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Gunersel, Adalet Baris; Barnett, Pamela; Etienne, Mary – Journal of Faculty Development, 2013
While the literature on self-authorship has focused on the development of college students and young adults highlighting various developmental tasks associated with the ages 17 through 30 (e.g., Baxter Magolda, 2001, 2003, 2004), in this article, we explore the exercise and development of faculty members' self-authorship as educators, proposing…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Young Adults
Straub, Cynthia A.; Rodgers, Robert F. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1986
Arthur Chickering's (1969) psychological theory that men and women from the ages of 17 through 25 years share common developmental tasks was tested in a cross-sectional study of the psychosocial development of 241 college students and adults. Evidence supported a sequence of developmental tasks for women that differed from Chickering's theory.…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Tasks, Females, Higher Education
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Benshoff, John J.; And Others – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1990
Compared disabled (n=45) and nondisabled (n=45) undergraduates to determine how disabled compare to nondisabled in developmental tasks required of college students; whether academic performance can be predicted on basis of developmental skills; and whether age at onset of disability influences college student developmental skills. Found…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Disabilities, Higher Education, Individual Development
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Jackson, Barry L. – NASPA Journal, 1977
This article is an abstract of the doctoral dissertation selected by NASPA as the 1977 Dissertation of the Year. It concerns the identification of student activities related to developmental growth. This identification may eventually help design a campus milieu that will maximize growth. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Tasks, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education
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Parks, Dennis R. – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1983
Meeting the educational and personal development needs of adults in transition presents the greatest challenge to higher education. This article discusses a study to determine how adults in transition believe their educational programs to be helpful. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Developmental Tasks
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Haswell, Richard H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
The connections between college student self-evaluation and student development are examined, and it is proposed that such self-evaluation may actively encourage specific aspects of cognitive, psychological, and social development and help the student integrate the experience. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Students, Developmental Tasks, Higher Education
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Phelps, Christine E. – Roeper Review, 1991
Necessary developmental tasks concerned with identity development of gifted college women include developing competence, managing emotions, developing autonomy, establishing identity, freeing interpersonal relationships, developing purpose, and developing integrity. These issues may be used as counseling interventions to raise career aspirations.…
Descriptors: College Students, Competence, Counseling, Developmental Tasks
Yarbrough, Stephen L. – 1984
The personal developmental levels of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds were studied; and the hypothesis that students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds would be less mature than other students in the developmental levels of autonomy, purpose, and interpersonal relationships was assessed. The effects of participation in…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, Developmental Tasks
Daloz, Laurent A. – 1999
This book offers perspectives for understanding adult learners and suggests in practical ways based on current development theory how higher education professionals can work more effectively to improve the quality of the educational experience for these students. Using the metaphor of a journey, the book explores the process of adult learning in…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, College Programs, Developmental Tasks
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Mather, Peter C.; Winston, Roger B., Jr. – Journal of College Student Development, 1998
"Depth interviews" reveal the development of autonomy to be a complex process characterized by a network of interrelated life experiences in multiple domains. Relational, personal, and educational events influence the pace and direction of developing autonomy. Six themes emerging from the data are discussed and related to developmental theories…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Developmental Tasks, Higher Education, Individual Development