An inservice summer program provides renewed self-confidence and teaching perspectives by having teachers participate as learners in outdoor experiences. (CMJ)

Introspective and self-reported benefits of recreation as gleaned from essays written by college students are discussed. (JD)

A workshop on developing potential for growth and change is one of a variety of educational activities of the University of British Columbia's Women's Resources Center which focus on life planning for women. (SK)

Discusses various aspects of a human development curriculum: constructing a conceptual framework; using the framework to build a teaching strategy; and learning experiences related to human development (reciprocity in relationships, family and community development, impact of technology, and effects of roles on personal identity). (CT)

Describes how the discipline and sacrifice involved in playing competitive basketball can promote a continuing, self-rewarding challenge and test for the players and others involved. (JD)

Describes Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Knut Hamsun as self-educated men who never ceased to warn of the evils of formal education. Quoting from their works, considers their feelings toward education as revealed in Rousseau's "Emile," with its description of ideal education, and in the ill effects of education on Hamsun's characters. (AYC)

Suggestions are given for developing an effective creative dance program in an elementary class. (JD)

One man recounts what he learned from returning to the elementary classroom after an absence of 24 years, during which he was an elementary principal, a director of elementary curriculum, a consultant, and a doctoral student. (IRT)

A review of the literature on feedback delivered in small groups reveals there are many gaps in knowledge of the most effective ways for individuals to give and receive information about themselves and each other. The present study was designed to examine further this phenomenon. (Author)

Author argues that students should attend the best college they can get into, looking for one with a history of moral as well as intellectual contributions and the resources to help students discover their own identities. (BP)

All fields of health, physical education, and recreation contribute to well being of people, and all these fields should be incorporated into a goal of educating people to be totally healthy. (JMF)

Problems faced by counselor education programs is that of reconciling the split between the traditional academic emphasis on teaching and research and practical experience and personal growth. Contends counselors' failure to recognize the value of theories in counseling may pose some problems for our profession as a whole. (Author)

The importance of the arts as a means for the subject to directly experience acquired knowledge and to express emotions in tangible form is discussed. (RW)

The adaptation of training programs to employees with different value systems can produce better results--and clarify why program evaluations often vary widely. (For availability, see EA 507 433.) (Author)

Contending that one cannot enjoy continued growth as a professional unless one is at the same time enjoying personal growth, the author discusses the following positive adjustments that he believes could make a person more comfortable personally and professionally: Adjustments to our perception, adjustments to our self-concept, and adjustments to…