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Eckstein, Judy Pettigrew; Eckstein, Daniel Gene – 1979
The Adventures in Attitudes (AIA) program is a 30-hour structured experiential seminar developed to help participants create positive attitudes and overcome negative ones. Effectiveness of AIA in promoting a positive self concept and moving an individual from an external to an internal locus of control was investigated. Adult subjects (N=6) in the…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Congruence (Psychology)
Download full textBerkowitz, Marvin W.; Prestby, John E. – 1980
The effect, if any, of Peer Paraprofessional Counseling (PPC) training on the transactive behavior of individuals was examined by studying the PPC program at Marquette University's Counseling Center. Subjects (N=38) were 8 students selected for the PPC program, 8 selected as alternates, 10 who did not pass selection criteria but were trained as a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Counselor Training, Developmental Psychology
Post, Robin Dee – 1979
Despite their obvious talents and professional success, many women in professional training lack self-esteem and a sense of personal worth. In psychotherapy, these women reveal the maintenance of close ties to their families of origin and an orientation towards fulfilling parents' needs and expectations. The therapeutic work involves helping them…
Descriptors: Expectation, Family Relationship, Females, High Achievement
Bisconti, Ann Stouffer; Kessler, Jean G. – 1980
Understanding how and why college education contributes to effective job performance may be helpful in preparing students for the world of work. Personal accounts of college graduates place college education in the context of other learning experiences that occurred before and after the college years. Seventy companies representing a variety of…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Dickel, Charles Timothy – 1980
The optional functioning of the family unit is dependent on the health and happiness of each family member. When the wife is professionally trained and yet feels "trapped" by the presence of children in the home with no available transportation, baby-sitting, or part-time employment options, the family unit can suffer or the wife suffers. The…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role, Family Environment
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC.
This guide has been prepared to assist teachers of grades nine through twelve students in the implementation of health education into the curriculum. The book contains student objectives, suggested activities, and pertinent questions which will provide the basic tools to meet program goals. The ten major areas of instruction are: 1) consumer…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Drug Education, Environment, Family Relationship
Stone, Gordon L. – 1978
A Professional Development Committee at Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology developed a renewal program to allow faculty members to upgrade their skills and abilities through participation in workshops, conferences, academic classes, and various off-campus work projects. Any faculty member desiring renewal funds was required to submit an…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Incentive Grants, Individual Development, Inservice Education
Sola, Janet L.; Phye, Gary D. – 1977
The development and expression of sex-role identity in adolescent females and the views of teachers regarding these behaviors were investigated. Adolescent sophomore and junior females were given the Bem Sex Role Inventory during fall and spring semesters. Teacher ratings of seven characteristics were also obtained. Mean masculinity and femininity…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Androgyny, Females, High School Students
Casper, Paul – 1979
A proposal is offered that a course in leadership training be established in the secondary school curriculum. A paradigm is presented for curriculum decision making based on the questions of what shall be taught and how, what are the characteristics of a leader, and what are the attitudes and needs of followers. The proposed course is divided into…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Tiedeman, David V.; And Others – 1979
The integration of religious and educational perspectives on "career" in a life work/career planning process would enable persons to exercise their talents, skills, and spirit through meaningful jobs. If career is understood to mean a course of continuing progress, then vocation becomes those meanings which a person makes or discovers throughout a…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning
PDF pending restorationKlopf, Gordon J. – 1979
The objective of this document is to provide the school principal with some understanding of the concepts of adult learning and development and an awareness of some of the processes and techniques involved in a staff development program. Chapters present a paradigm for growth, cover the planning of the staff development program, provide…
Descriptors: Activities, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Adult Development
Olejnik, Stephen – 1978
The measurement of change in quasi-experimental educational research was discussed. Problems related to measuring change exist to varying degrees in all research designs; these issues are less troublesome in experimental studies because the investigator can manipulate the interest variables and observe their effects on other variables. Measuring…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Testing
B'nai B'rith, Washington, DC. Career and Counseling Services. – 1979
It is difficult to define mid-life career change because it varies from person to person. A wide variety of sociological, economic, technological, and psychological factors impinging on the conscious and unconscious being of individuals affects how they deal with this particular stage of life. These factors include individual needs, family and…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling
PDF pending restorationSLOBODZIAN, EVELYN B. – 1968
THE ILLINOIS TEST OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ABILITIES, A TEST DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN AGED 3-9, IS OF VALUE TO THE KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST-GRADE TEACHER IN DIAGNOSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMEDIATION, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES WHERE DISADVANTAGED AREAS EXIST. FROM ITS USE, THE TEACHER CAN DETERMINE BACKGROUND INADEQUACIES, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF A…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary School Students, Individual Development
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
In a study to determine whether or not culturally deprived children develop at progressively greater deficits in intellectual functioning during the ages of 15 months to 3 years, tutors provided 15-month-old infants with intellectual and verbal stimulation one hour daily, five times a week until they were 36 months old. The subjects consisted of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Individual Development, Infants
