The professional community has the responsibility to explore effective, economic methods for enhancing the parent's understanding and skills in helping his child to grow with as few as possible disturbances of interrelatedness. This paper describes a procedure which has had some effectiveness in parent group discussions in a public school setting.…

A staff developer summarizes the impact of several formative experiences on his career and professional outlook. Through his work as a Colorado state science curriculum consultant and his participation in various state and national organizations, he learned the importance of forming collegial relationships and networks to effect change. (PP)

The single most important prerequisite for professionals working with severely and profoundly handicapped children in provincial school systems is the belief that all individuals can learn and that their rates of learning are not a justifiable basis for judging the "worthwhileness" of individuals nor the importance of teaching them. (BRR)

Education should aim at developing a kind of person who knows how to live well. School instruction fails to accomplish this. Customarily, learning is acquired through example and emulation, rather than through teaching of rules and precepts. Implications for teaching science, mathematics, history, and religion are discussed. (PP)

Describes a one-day workshop, the Lifespan Planning Program, designed to help adults in transition look at themselves and at their social and occupational relationships. Discusses program's steps to help adults develop ways of assessing and utilizing their resources, set and achieve goals, and take active charge of their lives. (Author/RC)

Surveyed adult college students (N=1,000) and found that the additional services they needed were advanced, not basic, skill development. The most desired services were: academic study skills and test preparation, oral communications, technical writing, and critical thinking themes. Suggests findings can be used to facilitate development…

The Simmons College Institute for Women in Educational Administration provides women with specific organizational and personal skills for professional advancement in school administration. Outcomes resulting from the program include: new skills in technical areas; knowledge of school organization; and an increased ability to assess personal goals.…

Describes Aspen School District's (Colorado) outdoor educational program for all students in grades K-12, focusing on the middle school students' experiences in the Outdoor Education Program. Through these experiences, children (grades 5-8) grow in self-worth, abilities, and emotional attachments; they develop a trust level toward other children…

Describes the Teacher Leader program, a field-based masters program for elementary and secondary teachers. The program stresses commitment, a positive relationship, continuous dialog and feedback between teachers and faculty. Program framework and field visits to the teacher's classroom encourage learner-guided growth and aid in translating theory…

Describes the use of Virginia Satir's model to family counseling, emphasizing prevention, personal growth, self-esteem, and communication in improving the functioning of the family system. Presents a case study using the model. Results indicate the family became more nurturing as a result of counseling. (JAC)

Identified persons who actively direct and influence the positive evolution of others by acting upon the environment. Selected individuals on the basis of service to the community and matched them with a comparison group. A comparative analysis indicated differences in education and personality characteristics in the selected "autoevolutionary"…

Human beings must realize the great unknowns in the material makeup and operation of the brain, in the relationship of brain to mind, in the creative imagination, and in the uniqueness of the psyche. The essential feature of the dualist-interaction theory is that mind and body are independent entities which somehow interact. (JN)

Includes seven articles focusing on various research techniques important for counselor use including: (1) multivariate analyses; (2) time-series designs; (3) nonparametric statistics; (4) value orientation analysis; and (5) path analysis. Also discussed are models of developmental research and techniques for simultaneous inference. (RC)

A life-span human development model of learning in early childhood is presented. Learning is viewed as a human enterprise which spans the entire lifetime and involves interaction among people. The bounds of interaction are derived from philosophy and from the biological and social behavioral sciences. (JN)

The institutional features of the American high school reflect its role as the custodian of adolescents, who lack any status in society beyond that of student. These features conflict with the school's educative aim of adolescent self-development; curricular and organizational reforms are needed to correct this dichotomy. (SJL)