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Thomas, Lynn; Beauchamp, Catherine – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews examines the metaphors new teachers use to describe their professional identities and compares metaphors chosen immediately following graduation with those suggested part way through their first year of teaching. Findings indicate that new teachers make a shift from seeing themselves as…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Attitude Change
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Nidich, Sanford; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1973
Replicates a previous study on the influence of transcendental meditation on self-actualization. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Followup Studies, Individual Development, Individual Psychology
Joseph, M. P.; Almen, R. E. – 1968
After a period of time in the Work Opportunity Center (WOC) training program in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 32 boys and 22 girls were re-administered a self-attitude checklist to determine any changes in self-perception. Approximately 60% made improvements. At the time, the 54 individuals responded to a questionnaire soliciting information and…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Followup Studies, Individual Development, Job Satisfaction
Foulds, Melvin L. – 1974
This paper reviews the results of three investigations of the effects of marathon Gestalt workshops on the measured self-actualization of volunteer, college student participants. In the first study, 10 students participated in a weekend workshop at the university counseling center. Subjects completed the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) before…
Descriptors: College Students, Followup Studies, Group Dynamics, Individual Characteristics
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Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1976
A study based on data collected during in-depth interviews with a stratified random sample of 23 student families who attended the National Institute of Education (NIE) Career Education Model IV analyzed current perceptions and implied perceptual changes in self and social development. Positive results suggest that avenues of personal development…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research, Followup Studies
Schellenberg, James; And Others – 1974
This study explores the possible impact of school (especially of changes in school setting) upon self-concept. During the spring of 1974 questionnaires were obtained from 181 ninth graders at Burton Junior High School and Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The following fall, those of the same groups who could be found in the tenth…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Educational Environment, Educational Experience, Environmental Influences
Fellenz, Robert A.; And Others – 1981
A follow-up study examined the life and educational histories of selected adult basic education (ABE) students and the perceived impact of such experiences on their personal growth. Interviewed survey participants were asked about the effect of ABE on the following areas of their lives: self-image, attitudes towards life, self-direction, ability…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adult Basic Education, Followup Studies
Nichols, David L. – 1980
During the orientation program for freshmen at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1973, students were surveyed by questionnaire. In 1976 a followup survey was sent to a random sample of 700 of those students, 40 percent of whom responded. The latter survey consisted of 301 multiple choice items, 127 of which are identical to the…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, College Students, Comparative Analysis