The development and operation of the Education-by-Objectives program at St. Norbert College are described. Helping to develop student awareness of their value systems and objectives and those of society is undertaken through an advisement process, seminars, and workshops. Goals and the orientation of the college are presented in appendices. (SW)

Conceptual background of current knowledge dissemination and utilization strategies are sketched in terms of three value orientations and four models of innovation diffusion. Future diffusion strategies in education are seen to be active and participative, building local capacities to find, review, adapt, and adopt locally relevant educational…

Reviews Kurt Lewin's theory of the action of forces on an individual as a force field, with four figures to illustrate the modification of forces toward learning goals, interpreting this to mean that the adult educator must motivate adult learners to focus on goals. (MF)

Undergraduate students were asked to indicate their attitudes toward several areas of university life and to indicate their intentions about returning to the university. The attitudes were correlated with intentions to return. Student dissatisfaction with progress toward career and academic goals was most likely to be a cause of attrition. (Author)

The authors discuss coping behaviors for nursing school teachers new to university faculties, stating that success is an unintended result of role socialization. Organizational constraints, goal conflicts, dealing with reality, the overload discovery syndrome, and improvement suggestions are included. (MF)

Considers how to prepare future high school students for the change that they will experience upon leaving the local middle school. (RK)

Examines issues of rights and needs in interpersonal conflicts of couples of the same biological sex and sexual orientation. The right most frequently perceived as an issue was participation in decision making. The need most frequently perceived as an issue was power. Almost no conflicts were resolved through negotiation. (Author)

Movement exploration allows for a variety of activities emphasizing movement, while developing self-confidence, self-discipline, and self-direction through physical education. (Author/MB)

The work ethic and the success of a system based increasingly upon consumerism has created an image of man in which the quality of life is measured in terms of quantity and ownership of goods; in ethics and attitude, our system of education is creating an ideally receptive population for the producer-consumer society. (JD)

A revised orientation week program at Flinders University is described that emphasized the "care group" concept in which the new students were assigned to a small, carefully organized group within the larger group. Support programs such as one for study skills are underway. (LBH)

Discussed is the art teacher's role in dealing with the elementary level student with dystraphia, a dysfunction in the ability to coordinate hand movements in the process of representing a certain design. (SBH)

A study investigated early aspects of Type A behavior by assessing children's goal setting and parents' aspirations for their children. Teachers of 73 fourth through sixth grade children rated them for Type A behavior. A replication study of parental aspiration findings was conducted. Results show fathers may strongly influence development of Type…

The Student Teacher Awareness Program at Southside High School (Muncie, IN) introduces student teachers to a variety of topics and concerns from the perspective of the classroom teacher in the field. (CB)

Describes dynamics and interventions in relation to adolescents who express concern about gay and lesbian issues. Advocates therapeutic intervention based on psychological and emotional aspects of sexual preference, and cultural and social expectations of those who identify themselves as gay or lesbian. Describes three case studies. (Author/BB)