A workbook for use by teachers in adult basic education classes concerned with personal growth, this text covers five areas. These areas are: Money Management, World of Work, Citizenship and Government, Health Education, and Family Life. Each area is presented as to the course objectives, and units of instruction are given. It is suggested that…

THE SIX PAPERS COLLECTED IN THIS REPORT DEAL WITH THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL EFFORTS IN RESEARCH ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF-CONCEPT. THE THREE THEORETICAL PAPERS EXTEND THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS IN THEIR EARLIER WORK AND ALSO CALL ATTENTION TO AND ELABORATE UPON FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL…

Every trainer and training director should take a close look at his or her habits--good and bad ones. The author provides a series of questions that, when answered by trainers will help them change or get rid of a habit or develop a new one. (BP)

Shows how the subject-object interaction of the dialectical model elucidates the interdependence of moral judgments and self-esteem. Suggests that both the effects of cultural and historical contexts on individual moral development and the effects of individual moral development on the family and society should be recognized. (JMB)

A discussion of the value of a classical education by one student of classics who found his academic background to be personally rewarding after leaving school and entering the business world. (KM)

This study was designed to ascertain whether or not working wives derive status benefits from their own occupational attainments. Findings suggest that they do. (Author)

Books are discussed as the only adequate in-depth means of communication with other minds which ignores the limitations of time and space. (Author/JAB)

Apparent success of the marathon groups in altering the perceptions of Black female heroin addicts toward the future, counseling, and themselves offers preliminary evidence that marathons may have potential as a counseling strategy with these clients. Future research needs to be performed to substantiate or reject these findings. (Author/PD)

Role-playing activities were employed by an elementary school counselor to influence moral development. Support was not found for moral reasoning and social perspective-taking levels being influenced by role-playing. Evidence in support of the age-related nature of these constructs and their parallel pattern of development was found. (Author)

Reviews the period of adolescence in relation to religion, religion and society, and the impact of others on adolescent religious beliefs. Provides recommendations for adults who wish to aid the adolescent regarding religion. (Author/RK)

This study assessed the effect of mutuality of control orientation between group leaders with internal locus of control and external locus of control and members with similar characteristics; group members working with external leaders became more internal than did group members whose leaders were internal. (JD)

Attempts to show how moral education construed as responsibility management functions causally to further individuals' autonomy. Since personal freedom entails responsibility and since individuals and society both influence each other, society's need for responsible action can be used to strengthen individual freedom. (Author/ RK)

A death education unit taught in a health class needs to be implemented in order to furnish youth with a more comprehensive view of what death really means, how they can cope with a death when it occurs, and why it is important for them to carry on and live a more fulfilled life. (MJB)

Want to manage your time? Try these ideas: Use time as a resource, keep a time log, get your attitude in shape, analyze your situation, apply time saving techniques, use self discipline as an organizing force. (ABM)

The author discusses the popularity of nontraditional approaches to mental health and individual development. He suggests that counseling psychologists should take note of the nontraditional emphasis on the holistic, physical, and nondogmatic spiritual. Counseling psychologists can develop new models, theories, and techniques to lead psychology in…