This booklet contains 19 exercises designed to aid school administrators in improving themselves and/or their schools. Each exercise consists of a brief synopsis, a list of goals or outcomes of the exercise, a recommendation about the size of group that might participate in the exercise, a list of resources and materials needed for the exercise, a…

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Suggestions are made to teachers for using daydreaming, guided as fantasy, to prepare students to concentrate, to enrich the curriculum, and to increase self-knowledge. (Author/SJL)

The usefulness of any educational experience is determined not by who designs it or where it takes place, but by whether it meets the needs, wants, and goals of the participants. (JD)

The "Personal Behavior Health Project" is a tool the health teacher can use to promote actual changes in health behavior. (MM)

The author presents a framework of "design principles" for trainers in designing management learning events, based on the humanistic school of thought and the personal growth of the individual, with the model being applicable to group training. (MF)

There are potentially healthy adolescents who display excessive reluctance to move toward independent decision and action. This research presents a clinical description of this "syndrome", conceptualizes it as a defensive maneuver against mourning over cherished childhood dreams and offers steps for therapeutic intervention. (Editor/RK)

Describes some taproots of a human growth ideology and presents notions on the relatedness of personal growth to societal functioning. Focuses on fifteen points vital to the union of humans and society. (Author/RK)

Describes the major features of mid-life transition and the associated mid-career crisis before outlining what can be done in organizations to meet the challenges of mid-life transition. (Author/IRT)

Recreational programs involving experience in outdoor activities for groups provide education as well as adventure. (JD)

Students can be motivated to write if they can be brought to understand writing as a means of transforming reality and transcending their feelings of powerlessness. (DD)

Provides two illustrations of experiences with critical barriers as described in the previous article. The point of view taken is that of a student trying to understand new ideas. (MA)

The ultimate value of high-adventure, risk recreation may be that a person confronts existentially the decision of whether or not to venture forth into the unknown. Choice is exercised, the mind and body committed, and the consequences accepted. No one is drafted into the activity. (Author)

The "naturalism" of Jean Jacques Rousseau offers a philosophical base for wilderness survival: the renewal of participants in nature so that they can reenter civilization with a proper balance of natural and civil liberty. (MJB)

The article examines the special role that a school provides in an overall treatment experience and in the personal growth of a patient living in a therapeutic community. (Author/NQ)