Vocational exploration can be facilitated through reading and identifying with persons in novels and biographies. Faculty and librarians listed works for students seeking a fuller sense of how it feels to work in a particular vocation. Recommendations were collated into an annotated bibliography. Limitations and responses are discussed.…

Describes graduate study as an intimate relationship between a supervising professor and a student, a mentor-ward involvement in which the faculty member seeks advancement for the student in order to enhance the field and the student's role in it. Negative and positive implications of this relationship are explored. (JMF)

Investigated rural high school students' perceptions of two major secondary school role models' (teachers and popular peers) solutions to five ontological and axiological problem spheres. Some seemingly contradictory findings are discussed in terms of institutional demands that often force teachers to model behaviors that neither they nor society…

Results of this study indicate that male teachers had no significant effect upon the academic achievement of father-absent sixth-grade boys. (JMF)

Teachers can be effective health educators by setting a good example for students. (JD)

Article examines the difficulties associated with the transition of females following entry into professional roles usually occupied by males. (RW)

Researchers have identified several key competencies of resilient children, including social and intellectual competence, ability to plan and set realistic goals, and resourcefulness. These areas of competency are not predestined but can be learned in families, schools, and communities. Educators can work with others to enhance conditions in…

Since 1970, 12 states (California, Oregon, Minnesota, Nevada, Iowa, Kentucky, Georgia, Indiana, Wyoming, West Virginia, North Dakota, and Hawaii) have created autonomous boards directly accountable to legislatures to control standards and practices for education professionals. These boards are establishing rigorous academic and professional…

Building good character in today's youth is an adult issue because children learn values from adults. Adults must demonstrate the core values: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Camps have developed expertise in character development and can provide leadership in the community in character education.…

Examines school personnel smokers' reports on how they would feel if a no-smoking ban was instituted on school premises. Results show that the 59 respondents from 14 schools were interested in quitting smoking, but did not favor a policy prohibiting smoking on campus. Discusses smoking influences on students and other issues. (RJM)

To understand cross-cultural differences and similarities in the social contexts for adolescent development, American and Chinese 11th graders were surveyed about a non-parental adult who had played an important role in their lives (VIPs). Results showed that adolescents' VIPs in Chinese were more likely to be teachers, to provide support in…

Discusses how an exploration of Carol Ryrie Brink's 1935 novel "Caddie Woodlawn" helps to indicate more specifically the ideas women writers were communicating to generations of young female readers. Concludes that feminism is alive and well in the novel. (MG)

Effective class management in elementary physical education makes instructional time more efficient. Class management skills can be enhanced by concentrating on attention management, behavior management, and organizational techniques. Techniques for improving skills in these three areas are outlined. (IAH)

Describes four-day drug prevention institute designed to prepare high school senior athletes to present prevention activities to junior high and elementary students and to provide early intervention for those athletes who were already experimenting with drugs themselves. Positive response from local school, civic, and community leaders and…