A Christian community can enliven and enrich an otherwise dead ritual by its attitudinal commitment. (DS)

The investigator was able to name three factors which describe why adult students pursue continuing education classes: (1) personal educational/economic factor; (2) personal self-development factor; and (3) personal convenience. (Author/CJ)

Behaviors characterizing the adolescent period are examined, followed by the identification and explanation of the developmental tasks of adolescence; finally, the specific contributions of occupational therapy to adolescent development and to task mastery are presented. (Author)

A theoretical framework is here proposed in an attempt to explain the apparent discrepancy between the actual behavior of participants and what they say they experienced and learned in personal growth programs. (Author)

For both boys and girls, all adolescent effects are reversals of significant preadolescent effects. These reversals, predictive of adult health, can be commonly described as a change from a relatively tension-free or conflict-free preadolescence to a reactive and stressful adolescence. (Author)

The author describes an educational program that not only accounts for past endeavors but also helps plan for future programs. (Author/LF)

Two basic postulates, (1) ego stage progression with increasing age, and (2) development of the ego as it meets the different crisis elements of the ego stages, were tested on a sample of 120 5-, 8-, and 11-year-old boys, using a projective instrument and a coding system. The first postulate found preliminary confirmation; the validity of the…

The educational process should be one of dynamic activity that will stir the child's mind into creative thinking rather than just a mere presentation of a formal curriculum. (CK)

An innovative program of self-directed learning currently in operation at North Country Community College (New York), offers individualized instruction that allows the students to choose their own topics and methods of learning. (NF)

This paper presents a set of concepts about the nature of the organization, the nature of the individual, and the nature of the career, the set of events which tie the individual and the organization together. (Author)

The traditional counseling psychology curriculum is deficient in meeting the needs of those persons who wish to work in the black community; it does not speak to the black experience nor does it attend to white racism. This article has attempted to point up some of these needs. (Author)

Discusses the need to shift emphasis from the techniques of instruction to the individual learning of the student. (IR)