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Peer reviewedZachmeier, William – Social Studies Review, 1987
Describes the Traveling School of Santa Cruz, California, in which students in grades 7-12 travel across the United States and parts of Canada. While following a conventional curriculum and learning about the areas visited, students also achieve personal development through the experience of living with classmates and staff members. (AEM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Field Trips, Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship
Guynn, Marie; And Others – Nursing & Health Care: Perspectives on Community, 1994
Describes the use of caring groups in which nursing students and faculty learn to give and receive care, develop self-awareness and empowerment, and strengthen coping skills. Discusses the centrality of caring in nursing. (SK)
Descriptors: Group Activities, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Individual Development
Peer reviewedArcus, Margaret – Family Relations, 1987
Presents a framework which expands on earlier definitions of family life education and specifies major concepts for comprehensive life-span family life education programs. Provides valuable resource for family life practitioners, training of family life educators, and for the development and testing of theory in the field. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Definitions, Family Life Education, Family Relationship, Individual Development
Peer reviewedWarehime, Robert G. – Small Group Behavior, 1981
Group gestalt therapy in which the leader facilitates the development of helping capacity in group members is described. The general characteristics of this approach are discussed and ground rules concerning leader and member behaviors are suggested. (RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Counseling Objectives, Counselor Role, Group Dynamics
Peer reviewedAkutagawa, Donald – Journal of Divorce, 1981
Discusses the developmental features that occur in the sequence of intimate relationships. Three phases correspond roughly to first marriages, second marriages, and subsequent intimate partnerships. Both the individuals and the relationship change in predictable fashion. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Stages, Divorce, Individual Development
Peer reviewedSmollar, Jacqueline – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Reviews the history and causes of homeless children in the United States from early 19th century to the present. Explores four characteristics necessary for positive developmental pathways that are compromised for children who live on the street: sense of industry and competency, feeling connected to others and society, sense of control of one's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Competence
Mukenge, Tshilemalema – 1988
The meaning of independence, or freedom, in the culture of the Luba, an African ethnic group in Zaire, is inextricably linked to fundamental rights, the development of personal qualities, and the choices that the individuals make. The rights of a Luba man are based on legitimate membership in his family, his lineage, and his chiefdom. A free man…
Descriptors: African Culture, Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Community Influence
