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Miller, John P. – Adolescence, 1978
Although differences exist between their developmental perspectives, the theories of Erik Erikson, with a psychoanalytic focus, and Piaget and Kohlberg, with a cognitive, structural view, are basically complementary, providing a powerful observation on human growth. Here their theories are used to reexamine the secondary curriculum and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmental Programs
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Russac, R. J.; Weaver, Sharon T. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1994
Criticizes current prevention education efforts for retaining characteristics of older quantitative approaches to education. Suggests qualitative approach to prevention education be taken and discusses transactional model of substance abuse based on development of the child within both social and family context. Recommends approach that draws…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Alcohol Abuse, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Straub, Cynthia A.; Rodgers, Robert F. – 1976
The concepts of deliberate psychological education are utilized, together with use of the student personnel worker as a developmental instructor, to implement the developmental aims of higher education. A project is described involving the design, implementation, and evaluation of an interdisciplinary English-psychology course in which student…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs
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Brake, Kathryn J.; Gerler, Edwin R., Jr. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1994
Compared 16 fourth- and fifth-grade boys who participated in Discovery, developmental program in which students with history of inappropriate classroom behaviors acted as peer tutors for kindergarten students, to 16 control participants. Found no significant increase in moral development among Discovery participants but did find significant…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Cognitive Development, Counseling Effectiveness
Howard-Hamilton, Mary F. – Elementary School Guidance & Counseling, 1995
Presents models specifically designed to help students build group cohesion, to encourage them to think and act more compassionately, and to provide them with more leadership opportunities. Describes the "just community" approach and moral dilemma methods based on Kohlberg's moral development theory. Examines school counselor's role in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Programs, Educational Counseling, Educational Theories
Glassberg, Sally – 1979
The constructs of cognitive-developmental psychology are applied in this study to the practice of teacher education with the objective of creating a developmental learning environment designed to stimulate personal/professional growth and cognitive structural change on the part of the teacher. The 37 inservice elementary and secondary school…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cognitive Development, Developmental Programs, Developmental Psychology