Advocates career education as a means of merging the theoretical and the practical sides of education and of explaining and helping people to understand, value, and appreciate their participation in society's system of work and education. (TP)

Failure in the areas of student social responsibility, social integration, and personal development has led schools to focus on various forms of outcome based education. In this article, three outcome based models are discussed in relation to the current surge of competency based educational programs. (GC)

Black students that were grouped for English ability by their standardized test scores translated a standard English text into black dialect. Analytical data show group differences in dialect facility that correlate to standard English ability, suggesting that language development affects both dialect performance and standard English learning. (RL)

When the descriptive interpretations that sixth and eighth graders provided for metaphors selected from fifth-grade readers were examined in a Piagetian framework, the poorest interpretations showed characteristics of concrete and pre-operational thought, while the best interpretations showed characteristics of formal operational thought. (RL)

The relationship between the pupil control orientation of schools and the personal development of students were investigated. Data were collected from teachers and students in 40 high schools. Results indicated that the more custodial the pupil control orientation of the school, the less inner directed, time competent, and self-actualized the…

Describes a workshop for women designed to equip themselves for future roles by discussing topics such as assertiveness training, values clarification, decision-making, improvement of communication and interpersonal relationships, role models, futures planning, leadership training, and men-women relationships. (Author/HLM)

Discusses hypotheses suggested for consideration by those black educators and parents who are involved in the educational process with the black child; these hypotheses are based on extensive clinical investigation and research. It is contended that black independent schools are facing the same complex problem that has plagued Western…

A study based on data collected during in-depth interviews with a stratified random sample of 23 student families who attended the National Institute of Education (NIE) Career Education Model IV analyzed current perceptions and implied perceptual changes in self and social development. Positive results suggest that avenues of personal development…

This paper describes a high school curriculum and an alternative role for the school counselor. The counselor becomes responsible for developing curricula and programs that aim to positively affect personal development of students. Prepared for the APA Division 17 Symposium on Developmental Counseling Psychology, Chicago, 1975. (Author)

The author expands on the definition of education a bit, concludes that educators ought to be in the values business, suggests some values that can be taught, and offers some ways that are appropriate and effective to teach values. (Author)

This study of group process evaluated the relative effectiveness of facilitator-directed (FD) and self-directed (SD) personal growth group treatments in inducing change in the level of group member interaction. Examination of treatment effectiveness was accomplished through an interaction process analysis approach, the Hill Interaction…

The questions of the value of structure in groups and the value of experience in group leadership merge when the two areas of conflict are considered together. The present study was concerned with effects of an interpersonal growth contract and of leader experience on encounter group process and outcome. (Author)

The failure of two vocational counseling interventions to generate tangible results suggests that counselors need to become experts in job-seeking skills and pass this knowledge on to their counselees. (Author)

The relatively new trend of going back to school represents a philosophical advance among older people at once in the direction of belief in one's own worth and also toward a desire for and belief in one's lifelong potential for intellectual growth and personal development. (Author/JEL)

Discusses the difficulties, conflicts, and dilemmas of growing up in America today and the positive steps that educators can take to facilitate this maturation process. (Author/JG)