The author addresses the need for a balanced education. In addition to training students in specific fields, we must concern ourselves with inculcating virtue as well. As the liberal arts play an important part in the formation of character, students can learn from them to commit themselves to a certain task and ultimately to their professions.…

Discusses children's imaginary companions as a part of human development that adults should strive to understand. (BJD)

This article discusses the development of the "individual" in America from John Dewey's and Josiah Royce's philosophical perspectives. Also outlined is America's changing role in the world. (JMK)

Compares the imagery of two poems that deal with the price exacted by athletic success: John Updike's "Ex-Basketball Player" and A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young." (RBW)

A study of the leadership and personal development abilities of four groups of high school seniors, some of whom were members of Future Farmers of America (FFA) and some who were never enrolled in vocational agriculture, found that FFA involvement resulted in more leadership abilities. (JOW)

The results of this study indicate that undergraduate female students, regardless of race or geographical location in the United States, are more likely to experience guilt feelings than are men. (Author)

Trend data associated with increasing alienation and a decrease in coping skills among youth point to symptoms of inadequate socialization of young people to adulthood. Remedies that increase the variety and intensity of adult contacts for youth should be considered. Such changes would likely have important implications for community college…

Work experience programs for youth can be a means of developing coping, decision-making, and problem solving skills, and other affectively oriented outcomes. The types of personal outcomes of career education and the means of fostering these are reviewed. (Author/JDS)

The middle level years are a crucial time for student development, a time when the path for school success is set for many students. Educators who focus on character and leadership development realize that training in these areas can play a significant role in developing students who will become effective leaders and active citizens in middle…

This book considers service learning an integral aspect of Catholic education. The first four chapters of the book offer theoretical considerations regarding the essential elements of Catholic service learning: the theology of ministry; notable adolescent milestones; Catholic social teaching; and curriculum development. The final chapters are more…

Thirty years after their development, David A. Kolb's Cycle of Learning and Learning Style Inventory are widely used to understand the stages of learning and the ways people prefer to receive and process new information. The model and the self-assessment are both based on Kolb's experiential learning theory, which emphasizes the need for learner…

This study considers student development, focusing on religious change, from social psychological perspectives. The interplay between views of the college environment and the religious self was examined as a way to understand the internal processes of four undergraduate students who underwent a religious change from the Catholic faith. The…

The relationship between students' learning styles and Internet use was studied in a college course in which technology was infused. The setting was a large multisection undergraduate education course on lifespan human development. The course was a traditional on-campus course in which technology was infused through an interactive course Web site,…

The North Carolina Outward Bound School uses the Principle-Process Course Design Model as a clear and logical structure for designing wilderness courses. The model begins by establishing the key processes that sequentially structure all wilderness courses and then defines their function within the structure of the school's organizational mission.…

This paper suggests that, based on certain rhetorical theories and on one instructor's experience, writing structures--both deep and surface--potentially serve three positive purposes: facilitation of thought, foundation for growth, and voice validation. The paper contends that the ultimate effect of these attributes is freedom. Concerns of some…