This paper describes the organization and implementation of 16 seminars on the subject of developing the potentials inherent in the individuals involved. The stated goals of this group project for teacher corps interns are: (1) identify and use personal strengths and potential in many areas; (2) understand achievement patterns and the way in which…

This program is a structured, 16-session consciousness-raising group for adult women which can be used in a university setting with women in continuing education or in a community setting with noncollege women. The program is designed to help women identify the influence of sex-role stereotyping on their lives, learn ways for effective sex-role…

An advanced General Education Program has been designed to prepare an individual with the information, concepts and general knowledge required to successfully pass the American Council on Education's High School General Education Development (GED) Test. The Advanced General Education Program provides comprehensive self-instruction in each of the…

An advanced General Education Program has been designed to prepare an individual with the information, concepts, and general knowledge required to successfully pass the American Council on Education's High School General Education Development (GED) Test. The advanced General Education Program provides comprehensive self-instruction in each of the…

This volume, the final one in the series, presents about 400 ideas which teachers can use to teach creative thinking. The ideas are classified according to teacher behavior (strategies or modes of teaching) and by types of pupil behavior, as described in the rationale for the cognitive-affective instructional (CAI) model presented in volume 2. The…

This is the second in a two volume set (see also SE 013 455) which displays what the people at the Earth Science Teacher Preparation Project (ESTPP) value about learning, learners, themselves, and their role in helping learners. It records, mainly in their own words, how some people in colleges and secondary schools feel about education and how…

A guide for helping young children develop positive attitudes about themselves and for expressing themselves well is presented. The philosophy of the school district putting out this instructional manual includes the following tenets: (1) Schools exist primarily for the benefit of the children in their community; (2) Curriculum should provide…

Poetry therapy used in the classroom becomes poetry growth experiences which enable participants to use poetry and group communication as means of exploring their personal feelings and attitudes. This document includes a paper which discusses poetry growth experiences and applies information on medical uses of poetry therapy to classroom…

Discusses the interrelationships between the terms thesis, content, meaning, and mechanics, indicating the problems these interrelationships cause teachers that evaluate student compositions. (RL)

Ken Macrorie's "Uptaught" advocates a student-centered approach to writing which focuses too much attention on self analysis and exploration, and not enough attention on values beyond the self. (D D)

This study sought to explore the pattern of self-disclosure in parent discussion groups. Subjects were 16 parents. Patterns of self-disclosure to occur contiguously, suggesting that reciprocity in self-disclosure is a general phenomenon operating in a variety of group settings. (NG)

Compiles words, images, writing, and pictures that capture how students see themselves and the personal events in their lives, their immediate environments, and their views on television, pollution, old age, movies, and other aspects of American life. (KS)

Advocates the power of writing to develop the self. Presents case studies that help show the connection between self and text, and suggests that teachers should foster this connection to enable students to experience writing and rewriting as creative tools for personal as well as intellectual growth. (MS)

Maintains there are many ways to help children develop their language abilities as they learn and that teachers can involve children in activities that bring the children's own knowledge into the curriculum. Illustrated with samples from the science activities of first through third graders. (BB)