For many years, learning continues to be a vital developing field since it is the key measure of the world's civilization and evolution with its enormous effect on both individuals and societies. Enhancing existing learning activities in general will have a significant impact on literacy rates around the world. One of the crucial activities in…

The interest in aligning college graduates' skills, competencies, and experiences with what employers desire continues across academia. Employers seek higher levels of resilience than they see in most new employees. This article provides a review of the employee resilience literature and describes a team member change scenario focused on enhancing…

A review of group literature, much of which is anecdotal or theoretical, revealed that coleadership has been a common practice in training and therapeutic settings for well over 50 years. Careful examination of group practice reveals a surprisingly small amount of empirical evidence to support what apparently is a widely practiced method for the…

Children's school problems are often blamed on either the individual or one of the groups to which the child belongs. An interpretive approach views individuals and groups, the worlds of actions and ideas, as mutually defining and constitutive. (Author/LHW)

Discusses pretherapy preparation in relation to the research of the past two decades, including a review and critical analysis of the research. Implications for group therapists are discussed. (Author/JAC)

Discusses the Gestalt therapy group process and its roots in theory and therapeutic orientation. Indicates that the process itself, particularly the role of the therapist, is a key factor in the intensity and power of the group experience for the participants. (Author)

A review of the research studies of individual and small group interaction suggests ideas for enhancing the effectiveness of group performance. The more salient aspects include collaboration, commitment, and interaction of group members. The key seems to be the dynamic role of interaction in the group structure. The degree to which the group…

Describes attachment theory, explores its application to group counseling, and elaborates points of interest to group workers. Focuses on attachment styles, attachment and caregiving, the group leader's goals, the group as an attachment experience, interventions based on attachment theory, its use in psychoeducational groups, and complexities in…

Research on leadership in gifted education is reviewed, focusing on studies conducted with various age groups in education settings. Leadership research is examined through three general approaches: the trait approach, leadership styles, and the situational approach. A leadership training model for high-school students is presented, based on the…

Extends earlier conceptualization of the self-attitudes/delinquency causal process (viz, that deviant responses are motivated by earlier development of self-rejecting attitudes in the course of normative group experiences and function to assuage those attitudes) to incorporate situations in which social devaluations likely to diminish self-esteem…

Describes interpersonal encounter-group class for North American students studying abroad developed to improve interpersonal functioning, develop community, and counter negative effects of group living. Evaluates effectiveness of encounter-group class intervention utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods. Discusses possible barriers to…

The introduction of life-coping skills into the preschool curriculum provides the catalyst for the acquisition of skills essential for the development of a healthy individual. Life-coping skills taught at this level allow for the engagement of the child's entire developmental spectrum. (Author)

Evaluates the impact of personal construct and psychodynamic group work on the psychosocial functioning of offender adolescents. Group work was effective immediately after terminating treatment in increasing helpful maturational processes and in reducing the less helpful maturational processes. Group work was also effective to some extent in…

Schools need collaboration to keep teachers and students learning and for the implementation of new ideas. Community college students who strive to become teachers can learn to collaborate with colleagues. Through a review of literature, this paper presents a variety of purposes, definitions, types and methods of collaboration. A practical guide…

Reviews literature on member characteristics and conditions that increase the likelihood of group participation. Describes positive consequences of small group participation and antecedents to participation including attitudes, atmosphere, leader characteristics, expectations, and group structure. (JAC)