Author, a member of the California State Legislature from the 24th Assembly District, discussed the necessity for making the educational environment more human and for developing the individual. (Editor/RK)

Author discusses the mental characteristics and moral development of later adolescents and the process of maturing. (GB)

This article isolates and analyzes several philosophical misinterpretations of the philosophy of freedom in education current in the free school movement. (Editor)

Discusses Burton White's work on expanding the basic knowledge of how children develop and what he calls "the laws of optimal development". (GB)

This article presents a rationale which supports the premise of the active inclusion of counselors in the middle school program if the program is to gain any measure of success in meeting the complete needs of the student. (Author)

A summary of the experiences of a counselor educator while introducing psychological education into a counselor education curriculum and an assessment of that curriculum. (JC)

Author compares his philosophy on training which heheld twelve years ago with that he believes currently. (RK)

Self-discovery through shared adventure is the goal of students of the rugged Outward Bound wilderness experience. (Author)

The elementary teacher's positive self concept feeds the child's positive self concept. The writer contends that the process is also reversed. (Author/JB)

A delay-of-gratification experiment among Hopi children demonstrated a surprisingly high ability to delay gratification, a quality possibly nutured in horticultural societies which train children to be responsible for caring of the crops. (Author/KM)

Learning is most effective to adults if the ideas presented are personally relevant. New experiences fit into existing frameworks. The teacher is more guide than information giver. (MS)

The approach of the Milwaukee Reading Center Program is total'' in that while improvement in a child's reading skill is central, the program has a much broader impact, helping the child develop mentally, emotionally, and in personality. (Author/CB)

This paper discusses psychoanalytic contributions concerning both the development and the facilitation of qualities such as empathy, love for neighbor social-mindedness, identification, sympathy, and altruism; and neurotic manifestations of altruism and of other positive qualities. (Author/JM)