Inadequate self-concepts develop due to being a poor and insecure reader. Any company invests time and money wisely if it provides individuals opportunities to develop needed reading skills at the workplace. There are selected prerequisites for reading instructors to stress when teaching at the workplace: (1) the instructor needs to have basic…

This review of the literature regarding the impact of maternal speech on the formation of a child's sense of self compares the speech of well mothers to that of depressed mothers. The review finds that maternal speech has a strong influence on the formation of symbolic self-representations during the toddler period. However, depressed mothers'…

This publication discusses differential rationality; it asserts that the development of institutions, professions, and individuals involves the differentiation of forms and styles of thinking and knowing that are, in various ways, idiosyncratic. Based on this understanding, differential rationality can be seen as a developmental construct that…

Replicates a previous study on the influence of transcendental meditation on self-actualization. (Author)

In this article the author looks at some of the searing prophecies made by Alvin Toffler in his book Future Shock and relates them to the world of the professional counselor and the clientele the counselor attempts to serve. (Author)

The credibility of personal information selected by members of small groups to describe each other's characteristics and delivered to the members by the group leader without naming the source was studied. Positive feedback was rated by recipients as more credible, desirable, and as having more impact than negative feedback. (Author)

Article considered the viewpoints of three leading thinkers on contemporary educational theory. (RK)

Presented is an annotated bibliography of books, reports, and articles on adolescence, divided into subject areas treating psychology and socialization and the part played by schools and youth in social and economic development. The introduction describes subject content and research methods and trends reflected by the entries. (Author/JH)

Describes the purpose of confluent education to increase not only the students' ability to take responsibility for their own learning but also for teachers to become aware of change. (MM)

Career education places its emphasis on developing personal preferences and on facilitating their implementation. Therefore career education must be comprised of systematic efforts in curriculum planning, guidance, works study programs, and other experiences designed to develop choice making, planning, and employability skills in all students. (KP)

Discussed in this paper are some of the aspects of American Women's vicarious achievement'' through their husbands' jobs in a special combination of roles which is called the two-person single career.'' (Author)

Paper attempts to show three different types of teaching and their relevance in the elevation of educational clarification and improvement. (RK)

Televised portrayals of cowboy legends are really legends of violence, not of fact or history. (JB)

One function of industrial arts is the exploration of the tools, processes, and materials of industry. Of equal importance is the exploration and development of the concept of self. (Author/SB)