Whether speaking of health clinics, budget shortfalls, or discipline issues, Wicomico County (Maryland) School Superintendent Evelyn Holman invariably encases discussions in her own set of priorities. Building student self-esteem through mental health clinics is laudable, but preparing students for college and future employment is foremost.…

Both children and adults avoid depressed or stubborn people but gravitate to enthusiastic, growth-oriented individuals. These natural leaders share several characteristics. They know and like themselves, take control, demonstrate flexibility, accept responsibility, and live fully. Principals must motivate themselves to become upbeat and growth…

To help personalize schooling for adolescents and provide the nurturing environment often lacking at home, teachers at a Bowie, Maryland, middle school began a mentoring project focusing on social exchange, sense of belonging, symbolic interaction, life skills enrichment, self-image, self-efficacy, resource development, and role models. Students…

In a series of interviews, Rick Turner, Dean Smith, Jack and Barbara Nicklaus, and Orel Hershiser discuss their experiences in school athletics, the relationship between athletics and academic education, and the role of athletics in the process of learning about life. (BC)

A survey of 85 4-H members aged 9-19 enrolled in a clothing project found the following factors to be significant influences in project completion: parental encouragement, role models, leadership, and incentives. (SK)

Examined how fathers (n=32) of young children shaped fatherhood roles according to models in their lives. Respondents' own fathers were not seen as good role models. Fathers tended not to model behavior after particular individual but to select particular behaviors to incorporate into their roles. Subjects placed emphasis on providing role model…

Attempted to retrieve facts about black women in higher education administration at predominantly white universities. Interviewed 20 female administrators at City University of New York concerning role models, career choices, challenges and rewards, and future plans. Most were not planning to be in administration 10 years from now. (NB)

Describes teaching methods and techniques found to be useful by practicing teachers, including "Grammargrams on the Network"; "Students Write Responses to Reading Assignments"; "Letters to the Editor"; "How Students Learn What Critiques Are"; "The College Essay: A Collaborative Parody"; "What…

Describes outreach service in rehabilitation hospital through which volunteers with previous amputations visited patients with recent amputations, acting as role models and offering emotional support and information. Notes that patients who were visited had strong positive responses to the program, and identified critical components of the…

Shares the authors' criteria for evaluating female characters as positive role models in children's literature. Explores the criteria by examining "The Ballad of Lucy Wipple" (Karen Cushman). Discusses other recently published picture books and novels which feature strong females in history, in contemporary times, and in fantasy. (SR)

Discusses the parental responsibility of giving guidance to young children to provide them with a safe world, set reasonable standards of civilized behavior, and provide a model of responsible action. Describes difficulties in establishing and maintaining firm guidance for children. Maintains that parents need to make demands reflecting children's…

Identifies 12 roles for medical teachers and groups them into six categories: (1) information provider in the lecture; (2) role-model on the job; (3) facilitator as mentor and for learning; (4) student assessor and curriculum evaluator; (5) curriculum and course planner; and (6) resource material creator. (Contains 84 references.) (Author/YDS)

Investigates differences in interpersonal influences on career decision making between gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) and heterosexual college students. Results reveal that GLB students reported having more career role models than did heterosexual students. GLB students perceived less support and guidance from others in their academic and career…

Notes how the author helps his eighth graders become more effective writers by acknowledging the role emotions play in their learning and in their ability to make meaning. Describes how he shares his emotions with students to help them open up themselves. (SG)

Explores how to address the perceptual barriers that dissuade student involvement in social and political issues, including feelings of resignation and helplessness, belief that they must be perfect in their knowledge and confidence before tackling such issues, lack of real knowledge about role models, and a disconnection between smaller,…