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Bruneau, Laura; Bubenzer, Donald L.; McGlothlin, Jason M. – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2010
The helpfulness of self-help reading was explored through interviews with 6 female self-help readers. Themes derived through phenomenological data analysis suggested that there is a distinct structure to the self-help reading experience, including self-help reading as a medium for revisioning of self. Implications for counseling practice and…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Self Help Programs, Phenomenology, Reading Materials
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Gibbons, Maurice; And Others – Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1980
Analyzed the biographies of twenty acknowledged experts without formal training beyond high school in search of commonalities that might suggest ways people become effectively self-directed in learning and accomplishment. Patterns of education and personality characteristics are discussed. (Author/CC)
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Background, Independent Study, Individual Development
Ministry of Education, Tokyo (Japan). – 1972
Social education in Japan is discussed as to: (1) the problems in social education for each life stage as a result of social change; (2) the present situation and direction future efforts should take with respect to the content, methods, organizations, facilities, and leaders of social education; and (3) the role and major problems of social…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adults, Children, Curriculum Design