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An Exploration of the Validity and Potential of Adult Ego Development for Enhancing Understandings of School Leadership
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James, Chris; James, Jane; Potter, Ian – School Leadership & Management, 2017
An adult ego development (AED) perspective accepts that the way adults interpret and interact in the social world can change during their life-span. This article seeks to analyse the validity and potential of AED for enhancing understandings of educational leadership practice and development. We analysed the AED literature and interviewed 16…
Descriptors: Leadership Qualities, Leadership, Cognitive Structures, Personality Development
Imitation and Self-Esteem as Determinants of Self-Critical Behavior
Herbert, Emily W.; and others – Child Develop, 1969
Based on an MA thesis submitted to the University of Utah (Herbert).
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Development, Critical Thinking, Imitation
Teaching and the Psychology of the Self.
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Pajak, Edward F. – American Journal of Education, 1981
Building mainly on Kohut's conception of the creative individual, a model of self-development for the teacher is proposed. The dimensions of creativity, empathy, humor, and wisdom, developed through interaction with students, are highlighted as avenues for teacher growth. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Models
Sex Role Strain Among Kibbutz Adolescents and Adults: A Developmental Perspective.
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Snarey, John; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
It was hypothesized that adolescent females experience greater sex role strain than other kibbutz members. Loevinger's ego development test was administered to 40 kibbutz members. The findings supported the hypothesis and showed that adult women are significantly more likely to focus their dissatisfaction in the area of actual role behavior. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Females, High Schools
A Structural-Dynamic Model of Self-Assessment.
Zakharova, A. V. – Soviet Education, 1990
Examines self-assessment as a personality structure that changes in its development as individuals mature. Explains prognosticative, actual (or correcting), and retrospective self-assessment. Develops a structural-dynamic explanatory model, characterizing self-assessment as a systemic formation. Relates self-evaluation to achievement, volitional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries, Individual Psychology
Pastoral Counseling with African American Men.
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Wimberly, Edward P. – Urban League Review, 1993
Pastoral counseling can enable African-American men to adopt a different identity by presenting a model of holism that allows men to access both masculine and feminine sides of their identities, becoming whole persons who respond to the world from within rather than reacting to external pressures. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, African Culture, Blacks, Holistic Approach
A Positive Self Image. It's Your Choice. A Classroom Program for the Development of Self Esteem.
Hanel, Robert R. – 1982
Arranged into two parts, the book provides a model for helping students develop a positive self-esteem. Part 1 presents five lessons aimed at improving self-image. Lesson 1 focuses on the relationship between one's self-worth and one's behavior. Lesson 2 deals with appearance and the notion that body characteristics may change one's value as a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Guides, Human Dignity, Learning Activities