This article focuses on the need for science staff development and suggests that rigid role definitions be eliminated and responsibilities shifted to allow teacher growth. (SA)

This article describes a values clarification program conducted among young male residents of a school for drug and social behavioral problems in Mexico. (JMF)

Hipple's Interpersonal Relationship Rating Scale (1972) was administered to graduate students in a counselor education program. The results were factor analyzed and six scales were extracted. The IRRS was then administered to two classes of students in group counseling. Both groups had significant discrepancy scores. (Author)

Examines the transition from concrete to formal thought in Piagetian theory. The questions investigated relate to the abruptness of the transition period, the simultaneity of changes across schemes, and the influence of one scheme of development on another. (SA)

Noting potential conflict between the two most-frequently stated goals of independent schools, academic excellence and dedicated concern for the individual, the author discusses ways to achieve both. (SJL)

QUEST, the outdoor experimental learning program at Bloomsburg State College, is patterned after the Outward Bound philosophy and aims at personal development of students through strenuous physical and emotional experiences. (JMF)

This article discusses similarities in educational trends in the United States and the United Kingdom, and criticizes the back-to-basics movements in each country. The need for further research in education and its application to the fullest development of children is suggested. (BH)

The author criticizes values clarification techniques done without parental consent in non-elective courses because they invade privacy, lead to ethical relativism, and have the potential to damage children's ego-strength. (Author/AV)

Identifies four major areas of recent investigations: cross-cultural studies of political socialization, the focus on the interactive nature of the individual in the process of learning about politics, the need to examine the comparative impacts of the various agencies of political socialization, and methodological and conceptual refinements.…

Reports a survey to determine practices among metalworking firms in Minnesota covering such topics as whether or not the company had a formal or informal job posting system, the actual mechanics of the system, union influence on its design, feedback to unsuccessful job bidders, and current employee acceptance of the system. Recommendations are…

A 50 hour self-development approach to drug education which included values clarification, empathy training, drug information, with considerable peer interaction was evaluated by means of a true experiment. No differences were found between treatment and no-treatment groups in terms of drug usage, drug knowledge, and self-esteem. (Author)

Part of a model developed to explain dropout from adult education programs was tested. The model describes adult education participants as life-chance (lower socioeconomic groups) or life-space (upper socioeconomic groups) oriented, with life-chance being synonymous with defiency motivation and life-space being synonymous with growth motivation.…

A former U.S. Commissioner of Education traces the personal influences that have made him an ardent champion of the small liberal arts college and offers some enterprising suggestions for keeping these colleges successful. (Editor/LBH)

The author describes activities for use in dealing with stress. Examples are peer resources, role playing, values clarification, and stress contracts. (HLM)

This study examines the effect of a student-centered training class on the self-concepts of Resident Assistants. (Author)