Positive education, as a method for the positive development of students' personality, embodies the 24 character strengths that Peterson and Seligman developed in their studies and that are necessary for new professional profiles. This new social and work landscape inspired supranational institutions, such as the European Union, to develop…

Co-curricular activities provide prospects for better youth development and growth experiences. These activities are particularly good at providing opportunities for students to work in teams, to exercise leadership, and to take the initiative themselves. The active participation of the students is required to reap out maximum benefits out of such…

This paper challenges us to consider the meaning of schooling for youth in the global south. We explore the ways in which young people living and learning on the outskirts of Kathmandu balance the visions and passions of modern schooling with social realities that are often quite incompatible. We depart from conventional analyses of modernity,…

Who am I? What am I about? What is my place in my social group? What is important to me? What do I value? What do I want to do with my life? These are all questions related to what psychologists call identity. Many theorists have argued that we are driven to answer these questions, particularly during adolescence. In this article, I summarize an…

Rapid Westernization and modernization in most Chinese societies has triggered a process of acculturation to Western value orientations, which induced conflicts between Confucian-based collectivism and Western individualism at both the societal and individual levels. A review of research instruments indicated that a cultural conflict approach is…

A statement of how the media influences moral development. (HB)

This document contains practical suggestions for moral education which, although tentative, are based to a considerable extent on classroom experimentation. There are three main sections. The first suggests a series of mini-courses to be incorporated in the school curriculum. It deals with personal and social values in general, human relations,…

The results of an empirical investigation with 122 university students are discussed in terms of J. E. Marcia's identity status paradigm. E. H. Erikson's notions of institutionalized moratoria, value orientation stages, and the ego-superego struggle for dominance of the personality are related to the identity status categories to the degree that…

Author discusses the misunderstandings over the philosophy and objectives of athletics today and encourages the re-emphasis of educational objectives. (GB)

Values education is discussed as a process which enhances the student's understanding of his/her individual beliefs, rather than as a course of study which guides the student toward a desired response. (RW)

This paper employed a psychological-historical framework for an analytical examination of the Russian identity during the Soviet period through the fall of the Soviet Union and the transitional period that led to an establishment of the Russian Federation. A theoretical model is provided for the analysis of Russian identity that can be generalized…

The study determined the relationship between level of self-actualization and self-concept, values, and achievement motivation. Multiple discriminant analysis was used to examine 150 male and 150 female college freshmen who had three levels of self-actualization. The males and females differed significantly in their level of self-actualization.…

This study investigated the developmental trends in the personal values systems of elementary school students. The Values Inventory for Children was used as the measurement basis. (DP)

Findings of this study support the position that the global concept of identification is too vague to be useful in assessing its effects on, or relation to adolescent behaviors. The study was based on part of a doctoral dissertation ("Role Models: Their Relationship to Educational and Occupational Behaviors") submitted to Teachers College,…