NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Ludick, Pat – NAMTA Journal, 2014
A theory paper that gives a universal portrait of the "noble adolescent" directly quotes from Montessori. Pat Ludick defines the adolescent as they search for their future roles in a changing world, seek a happy life, form a compatible and collaborative personality, learn humility, and become aware of the head-heart duality. The…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Adolescent Development, Personality Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hand, Michael – Oxford Review of Education, 2010
Aviram and Assor try two strategies for rebutting my recent critique of autonomy as an educational aim. First, they argue that my objection to dispositional autonomy fails. Second, they identify and defend a technical sense of autonomy quite different from any that I consider. I show here that there are serious problems with both lines of argument.
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Educational Philosophy, Philosophy, Self Concept
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dollinger, Stephen J.; Kazmierczak, Elzbieta; Storkerson, Peter K. – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2011
This study evaluated a creative workshop where college students (N = 300) devised self-expressive products to explore their inner and outer worlds. Participants devised products with drawing and writing components to examine their relationships with negative life events, self-concepts, and worldviews. Participants then evaluated the workshop.…
Descriptors: Females, College Students, Freehand Drawing, Creativity
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Snell, William E., Jr.; And Others – Sex Roles, 1986
Describes a new self-disclosure questionnaire devised to examine women's and men's willingness to disclose information about their "masculine" and "feminine" aspects. Applied to 156 undergraduates, the scale was found to be reliable and valid, and particularly useful when the concern is with the disclosure of instrumental and…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Femininity, Masculinity, Personality Measures
Hailey, B. Jo; Sison, Gustave F. P., Jr. – 1981
Although case studies and anecdotal information have suggested that differences exist between the early family environments of obese and non-obese individuals, no experimental research exists. Undergraduates completed the Family Environment Scale (FES) and a questionnaire concerning past and present weight information. Subjects were classified as…
Descriptors: Background, Body Weight, College Students, Family Environment
Forst, Edmund, Jr.; Beatty, Michael J. – 1987
A study proposed a predictive model to explain self-disclosure to parents based on biological sex of subject and perceived psychological sex typing of the parent. It was hypothesized that: (1) the linear combination of biological sex type of subject and subjects perception of mother (psychological scores) would significantly predict…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Communication Research, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication