John Stuart Mill viewed children in a more favorable light than is generally believed. Mill wished to protect children from society's bad influences long enough for their individual personalities and talents to develop. Complexities that arise in applying a liberal theory to the education of the immature are discussed. (PP)

The author disputes key points about John Dewey's views on education and experience made in an article by Donald Vandenberg (Educational Theory, Summer 1980). In particular, Beckett asserts that Dewey's ideal of growth is thoroughly consistent with his view that education is a lifelong process. (PP)

To shed light on whether reason or attitudes, the intellect or the emotions, should be the primary focus of educational efforts, the writings of Jean Paul Sartre on human motivation are digested. Educators should foster the conscious and deliberate acceptance of the human condition of freedom. (PP)

Young children have a sense of timelessness, while adults tend to be concerned about clock time. Adults who learn to experience timelessness again often feel a sense of inner and outer unity. The possibility that appreciation of the fine arts can create a feeling of timelessness is another reason for the value of fine arts education. (PP)

Two dental classes were tested for personality change in the freshman year and after graduation. Significant test/retest increases were found on orderliness and conformity scales and decreases on the activity/energy scale. Sex differences occurred on activity/energy, emotional stability, and masculinity/femininity scales. In one class, females…

Argues in favor of teaching thesis and the forms of exposition by means of assignments such as personal narrative, autobiography, and observation out of direct experience. Describes one such assignment. (RL)

Presents a secondary analysis of selected work and family variables drawn from a longitudinal study of educated American women. Illustrates methods of analysis that enable separation of the effects of general social change, cohort specific change, and developmental change. (Author/GC)

Tests a career model of immigrants with the following stages: crystallization, vocational retraining, job entry and trial, establishment, and maintenance. Two samples of immigrants are followed up. The research brought into focus the continuity of the process of career reconstruction after the interruption of vocational activity caused by…

Describes a group counseling program with four basic goals: (1) to provide a comfortable atmosphere for college women to discuss sexual issues and concerns; (2) to provide understanding of the physical aspects of female sexual functioning; (3) to confront attitudes and myths; and (4) to encourage a positive self-concept. (Author/RC)

Four justifications for liberal education are examined: the content of liberal education is of intrinsic value; liberal education provides the most effective means of achieving personal goals; liberal education provides a basic understanding of the world; and the most useful preparation for any career is not narrow job-training. (MLW)

The importance of personal and professional growth for teacher education faculty members is discussed in relation to a proposed faculty development program. The development of a support community for faculty growth and development includes: (1) economic security; (2) professional friendships; (3) sense of control over personal destiny; and (4)…

Presents a review of research findings which empirically document counseling effectiveness in improving school climate, humanizing education, and establishing directions for implementing research. Contends that for education to be humanized through counseling, prerequisite counseling skills must be taught and research findings adapted in a variety…

Describes process of adapting research findings in psychological education through teacher inservice training model. Two-year Teacher Corps Project of University of New Hampshire and Portsmouth Junior High School provides training in psychological education skills and documents teachers' psychological growth resulting from project. (Author/NRB)

Examines arguments for and against compulsory education in Great Britain. Arguments for include education for individual growth, government-sponsored child protection, the promotion of national socioeconomic growth, and ideological conformity. Arguments against are the inhibition of individual growth and the infringement of parents' and children's…

Negative views about the elderly held by adolescents can result in a negative outlook on aging. Physical, mental, and social aging experiential activities are given which can be done at home or at school. (JN)