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Macgillivray, Ian K. – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2006
In 2004, a group of high school students at a private American school in Mexico City started the first gay-straight alliance in Mexico. A small group of conservative parents and a Mormon principal organized in opposition. This paper details the students' struggle to keep their club and offers lessons learned about student activism, school change,…
Descriptors: Activism, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, High School Students
Demmon, Terri; And Others – 1996
This paper addresses the pros and cons educators may encounter if they are involved in a character education program. Those supporting a character education program offer the following reasons: (1) decline of a traditional family structure; (2) erosion of the values system of key institutions; (3) the position of schools as the second most…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Ethics
Sather, Amy E.; And Others – 1991
Although there has been a variety of observations published about Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOAs) based upon clinical study, much of it has dealt with the adult child's possible predisposition to alcoholism rather than personality issues. Many children from alcoholic families seek treatment because they are experiencing difficulty in other…
Descriptors: Adult Children, College Students, Dependency (Personality), Family Problems

Voyat, Gilbert – Urban Review, 1975
The consequences of Watergate for children, their education, and their ethical and moral commitment is discussed in terms of the child's development of moral judgment, and in terms of the practical issues of how values are transmitted from one generation to another. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Integrity, Moral Development
Brawer, Florence B. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1974
This paper discusses briefly the history of personal assessment, presents a comparatively new way to look at college students, and suggests ways in which this approach might be implemented in practice. The Functional Potential Model, the way one demonstrates what he is about, provides a conceptual foundation for understanding his behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Personality Assessment, Personality Development, Student Characteristics
Gruber, Joseph J.; Kirkendall, Don R. – Research Quarterly of the AAHPER, 1973
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Group Dynamics, High School Students, Intellectual Development
Whiteley, John M.; Yokota, Norma – 1988
The study reviews the impact of the freshman year and 4 years of undergraduate study on the formation of character and its progression from late adolescence to young adulthood. Much of the empirical data used is drawn from the Sierra Project, a study originating in the 1970s that addressed traditional obstacles in higher education in meeting its…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, College Students, Curriculum
Corder, Lloyd E., Comp. – 1990
Becoming successful through positive thinking can make a person a winner throughout life. Winners are specific and positive, are prepared, and accept personal responsibility for their actions. By mentally imaging a goal, an individual can gain the confidence necessary to accomplish that goal. An individual's life can be made easier by thinking of…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Skills, Emotional Experience, Higher Education
Brennan, Thomas P.; Piechowski, Michael M. – 1987
Case studies of self-actualizing people according to the ideas of A. Maslow and the criteria of K. Dabrowski are presented. To find people meeting the criteria of Level 4 of the Dabrowski theory, a pool of 21 subjects was established by nomination. All subjects were given the Definition-Response Instrument to assess levels of emotional…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developmental Stages, Emotional Development, Individual Development
Van Wicklin, John F. – 1984
From Erikson's (1968) psychosocial criteria of crisis and commitment, Marcia (1964) derived four ego identity statuses, i.e., achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, and diffusion. To explore antecedents of Erikson's ego identity construct, 130 college females completed a modified identity status interview, and questionnaires designed to elicit…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classification, College Students, Females
Dixon, Janice W.; Hudson, Lynne M. – 1982
Factors which aid an individual's progression from one stage of moral reasoning to another remain a mystery. Theorists suggest that intraception, defined as a predominance of feeling, fantasy, and aspirations (connoting a humanistic outlook and an ability to develop role-taking skills) as opposed to a down-to-earth, skeptical attitude, may be an…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Stages, Higher Education, Individual Development
Guiora, Alexander Z. – 1982
Studies that attempt to clarify and test the Whorfian hypothesis, which states that the structure of one's language influences understanding of reality and behavior, are summarized. Both first language and second language behaviors were investigated in order to determine interactions between language behavior and personality development. Ability…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Language Acquisition, Language Role
Soviet Education, 1974
This issue, devoted to early childhood education, including day-care centers and kindergartens, contains an historical review, a statement on the current controversy over the status of sixth graders as preschoolers and several articles from two child psychologists on child development. (JH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Education, Day Care, Developmental Psychology

Tomlinson-Keasey, C.; Keasey, Charles Blake – Child Development, 1974
The hypothesized central role of cognitive development in resolving moral dilemmas was examined in sixth grade and college-age females. Results indicated that sophisticated cognitive operations are a prerequisite to advanced moral judgments. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Gordon, Ira J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Learning