A paramount objective of the middle school is to further the self-development of its students in the several academic disciplines, study skills, problem analysis, and problem solving areas. The curricula content is determined by students and the professional staff members working with them. Emphasis is on individual growth with student involvement…

Studies conducted between 1956 and 1966 indicate that what students learn in college is determined by an interaction of individuality and norms common to peer groups, and that identification of individual characteristics leads to the discovery of student subcultures. An important developmental stage during late adolescence is the consolidation of…

This publication attempts to keep a portion of the educational community in touch with current topics and trends. The present focus is on sex education, a topic of growing concern in educational circles. The texts of three addresses are presented, with audience questions and speaker responses. Dr. Carlfred Broderick gives an overview of sex…

Planned Experiences for Effective Relating (PEER), a 10-session audio-tape program for self-directed personal growth groups, was tested with two experimental populations, county labor camp inmates and university students. There were approximately eight persons in each group. Participants conducted their own sessions, using the PEER Program tapes…

This document sets forth a philosophical basis for student personnel programs in Illinois community colleges, and describes the activities and functions of student development specialists working within a student personnel services model derived from the philosophical premises. The resultant "student development" model reflects a…

This report describes a collaborative study undertaken by 72 psychoanalysts in an effort to (1) collect systematic data about obese patients in psychoanalysis and (2) assess the effect of psychoanalysis in the treatment of obesity. A total of 84 obese and 63 normal weight patients was studied. Each analyst completed a detailed questionnaire on his…

This handbook is designed to accompany three films: "Hey! What About Us?", "I is for Important", and "Anything They Want to Be." Their combined purpose is to help teachers become aware of what sex role stereotyping is. The films illustrate common examples of sex bias. The handbook suggests classroom activities and discussion questions which…

The positive and negative effects of a woman's return to shcool on herself and her family was the object of a study conducted in 1975. Two detailed questionnaires were completed by 361 women attending three Detroit area universities. Of the 361 respondents, 33 of them had not remained in school for more than three consecutive semesters since their…

Based on an approach that analyzes the structure of educational processes in relation to the structure of its outcome, this paper develops the argument that the function that a specific environment fulfills depends critically on who is in control within the environment, and suggests how the implications of this argument might be tested. The…

A personal growth course was developed and taught at Houston Community College (Texas) during the fall of 1974. Ninety students in 10 sections were given three semester hours of academic credit upon successful completion of the course. Fifteen three-hour classes were conducted. The first 12 sessions were designed primarily to increase the…

This paper offers some suggestions to college counselors which are pertinent for effecting change in self-concept of student clients. What the counselor is really attempting to do in the counseling relationship is to help the youthful client find a more constructive, less painful, and healthier way to go through the maturational process which can…

Title IX legislated, among other things, equal educational opportunities for boys and girls in physical education. Although there are many practices which discriminate against girls' sports, and it is important to correct these, Title IX really calls for a fundamental change in all physical education programs to give each individual child the best…

The manual is designed for the use of religious leaders to assist them in the development and planning of strategies that will increase effectiveness and meaning in the ministry. The document is presented in two parts. The first section (38 pages) contains a discussion of the purpose, design, and uses of the plan book. Three schedules for…

The Sweet Street Academy is a school within a school. Most of its 26 students are below grade level in reading and mathematics and have histories of behavioral difficulties or adjustment problems. The objectives of the program are to build meaningful personal relationships with each student and to develop student reading and mathematics…

If educational administrators are to help others grow in positive ways they must master the principles of positive growth for their own lives. A positive view of self is learned through interaction with other people. It is important, therefore, that administrators develop positive personalities and become agents in organizations to help others…