Suggests how personal and situational aspects of decision making can contribute to effective leadership strategies. Discusses the administrator's role and program development and clientele. (CT)

Argues that the social pressures for children to mature rapidly should not prevent adults from addressing the needs of children nor from helping them achieve their normal course of development. (DB)

Vocational education curriculum should move beyond the technical-efficiency model, which emphasizes skill in technical procedures for problem solving. Curriculum with a value reasoning approach helps students to maximize their potential through action and reflective thought. (CJ)

Hunkins asserts that the curriculum has been splintered in reaction to myriad demands upon the schools. He outlines a plan for a "curriculum of encounters" which seeks to enable students to become complete human beings and has the potential for bringing unity and purpose to school programs. (SK)

Ms. Gold, a management consultant, describes the key to her success as reliance on the ACE theory: adaptability, consistency, and energy. This article is part of a theme issue on women and leadership. (SJL)

Relations between personality and happiness were examined in three studies. It was argued that (a) different sets of traits influence type of affect and of satisfaction; (b) extraversion and neuroticism influence type of affect and of satisfaction; and (c) personality differences antedate and predict differences in happiness over a 10-year period.…

A growing movement in alternative higher education is one that emphasizes the liberating or empowering potential of education. It is oriented toward individual and social change. Proponents contend that conventional programs, which maintain dominant societal systems, hinder achievement of greater social, political, and economic justices. (MSE)

Provides an analysis of the main character of a novel to show how the current literature on adolescence can be taught through analysis of adolescent characters in novels. (SS)

Presented are the theoretical characteristics of social identity in early adolescence (ages 10 to 15). It is suggested that no longer is identity thought to begin with adolescence, but may have its beginnings in the preteen years. The article draws heavily on Eriksonian concepts. (Editor/KC)

Examines the organization and objectives of an adventure-based course for industrial managers and management trainees. The program's goal is the development of personal qualities and social skills, as well as the application of leadership theories in a mentally and physically challenging environment. (SK)

The author is concerned with politics in a wider sense--providing children with an individual and collective sense of identity in time and space, giving them opportunities for the exploration of shared experience, making them aware of the responsibilities and privileges of community. (Editor)

Explores the relationship between teaching English and psychotherapy, and suggests that English teachers should think of themselves as therapists who are helping their students toward personal growth and values clarification. (RL)

Explains that adolescence is the process of "becoming" and suggests that anyone who spends time around teens participates in the crises of becoming. (Author/MP)

Freedom from material insecurity brings with it new human expectations. Demands for personal fulfillment and development of human potential will increasingly be placed on schools, and change will be necessary for organizational success and individual self-actualization. The authors present ten principles for bringing about desired changes.…

Examines effects of making contracts in group on discrepancy between real and ideal self-concepts. Group A made contracts; Group B did not. Group A showed significantly greater change toward more congruence in perception of self and ideal self than Group B. (Author)