This final report of the Advisory Commission on Educational Goals for the State of Georgia discusses product goals and enterprise goals. The product goals for education in Georgia, which are directed to the development of the individual, are related to: the individual and himself, the individual and others, the individual and the governing…

The teacher center, in this paper, is defined as an "institution established within an educational renewal site designed to facilitate change in instructional personnel primarily through inservice education and training experience." The authors advise that teacher centers must attend not only to the development and remediation of teaching skills…

The major premise of this paper is that morale in retirement is achieved through involvement in intellectual, social, and physical experiences which are meaningful to the person and his social milieu. The paper posits that these experiences are to be found in continuing education. Presented are 12 hypotheses dealing with old age and the process of…

The holistic, synergistic, normative, self-actualization motivated, transpersonal psychology developed by Maslow and others has opened enormous opportunities for a new sociology, a humanistic, transcultural, value-committed sociology. Such a sociology would not have the glorification of science or knowledge for its own sake as its highest goal,…

People's incessant struggles to exercise self-control have been hindered by their misconceptions about its nature. Self-control is viewed here as a complex behavior--i.e., as a sequence of specific acts influenced by conditions both internal and external to the person. A person can exercise self-control when he has learned how to manage these…

In the Quinmester course "Man's Inner Struggle," the study of literature enables students to gain insights into some of the problems facing young people today. The course involves the following activities: (1) examining some of the problems involved in the struggle for self knowledge; (2) exploring the effects of individual and cultural…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Home economics. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material includes a description of the philosophy of the program, program design, levels of instruction, and program of course offerings. There are two main sections: 1) general courses, including foods and nutrition, clothing,…

This paper provides a survey of models for the analysis of individual growth data emphasizing the problems posed by serial or time dependence in the application of polynomial regression models. The concepts of serial correlation and autoregressive models are illustrated. It is demonstrated that standard inference procedures may be quite misleading…

This manual was created for the practicing counselor as a supplement to whatever formal counselor training he or she may have received. It contains information regarding some of the most critical competency areas as well as a variety of other resources upon which the counselor may draw for further study or assistance. The manual is divided into 12…

This publication is intended to assist the leaders of collegial teams and to provide a plan for a school district program coordinator to use in establishing a number of collegial teams within a district. Part 1 presents a thorough definition of a collegial team and describes what such a team does. Also provided in this section is information on…

The guidance learning center is an effective method for promoting personal growth within the classroom on an individual or small-group basis. This article presents examples of guidance learning centers and describes how teachers can evaluate the success of their centers. (Author/EJT)

A descriptive study to determine the continued effectiveness of a program of cognitive verbal awareness training was carried out over a three year period. It was found that ability to use cognitive verbalizations above the level of stating, or eliciting information remained whether or not interim feedback was given. (Author)

A "world of work map" based on the data/ideas and people/things work task dimensions is described and suggestions are provided for its use in career guidance. (Author)

A survey of San Francisco area high schools indicated that students perceived social studies courses to be less important to their occupational future and personal growth than math and English courses. (DE)

Defines primal therapy as an approach to growth and change the goal of which is to rediscover the real self, the natural child. Relates this concept to primal theatre where an effort is made to express on stage what rarely occurs in life and what is usually hidden. Basic processes for primal theatre workshops are discussed. For availability see CS…