Discusses research results indicating that teachers, students, parents, and employers in the United Kingdom agree that the primary goal of education is to develop student character and self-motivation. The author contends that secondary schools neglect this function because they have no objective way to measure their effectiveness. (AM)

Summarizes major challenges facing undergraduate psychology programs in the 1980s. Educators will teach more two-year college students, and cope with greater diversity in student knowledge, needs and interests. Problems arising from societal expectations, rapid social change, inadequate funding, and the need for innovative teaching are discussed.…

Two major assumptions concerning the future of American education focus on the difficulty in achieving bureaucratic and corporate reform and the correlation between school problems and societal problems. Other noteworthy issues include: (1) productive roles for individuals; (2) changing roles of American families; (3) teaching of values; and (4)…

This study was designed to determine if students and recruiters who visited their campuses had similar perceptions of the role of appearance in the pursuit of a career and if their perceptions differed according to selected personal and employment characteristics. (Author)

When children choose their learning experiences, they learn the emotional states that accompany decisions. They also learn to choose according to their potentials, to identify strengths and interests, and, ultimately, to determine their lifestyles. Such a program in Montclair, New Jersey is described. (CJ)

Explored the values stressed by India- and Pakistan-born immigrant parents in the process of socialization in a city in western Canada and the reaction of their children to these values. Collected interview and participation-observation data on immigrant families (N=50). Data indicated that immigrant families have resisted alterations in core…

Surveyed female and male Ph.Ds to examine sex differences in job seeking, job attainment, and factors influencing career advancement. Results indicated women and men held generally similar values but women rated both home and career values more highly and reported more conflicts. Job seeking patterns differed. (Author/JAC)

Discusses the power of counselors to influence clients. Explores and clarifies the influence process in counseling by drawing from professional literature, particularly that of social psychology, and examines the relationship between direct and indirect use of counselor influence and the counselor's theoretical approach. (Author/JAC)

In this era of social stress, there are signs of increased pressure against public education from organizations on the political right. We are well advised to consider anew the dimensions of right-wing anti-intellectualism in our society and the role of educators in defending democratic principles. (Author/SJL)

To realize its potential, the experiential learning movement must develop a balance between traditional and experiential methods and philosophy. As an approach to developing this synthesis, three dilemmas created when experiential learning is developed as a reaction to the shortcomings of traditional methods are identified and analyzed.…

Through institutional and faculty actions, secular private schools may unwittingly reinforce the wrong values in their students: elitism, selfishness, and smugness. Educators should remember to live by the moral values they profess. (SJL)

Investigated the utility of a hierarchical moral development model, derived from Piaget and Kohlberg, for analyzing moral attitudes expressed in the persuasive writing of 30 children, ages 7-13. Concluded that a cumulative stage theory of moral development is more appropriate than a discrete stage theory for analyzing children's writing.…

Several photographs of bulletin boards are reproduced which provide examples of ways to add extra humane education impact to the classroom. (CS)

The centuries of growth behind the emergence of the modern university are surveyed in order to expose the various layers of value assumptions upon which it rests. It is suggested that the modern university may be on the verge of reintegrating its disparate values into a new liberal consensus. (MLW)

By using a values clarification approach to teacher selection, college students can identify their own personal preferences and dispositions and compare them to those variables that are attractors to the teaching profession. (Author)