The paper focuses on facilitating students' autonomy. Though the main observed difference in the classroom often seems to be the student's level of language knowledge, this may have its roots in other reasons besides ability (previous teaching, motivation, etc.). Therefore, learners have not only different cultural and social backgrounds but also…

By focusing the research on Kant's theory of moral education, this Chinese language thesis aims to inquire into the essential nature of morality and the incentive to moral practice to arrive at the basic principles of cultivation of moral personality. The thesis first analyzes and makes a comparison among four schools of moral philosophy: social…

To rely on coal and nuclear power as sources of energy is to narrow society's future options and to present numerous problems. Renewable solar energy, on the other hand, can preserve rather than reduce options. More jobs, rising self-reliance, and new equalities between nations will be the result. (RM)

Focuses on the ways in which cooperative education can contribute to three areas of personal development: competence, autonomy, and purpose. Investigates ways in which cooperative education programs place students on their own and assist in establishing career objectives. (JOW)

The age at which young people expected the initiation of certain sexual practices was studied with 522 15- and 16-year olds. There was progression in modal ages indicated from least intimate to more intimate behaviors. There was also a strong relationship between sexual timetables and timetables for autonomy and use of drugs such as alcohol. (SLD)

Summarizes the transformation theory of adult learning and explains the relationship of transformative learning to autonomous thinking. (SK)

Four recommendations are provided for developing self-advocacy in individuals with mental retardation, to support national and local advocacy organizations. Guidelines include making specific and concrete recommendations, expressing one's needs, appreciating all stakeholders' limits, and appreciating that change is often slow. (PB)

In postmodern societies, oppression shifts from centralized, explicitly coercive forms to decentered, subtle processes, inducing individuals to regulate themselves. Foucault's concept of power can assist adult educators in moving from empowering individuals to escape or transform oppressive structures toward helping them resist the disciplining of…

Spiritual and religious discussion within therapy can be essential for treatment. Proposes that therapists must be aware of their personal level of differentiation in order to effectively integrate spiritual/religious discussion in therapy. (Contains 28 references.)

Web-based learning can be liberating and enhance autonomy and reflection. However, new forms of computer-based learning also have the potential for panoptic surveillance and control of students, practices that are inimical to the values and philosophy of nursing education. (Contains 37 references.) (SK)

Individualism-collectivism theory predicted that Egyptian and Canadian children's performance would differ on relevant scales of the Robert Apperception Test for Children (RATC). Findings validated cross-cultural use of the RATC and demonstrated that the increasingly general theory of collectivism allowed meaningful predictions about personality…

Explores a link between the psychologically oriented identity status paradigm, and the sociologically oriented individualization theory. The primary link between these two approaches appears to be that the individualization process can be operationalized in terms of agency in identity formation. Concludes that identity statuses representing…

Reports the testing of hypotheses about principal vision generated from Blumberg and Greenfield's (1986) qualitative studies of effective principals. Teachers tend to associate a robust principal with freedom to select the techniques of their work; the relationship between teacher sense of autonomy and principal vision is less clear. (JD)

Examined perceptions of decisional autonomy and decision-making processes among 64 elderly mothers and caregiving daughters. Mothers were highly involved in decisions affecting their lives, from daily care to major health decisions. Daughters were influential over major health, financial, and housing decisions. Mothers' level of personal care…

The study of special and regular education students' perceptions of control at school found comparability among groups with regard to areas in which control is valued. Perceptions of control were lower for students in the standard special education group than those of regular students or of special education students in an experimental program.…