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Mentoring Men for Wisdom: Transforming the Pillars of Manhood
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Daloz, Laurent A. Parks – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
There is both gain and loss in early male formation: men gain a certain clarity, power, and even vision in their separateness, yet may pay the cost in mutuality, responsiveness, and connectedness. Mentors can help men heal their connectivity deficit while retaining the strengths of their distinctiveness by reminding them that they have within…
Descriptors: Males, Masculinity, Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship
Brain-Based Learning, Neuroscience, and Their Impact on One Religious Educator
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Winings, Kathy – Religious Education, 2011
The constellation of religious education courses that are offered in the author's school seek to equip students with the tools and knowledge they need to not only provide a solid understanding of faith for those they will teach but also a passion to seek out profound spiritual growth. Since she teaches most of the religious education courses, the…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Outcomes of Education, Theological Education, Spiritual Development
Understanding and Teaching Practical Wisdom
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Bassett, Caroline L. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Because wisdom is such a complex and multidimensional construct, it is difficult to study, much less to define. Based on the author's understanding, her definition of wisdom is as follows: "Wisdom is about human flourishing; it is having sufficient awareness in various situations and contexts to act in ways that enhance our common humanity." This…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Emotional Intelligence, Self Motivation, Social Cognition
Reflections on J.V. Wertsch's "From Social Interaction to Higher Psychological Processes," "Human Development," 1979
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Saxe, Geoffrey B. – Human Development, 2008
In his 1979 "Human Development" article reprinted in this anniversary issue, James Wertsch presented an approach to genetic analysis of the shifting regulation of problem-solving behavior in early childhood. In my reflections on Wertsch's seminal contribution, I discuss ways that subsequent inquiry built upon ideas he elaborated in the…
Descriptors: Social History, Investigations, Interpersonal Relationship, Genetics
Maturation of Cognitive Processes From Late Childhood to Adulthood
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Luna,Beatriz; Garver,Krista E.; Urban,Trinity A.; Lazar,Nicole A.; Sweeney,John A. – Child Development, 2004
To characterize cognitive maturation through adolescence, processing speed, voluntary response suppression, and spatial working memory were measured in 8- to 30-year-old (N=245) healthy participants using oculomotor tasks. Development progressed with a steep initial improvement in performance followed by stabilization in adolescence. Adult-level…
Descriptors: Memory, Cognitive Processes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
The Routledge International Handbook of Learning. Routledge International Handbooks of Education
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Jarvis, Peter, Ed.; Watts, Mary, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
As our understanding of learning focuses on the whole person rather than individual aspects of learning, so the process of learning is beginning to be studied from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines. This handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the contemporary research into learning: it brings together a diverse range of…
Descriptors: Learning, Perception, Cognitive Processes, Nurses