This article examines a Confucian conception of competence and its corresponding response to the competencies agenda that underpins international large-scale assessments such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). It is argued that standardised transnational assessments are undergirded by a technical rationality that…

Group gestalt therapy in which the leader facilitates the development of helping capacity in group members is described. The general characteristics of this approach are discussed and ground rules concerning leader and member behaviors are suggested. (RC)

This paper points out a potential intersect between marriage counseling and developmental psychology. In so doing, it raises some questions about the possible widespread adoption of open marriage and its subsequent problems for marriage counseling. (Author)