuous physical and emotional experiences. (JMF)
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Group Experience, Higher Education, Individual Development