Work experience programs for youth can be a means of developing coping, decision-making, and problem solving skills, and other affectively oriented outcomes. The types of personal outcomes of career education and the means of fostering these are reviewed. (Author/JDS)

The middle level years are a crucial time for student development, a time when the path for school success is set for many students. Educators who focus on character and leadership development realize that training in these areas can play a significant role in developing students who will become effective leaders and active citizens in middle…

This book considers service learning an integral aspect of Catholic education. The first four chapters of the book offer theoretical considerations regarding the essential elements of Catholic service learning: the theology of ministry; notable adolescent milestones; Catholic social teaching; and curriculum development. The final chapters are more…

Thirty years after their development, David A. Kolb's Cycle of Learning and Learning Style Inventory are widely used to understand the stages of learning and the ways people prefer to receive and process new information. The model and the self-assessment are both based on Kolb's experiential learning theory, which emphasizes the need for learner…

This study considers student development, focusing on religious change, from social psychological perspectives. The interplay between views of the college environment and the religious self was examined as a way to understand the internal processes of four undergraduate students who underwent a religious change from the Catholic faith. The…

The relationship between students' learning styles and Internet use was studied in a college course in which technology was infused. The setting was a large multisection undergraduate education course on lifespan human development. The course was a traditional on-campus course in which technology was infused through an interactive course Web site,…

The North Carolina Outward Bound School uses the Principle-Process Course Design Model as a clear and logical structure for designing wilderness courses. The model begins by establishing the key processes that sequentially structure all wilderness courses and then defines their function within the structure of the school's organizational mission.…

This paper suggests that, based on certain rhetorical theories and on one instructor's experience, writing structures--both deep and surface--potentially serve three positive purposes: facilitation of thought, foundation for growth, and voice validation. The paper contends that the ultimate effect of these attributes is freedom. Concerns of some…

Students in the University of Pittsburgh's Individually Prescribed Instruction program are taught to self-score their own math performance as a means of encouraging the development of the ability to be a self-managed and self-evaluative learner. This study describes the development and initial use of a technique to evaluate the degree and form of…

The author describes a writing course which represents an effort to break away from the conventional programs. (Editor/RK)

Schools are changing: more and more are supporting growth that develops in students responsibility and control over their own lives. (HMD)

Among the tasks of this discussion were the testing of the subjective/objective dichotomy and the question of the antithesis of permissive naturalism and social discipline, of self and society. (Author/RK)

Considered the proper meaning of compulsory education and the right of children to make their own decisions. (RK)

Discussed the need for humanizing educational experiences in our society. (Author/RK)

Article described Oakton Community College and the Green Turnip program. (RK)