Choice or Chance: A Career Decision-Making Workshop for Undecided Majors is a 5-session, 10-hour workshop which provides college students with a viable structure for self-evaluation and information gathering. The workshop is intended for undecided college students who will learn a process for making effective decisions and how to apply that…

An alternative general education program for freshmen at Albertus Magnus College is described. The program, an interdisciplinary student-centered introduction to general education, is composed of two parts that the student takes concurrently: (1) a year-long seminar in thought and expression, and (2) a sequence of four (usually 7-week) courses in…

An overview of the research on the cognitive effects of higher education is presented. It is suggested that studies exist on three levels: (1) measurement of the increment of specific factual knowledge; (2) understanding the basic concepts in a certain area, studied by qualitative analysis; and (3) the development of awareness of the nature of…

Major life developmental tasks are identified, along with the learning outcomes necessary to fulfill those tasks for adults from age 17 to retirement. Attention is directed to the important connection between life cycle change and adult learning as well as seven assumptions underlying life cycle theory. Developmental tasks and learning needs are…

A literature search and review was conducted by the Two-Year College Student Development Research Committee of the American College Personnel Association to investigate the overall character of typical research on two-year college student development concerns. The student development research conducted at the two-year college level contrasted…

Discussed a curriculum guide through which school children can develop their sensitivity and independence. (Editor/RK)

This is the second in a series of articles for "Teaching History" in which Peter Lee and Denis Shemilt share the findings of Project Chata (Concepts of History and Teaching Approaches). In their first article (see Edition 113), they questioned the wisdom of using the National Curriculum attainment target as a model of progression and…

This paper deals with the collaboration of counselors and teachers in a program for student (human) development. It suggests several intervention strategies counselors may use to improve classroom learning environments, and concludes with a program which exemplifies these tactics. (Author/PC)

Discussed the advantages of the "new" physical education curriculum being taught and practiced in New Jersey schools. (RK)

Author suggested a modification in teacher education that might help to improve efforts at nurturing the individual potentials of students. (Author/RK)

Discussed television programming and its value for human experience as well as providing the art educator with methods for utilizing game shows and other participation type shows for students' particular interests. (RK)

The major student personnel administrator is often the first university official to learn that effective educational management involves guiding physical and human resources into dynamic, organizational units which should attain their objectives to the satisfaction of those served and provide a sense of achievement for those rendering such…

Article focused on the achievements of the Lea Green School for maladjusted children. (Editor/RK)

An unusual experiment in teacher training, based on a village in Jutland, is causing a major stir in Danish educational circles. (Editor)

Article proposed a scheme of secondary curriculum and organizational development which is accountable to all children, regardless of skills, desires and interests. (Author/RK)