Stressing the need to re-examine one's initial teacher training, the article analyzes five ways a teacher can realize continuous self-directed professional development: taking charge of one's own development; learning from real-life experience; sharing in educational intervention; participating in educational research; and taking advantage of…

This well known writer credits the free, un-castebound structure of education in the United States for allowing him to achieve his full intellectual potential, but warns that increasing social inequities threaten the society's fundamental virtues. (GC)

A case study of peasant women, based on oral accounts of 40 married Italian Piedmontese peasants who lived during the Industrial Revolution, examines their relationships in everyday life and in society. The impact of puberty, marriage, and childbirth on relationships among women is discussed. (AM)

Proposes that many works of art can be viewed as the products of a group and not just the individual artist. Examines the life history of a group of impressionist painters. Discusses how a group develops over time, group processes, and how the group contributes to artistic development. (RC)

Outlines a plan for multiple talent teaching that allows educators to use the initiative of individuals, make learning relevant, foster skill development, and use and enhance their own abilities. (SK)

Describes a research effort to determine the effect of personal growth and development activities on secondary students' attitudes towards social issues while participating in an environmental studies program. Scores of one experimental group on the inventory of social issues posttest were significantly higher than those for the control group.…

Draws on recent research on adult development for a conceptual base in examining personal and professional developmental potentials, tasks, and conflicts for college faculty in five categories: Age 30 Transition, Dual Career Couple, Midlife, Late-Entry, and Senior Retiring faculty. Three charts and an 80-item reference list are included. (JL)

Reviews elements of Maslow's work and shows how Fromm's distinction between a having and a being mode of experience corresponds with the work of Maslow. Suggests counselors must clarify professional values and concludes that transpersonal psychology offers a way of establishing more positive relationships. (JAC)

The author advocates a broad social framework from which to generate educational policies and processes. Elements of the framework he delineates include environmental, technological, and societal change, population growth, individual fulfillment, and the role and function of education. (SK)

Examined the relationship between anxiety and self-actualization in a sample of college students. Items (N=33) from the Personal Orientation Inventory were found to measure anxiety and scored negatively for self-actualization. Removal of anxiety items and rescoring yielded self-actualization measures related postively to anxiety test scores.…

Physical education should be considered a basic component of education since it contributes to the total development of the individual. However, physical education objectives have not been reached, in spite of research supporting the goals and a large percentage of students participating in physical education programs. (JN)

Examines the psychosocial and academic problems resulting from overplacement or premature enrollment of primary school children. The educational system compounds the problem by ignoring the differences in maturation levels among children of the same age. The possibility of speeding up maturation rates and suggestions for preventing overplacement…

Strong leadership in education is mandatory if change is to occur. Issues examined include: (1) the special needs of a modern democratic society; (2) an environmental versus hereditary view of human development; (3) academic achievement and the effect of schooling on children; and (4) methods for effective preparation of teachers. (JN)

Describes a public school alternative education model, Walkabout, introduced and adapted for use with education majors in an undergraduate course at Eastern Michigan University. Learners invested considerable energy into academic activities when they felt involved and saw personal dividends. A challenge proposal is included. (Author)