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Mascolo, Michael, F. Ed.; Griffin, Sharon, Ed. – 1998
It is difficult to make progress in the study of emotions and emotional development if the meanings assigned to central constructs vary widely across investigators. This book clarifies and synthesizes the different ways in which emotion researchers approach fundamental questions about the nature of emotion and emotional development. Theorist and…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Anger
Pankake, Anita, Ed.; Schroth, Gwen, Ed.; Funk, Carole, Ed. – 2000
This work offers stories and poems from women school executives who rely on inner and external spiritual guides in their careers, and offers insight about the effective use of mentoring. Section 1, "The Professional Self," includes 14 narratives about the experiences of women superintendents, leadership metaphors, gender differences in leadership…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Career Ladders
Montemayor, Raymond, Ed.; Adams, Gerald R., Ed; Gullotta, Thomas P., Ed. – 2000
This book is designed to summarize, integrate, and evaluate current research on adolescent development. It contains the following chapters: (1) "Paths to Adulthood: Adolescent Diversity in Contemporary America" (Ramond Montemayor); (2) "Competence among Urban Adolescents in Poverty: Multiple Forms, Contexts, and Developmental…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, American Indians
Freppon, Penny A. – 2001
This collection of papers focuses on teachers' personal and professional development, showing what teachers' learning, hopes, desires, struggles, and instruction look and feel like from inside the lives of effective teachers and in their classrooms. Topics include the types of resources and experiences effective teachers use, how these resources…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Individual Development
Download full textUlrich, Celeste, Ed.; And Others – 1982
In this collection of essays, theories are presented on the present and future status of physical education instruction. The essay in the first chapter explores the idea that, to function or survive in a complex society, individuals must work to unify the mind and body. The second chapter emphasizes that physical education provides people with…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Athletics, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns
Schultz, Fred, Ed. – 1995
This volume contains 36 articles on education taken from a wide array of magazines, newspapers, and journals in the public press appearing between 1992 and 1994. Unit 1 contains six articles that discuss the importance of a multi-cultural curriculum in sensitizing students to an integrated world society. Unit 2 contains four selections that…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design, Educational Philosophy
Goldberger, Nancy Rule, Ed.; Tarule, Jill Mattuck, Ed.; Clinchy, Blythe McVicker, Ed.; Belenky, Mary Field, Ed. – 1996
This book contains 14 essays exploring how the theory of women's psychology, development, and ways of knowing has developed during the past decade. The following essays are included: "The Beginning of the Story: Collaboration and Separation" (Nancy Rule Goldberger); "Looking Backward, Looking Forward" (Nancy Rule Goldberger);…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adult Learning, Blacks, Cognitive Style
Carskadon, Mary A., Ed. – 2002
Noting that healthy, adequate sleep fosters longevity and the optimal use of waking hours, and that adolescents, although rarely included in previous studies of sleep, are among the most sleep-deprived populations, this book explores the genesis and development of sleep patterns during adolescence, including biological and cultural factors that…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
Nugent, J. Kevin, Ed.; And Others – 1989
Noting that patterns of childrearing are highly variable across the human species, this book explores the developmental processes of infancy over a wide range of cultural and social environments. By presenting multiple alternative examples of the context of infant development, the book attempts to stimulate continued discussion on the ways in…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Development, Child Psychology, Child Rearing
Johnson, Norine G., Ed.; Roberts, Michael C., Ed.; Worell, Judith, Ed. – 1999
This book provides a new look at adolescent girls. The sections and chapters reveal the strengths and positive assets of adolescent girls, their relationships, and their communities. It takes a new look at the strengths and successes of adolescents within the context of their race, ethnicity, class, self, sexual orientation, relationships and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Connolly, Brid, Ed.; Fleming, Ted, Ed.; McCormack, David, Ed.; Ryan, Anne, Ed. – 1996
The six articles in this first issue comprise a critical discourse about theories, practices, and research with the intent of realizing the potential of adult learning to bring about social change. "Adult Education and Empowerment for Individual and Community Development" (Jack Mezirow) outlines and updates the author's transformation…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Development, Democracy
Valsiner, Jaan, Ed. – 1995
Using a comparative-cultural perspective, this collection of essays examines the co-constructivist nature of human development in culturally organized environments. The contributions also cover a large age span--infancy to adulthood. Chapters in part 1 cover two different directions in the study of early adult-infant interaction from a comparative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Psychology, Children
Flake, Carol L., Ed. – 1993
In 1991 a conference of holistic educators produced "Education 2000: A Holistic Perspective," a statement of what education should be and an examination of holistic theory. This book expands that work with 59 articles exploring the principles of holistic education and describing holistic education programs. Holistic education calls for…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Assiter, Alison, Ed.; Shaw, Eileen, Ed. – 1993
This collection of 22 essays examines the use of records of achievement (student profiles or portfolios) in higher and vocational education in the United Kingdom. They include: (1) "Records of Achievement: Background, Definitions, and Uses" (Alison Assiter and Eileen Shaw); (2) "Profiling in Higher Education" (Alison Assiter…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Curriculum, Definitions
Harold, Rena D. – 2000
Noting that the movement from young adulthood through coupling and the transition to parenthood may be among the most universal adult developmental transitions, this book uses a qualitative analysis of family narratives to examine the meanings that family members ascribe to the developmental process of becoming a family. Addressing issues of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Context Effect, Family Attitudes, Family Counseling
