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Tozer, Mark; Collins, Dave; Hathaway, Tanya – Pastoral Care in Education, 2011
Allison and Von Wald (2010) highlight the substantial opportunities presented by expeditions to address the crucial topic of personal and social development. The present paper wishes to address the apparent oversight of transfer within such learning experiences. Issues that need to be addressed if the impact of transfer is to be optimised are…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Social Development, Values, Individual Development
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Cohen, Michael – Journal of College Admission, 2009
Before his freshmen year, the author thought he knew everything--about himself, about college and about the world. He anticipated brilliant and disheveled professors, who, heads in the clouds, wander to class between picturesque gothic towers fortifying quads of freshly cut grass. He pictured Frisbees and roommates, intramural sports and…
Descriptors: College Students, Individual Development, Political Attitudes, Friendship
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Chickering, Arthur W. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
In this article, the author states his belief that community based learning among adults can be a powerful force for encouraging personal development and for strengthening democracy in this multicultural, globally interdependent, battered world. To do so, however, it needs to pervade all the curricula, degree programs, learning contracts, and…
Descriptors: Democracy, Role of Education, Democratic Values, Citizen Participation
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Hake, Barry J. – Adult Education Quarterly, 1999
In late modernity lifelong learning is necessary for survival, according to the dominant discourse of globalization and competitiveness. Another perspective views learning as acquisition of knowledge and skills in social interaction, with a focus on the interplay of societal, organizational, and individual processes that enhance or inhibit the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Individual Development, Lifelong Learning
Suchodolski, Bogdan; Kuczynski, Janusz – 1982
Two papers by Polish scientists are provided that correlate lifelong education with man's creative activity and explore creativity as a practical philosophy. In "Permanent Education and Creativity," Bogdan Suchodolski supports the connection between permanent education and man's creative activity. He suggests that civilization is at a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Creativity, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
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Smith, P. L. – Educational Theory, 1979
The author examines the philosophical bases for the differing opinions of Russell and Bode as to the relative values of education geared toward individual development as opposed to those which concentrate on developing a sense of citizenship or social responsibility. (MJB)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Philosophy, Individual Development, Individualism
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Raven, John – Higher Education Review, 1982
The need for citizens to develop personal qualities to work and live in modern society and the role of education in attaining them are discussed, including leadership, civic responsibility, a sense of one's role in society, and understanding of society's structures. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Objectives, Individual Development, Outcomes of Education
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Davis, Linda – NAMTA Journal, 1996
Traces the Montessori view of adolescent social development and provides illustrations in short-term rural life with 12- to 14-year olds. Provides clear signs pointing to Erdkinder based on the theory that adolescents are in the midst of a social transformation and they want to be treated with respect. (MOK)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Individual Development, Montessori Method
Anderson, David W. – 1986
Based on the belief that positive physical teacher/learner interaction in the form of touch or closeness is a natural expression of humanness and an appropriate demonstration of a teacher's acceptance, caring, and concern for the wellness of students, this essay seeks to provide a clear theoretical framework from which to view the importance of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Individual Development, Social Development
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Emerson, Goldwin J.; Ayim, Maryann – Journal of Educational Thought, 1980
The first of these two companion papers presents an account of Dewey's position on the nature of growth and its implications for curriculum development. The second paper provides a critique of Dewey's concept of growth and sketches what C. S. Peirce would have regarded as more viable alternatives. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Children, Curriculum, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles
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McDermott, Virginia Anne – Communication Quarterly, 1980
Examines the concept that individuals develop, maintain, and change their self-concepts through communication with others. Presents two dimensions of the communication networks: the social network in which one is embedded, and the smaller, more influential network of relational ties that develop from contacts within the social networks. (JMF)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Individual Development, Interaction
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Jung, Vivienne; Short, Robert H. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2002
This article reviews various theories for difficulties in socioemotional functioning experienced by many deaf persons. It then proposes a 3-level model which focuses on: (1) intrapsychic processes such as self-concept; (2) reciprocal interactions between the person and the social environment; and (3) resulting memories and expectancies that affect…
Descriptors: Adults, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development
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Cairns, Robert B. – Developmental Psychology, 1992
James Baldwin's ideas, such as that of a genetic science, and their influence on later theorists such as Piaget, Vygotsky, and Kohlberg, are described. The further Baldwin moved from the study of infancy, the more speculative and the less empirically verifiable became his ideas. (BC)
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Evolution, Genetics, Individual Development
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Unger, Rhoda K.; And Others – Journal of Social Issues, 1986
The world view of students was investigated, measuring covert causal assumptions about the relationship between the person and physical and social reality. The results indicate that people place themselves in particular intellectual arenas because of their preexisting ideology. Suggestions for further study are made. (PS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Epistemology, Ideology, Individual Development
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Killen, Melanie – Developmental Review, 1997
Asserts that dichotomous cultural templates such as independence and interdependence do not accurately reflect the complexity of social life and often result in stereotypic characterizations of social orientations of individuals and cultures. Discusses viewpoints that promote use of dichotomous labels, espouse dualities for some cultural aspects,…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Individual Development
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