There is at present a need to clarify the place and contribution of psychological education in the context of school-related factors contributing to pupil development. Given this need for clarification, an integrated conceptual framework for psychological education is presented and discussed. (Author)

Within the counselor-as-teacher frame of reference, the concept of behavioral contracting is examined. Basic issues are developed and evaluated. An illustrative contract between an adolescent and his parents is presented. (Author)

Children were administered the Learning Style Inventory. Analysis revealed that children across sex, grade, and race had a majority of no preferences for the variables considered. The auditory approach was the least preferred learning mode by all groups. Specific diagnosis concerning modality strengths will contribute to a youngster's success in…

Reviewed research published in the "Journal of Humanistic Education and Development" from 1981 to 1985. Concluded most research focused on emotional, social, and cognitive development among elementary, secondary, and college students, and on the work of teachers rather than counselors. Suggests future research should include clear…

Schools can help to ease mental health problems through preventive education, early detection and referrals for treatment, and assisting with the management of students with chronic problems. (SK)

Using the philosophical framework of G. H. Mead, the authors analyze research data from British informal primary schools concerning the political, social, and psychological ramifications of teachers' decision-making processes. (GW)

It is argued that while Georgi Lozanov's suggestology and suggestopedic methods are informed by work in the field of suggestion in the former Soviet bloc, his work has also been influenced by work on suggestion in the west, particularly in France, where suggestion is a more controversial technique. For Lozanov, suggestion is a normal phenomenon…

This paper describes the evolution of the helper therapy principle into a popular idea in community psychology and argues for the increased use of helping by the client as a therapeutic tool. Further, the paper attempts to explain the helper therapy principle by use of current psychological theory and research. (Author)

Error in assessing learning aptitude inheres much more in the users of the tests than in the tests themselves. Assumptions fundamental to such assessment are considered. It is particularly important that the tester constantly be sensitive to the nature of the relaionship between the psychological demands of test items or tests and the learning…

A description of a curriculum development project currently under way at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Newton Public School System titled, Psychological Education." By creating a series of laboratories in aspects of psychology, the objectives were focused toward psychology as a means of educating the pupils in their own…

Describes a way in which ego functions may be developed to help children with a certain type of learning disorder gain a second chance through psychoeducation. (WY)

Part of the paper was presented at the Annual International Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children (47th, Denver, Colorado, 1969). (CD)

Trained volunteers tutored youth and adults who were reading below fifth grade level. Pre- and posttest measures of reading, verbal language, listening comprehension, and locus of control were taken. Experimental subjects, but not controls, made significant gains in general reading and discrete reading subskills. Trained volunteers can ameliorate…