The perspectives undergirding student development theory have evolved over time, yet few scholars have examined how various paradigms influence a specific developmental theory. In this literature review, I explored how constructivism, social constructionism, critical paradigms, and critical constructivism have shaped the study of self-authorship.…

This article presents the Achieving Success Everyday (ASE) group counseling model, which is designed to help school counselors integrate students' academic and personal-social development into their group work. We first describe this group model in detail and then offer one case example of a middle school counselor using the ASE model to conduct a…

This study explores the relationship between student athlete development and coach leadership behaviors in NCAA Division III football players. Three key elements support this study. The first, Thelma Horn's model of coaching effectiveness, provided the framework for the impact of coaching behaviors on student athlete development. The second,…

The literature on counselor development suggests that the development of a professional identity is a fundamental aspect of counselor training. The unique demands placed on counselors to integrate aspects of both personal and professional identity into the therapeutic process (Skovholt & Ronnestad, 1995) make development of a professional…

Evidence abounds that, in recent decades, students have typically entered college relying on perspectives they have uncritically accepted from others and are not sufficiently challenged and supported to transition to internal authority during college. Students who have experienced significant challenge, particularly as a result of marginalization,…

This chapter explores the dynamics of generational cohort differences and their potential influence on the understandings, emphases, and applications of student development theory.

This article presents an analysis of case study data from a project evaluating Personal Development Planning (PDP) at a large post-1992 university in England. The study was undertaken as part of a strategy of encouraging schools to build on existing experience while at the same time ensuring consistency with new national guidelines for the…

Paper describes preliminary steps undertaken by one large school system as it examines the feasibility of reconceptualizing pupil personnel in a new model, that of student development. (Author)

This brief personal planning program takes the form of a self-survey where the student answers questions to which there are no right or wrong answers. The first part is called Where am I Now?; the second is Where do I Want to Be?; the third is How do I Get to Where I Want to Be? The first part requires fairly objective responses, while the other…

This review offers a theoretical reformulation of student development useful for policy and research and critically assesses four bodies of theory for developmental models addressing the family, the individual, complex organizations, and the interaction between the individual and the environment, respectively. In each category several models are…

Presents self organization theory, which explains change in human development and behavior and which views choices and changes as being created in a state of disequilibrium. Includes background in previous developmental theory and in systems theory and explains first- and second-order change within the theory. (Author/KS)

This article posits three subsystems in the classroom ecology: "opportunity structure,""support structure," and "reward structure." The implementation of an ecological approach to student development will require the preparation of a professional with quite different competencies and interests than has been the case. (Author)

During summer 1986, the Department of Student Affairs at Florida Community College at Jacksonville adopted a model of student learning and development focused on the theoretical elements that contribute to a holistic view of the ways people grow, learn, and change as they mature. The outcomes-based model focuses on self-direction, including the…

Describes the Group Life Seminar Program at Kansas State University. The program is an attempt to humanize education by focusing on each individual's uniqueness, personal growth, skill development and professional growth. It is primarily directed to three student subgroups: freshmen, veterans and transfer students. (Author/HMV)

This document sets forth a philosophical basis for student personnel programs in Illinois community colleges, and describes the activities and functions of student development specialists working within a student personnel services model derived from the philosophical premises. The resultant "student development" model reflects a…