Provides an analysis of the main character of a novel to show how the current literature on adolescence can be taught through analysis of adolescent characters in novels. (SS)

Presented are the theoretical characteristics of social identity in early adolescence (ages 10 to 15). It is suggested that no longer is identity thought to begin with adolescence, but may have its beginnings in the preteen years. The article draws heavily on Eriksonian concepts. (Editor/KC)

Examines the organization and objectives of an adventure-based course for industrial managers and management trainees. The program's goal is the development of personal qualities and social skills, as well as the application of leadership theories in a mentally and physically challenging environment. (SK)

The author is concerned with politics in a wider sense--providing children with an individual and collective sense of identity in time and space, giving them opportunities for the exploration of shared experience, making them aware of the responsibilities and privileges of community. (Editor)

Explores the relationship between teaching English and psychotherapy, and suggests that English teachers should think of themselves as therapists who are helping their students toward personal growth and values clarification. (RL)

Explains that adolescence is the process of "becoming" and suggests that anyone who spends time around teens participates in the crises of becoming. (Author/MP)

Freedom from material insecurity brings with it new human expectations. Demands for personal fulfillment and development of human potential will increasingly be placed on schools, and change will be necessary for organizational success and individual self-actualization. The authors present ten principles for bringing about desired changes.…

Examines effects of making contracts in group on discrepancy between real and ideal self-concepts. Group A made contracts; Group B did not. Group A showed significantly greater change toward more congruence in perception of self and ideal self than Group B. (Author)

The author concludes that, without changing practice to reflect both the philosophical concepts of normalization and the psychological concepts of development, such handicapped people will continue to suffer the traditional trade-offs of normalization at the sacrifice of development, or development at the cost of normalization. (DLS)

The therapeutic and diagnostic aspect of the preabortion interview are discussed with attention to specifics that will identify students with the greatest likelihood for psychological problems and/or repeat abortions. (JD)

Research indicates that the ethnic composition of a community is of greater importance in explaining income and attitude differences that are the individual's own ethnic attitudes. The study was conducted on a Moshav community in Israel. (Author/KC)

Suggestions are made for directing students in a program of independent study. (JD)

An investigation of sports as a facilitative or debilitating personal developmental experience among female varsity and intramural athletes showed significant differences between the two groups' perceptions of the experiences and also between attitudes about social and sport self, and strength of selected personality traits (aggression, dominance,…

This study provides experimental evidence that instructional set can influence access to altered states of consciousness. Fifteen male subjects were randomly assigned to three groups, each of which received the same autogenic biofeedback training in hand temperature control, but each group received a different attitudinal set. (Editor)

The author describes values clarifiction as an educational approach which employs practical strategies, is consistent with democratic society, covers a variety of issues, adapts to all subject matter, and can be done at all ability levels. (Author/AV)