Interviews with 12 women at the beginning, end, and 5 months after an adult/community education course showed the important outcomes of increased self-confidence and increased skills and knowledge for employment and promotion. The women believed they had more choices and control of their lives. (SK)

Indicates the importance of induction programs that address the unique pedagogical and content needs of secondary science teachers. Examines the impact of three different induction programs on secondary science teachers. Reinforces the importance of induction programs for teachers and suggests that there is a need for specialized support programs…

Explores how students' perceived learning relates to emotions, motivation, and goal orientation. Finds that students significantly reported more negative emotions than positive emotions, thus indicating that the emotions of the learner were more negative, the motivation was more extrinsic and the goal orientation of the learners could be…

This study examined interrelations among 7- to 11-year-olds' typical emotions, goals, and behavior during peer conflict and the predictive value of emotions and goals for behavior. Findings indicated that children's goal friendliness during peer conflict related to low anger and high sadness intensity. Children reporting nonconstructive behavior…

Maintains that, although Leontiev's sociocultural orientation and its activity emphasis were inherited from Vygotsky's theory, the two men's theoretical motives and goals differed. Vygotsky's focus on symbolic mediation transforming psychological processes and Leontiev's on activities leading to internalization of action in mental processes were…

Investigates the effects of a 10-week, educational experiential group intervention designed to address issues pertinent to adult lesbians, including lesbian identity development, homophobia and heterosexism, religious concerns, career concerns, family issues, sexism and racism, and assertiveness skills. The intervention yielded gains in ego…

Examines the perceived needs of incoming freshmen on a newly created instrument, the Freshman Survey. The instrument contains four scales with items related to personal/emotional, social, academic, and career needs. Freshmen indicated higher pre- and post-orientation needs on the academic and career scales. Also discusses student needs with…

The camp community is plagued by various stereotypes, including that camps and their staff are excessively happy, of poor quality, focused on partying and debauchery, scary, or overly strict. These cliches are perpetuated by the mass media. Each stereotype is discussed, and strategies for countering them during staff training are presented. (TD)

Examined to what extent students' ability, achievement striving, and situational optimism influence performance outcomes and the interactive effects of ability and achievement striving, as well as ability and situational optimism, on student performance outcomes. Found that achievement striving and situational optimism may be as important as…

An Afro-American woman discusses her experiences as an entrepreneur, describing the inspiration provided by her parents; the vision which enabled her to create a multi-million dollar business; the loss of her company through industrial sabotage; and her comeback as head of a seminar, speaking, and consulting firm. (JDD)

In January 1990, President Bush's State of the Union address unveiled six national education goals aimed at helping the U.S. retain its leadership in the global economy. In this article, 10 optimistic school leaders suggest workable strategies to produce able learners, well-prepared graduates, and capable citizens. (MLH)

Examined effect of Summer Fireside Experience Program (SFEP), 5-day adventure-based orientation program, on student retention 3.5 years later. Findings from incoming freshmen assigned to SFEP (N=32), Freshmen Camp (N=64), or Control Group (N=64) revealed that after 3.5 years, SFEP group experienced 12 percent higher retention rate than Camp group…

Differences between novice teachers and experienced newcomers are explored, and objectives are presented for staff development programs in which principals facilitate the induction of experienced newcomers. (Author)

The paper proposes teaching travel skills to developmentally disabled persons based upon the principles used to teach orientation and mobility to blind people. The approach emphasizes success orientation, sequencing, fading, individualized instruction, and in vivo instruction. Content includes environmental concepts, recovery techniques,…

The drug addicted population is largely literate, but a low number seek education beyond high school. Education that emphasizes life not as a series of goals to be achieved but as a process of continual growth and evolution would be more effective in combating drug abuse and other forms of addiction. (SK)