Utilizing the Beatles' Yellow Submarine fantasy (e.g., the Blue Meanies), this outdoor education program is designed for sixth graders and special education students. Activities developed at the Cortland Resident Outdoor Education Camp include a series of group stress/challenge activities to be accomplished by everyone in the group, as a group.…

Investigates interaction effects of the variables of leadership style and groupings of people on productivity and member satisfaction. (MH)

Contemporary Black communities can benefit from the self-help experiences of Blacks in Buffalo, New York, around the turn of the century. An historic examination of Black social, literary, political, and civil rights organizations indicates that education was a key element in all of their programs. (GC)

Presents a study designed to contrast the effects of task-based and interpersonal cohesiveness on group performance of students. Concludes that high task cohesion helped group performance, while interpersonal attraction had no apparent effect. Finding that increased interpersonal cohesion improved task commitment, the authors suggest that…

Educators of gifted children are encouraged to provide effective leadership to the educational reform movement and are warned of the consequences of the profession's fragmentation. Two fundamental issues in educational reform are the professionalization of teaching and the mandate for educational excellence for all children. (JDD)

Common threads have emerged in recent faculty-president disputes, reflecting a widening gulf between faculty eager to increase their influence and administrators under pressure from a variety of constituents to raise money, improve academic quality, control tuition costs, and maintain enrollment. (Author/MSE)

Examined organizational, interpersonal, and personal factors to predict role conflict in 105 rural and 126 urban young parents. Found self-esteem predicted role conflict in both urban and rural subjects; family cohesion predicted role conflict in urban but not in rural subjects. (Author/NB)

Examined changes in health, functional activities, family cohesion, and psychological well-being among 18 bereaved elderly mothers following the death of an adult child. Results showed changes in all areas, but especially striking was the high level of psychological distress. Recommends increased research and clinical attention. (Author/ABL)

To assess the effect of feedback combinations in group interactions, 28 college students participated in a two hour workshop and then completed feedback ratings. Results indicated differences in credibility, desirability, cohesion, and evaluation, with the positive-negative-positive feedback combination being most effective. (BL)

Describes the problems of elderly immigrants, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe who now reside in northern cities. Presents and discusses recommendations for increasing ethnic and cultural sensitivity in government programs, enhancing mediating structures (e.g. ethnic organizations, social service centers, clinics) and…

Ratings by mother, father/stepfather, and adolescent of 28 stepfamilies and 28 first-marriage families revealed lower family cohesion, adaptability, and quality in male parent-adolescent relationship in stepfamilies. Length of remarriage, amount and quality of contact with biological father, and adolescent gender were not related to family…

Tested Sherif and Sherif's hypotheses on intergroup competition and cooperation in a natural setting involving a scout camp for well-acquainted subjects rather than for previously unacquainted subjects. In-group solidarity showed no increase during camps, as would have been predicted by the Sherifs; indeed a decrease was found. (LLL)

The experiences found in adventure programs often parallel the archetypes depicted in mythological quests. Drawing on the work of Joseph Campbell, the stages and trials of adventure participants are compared to similar rites of passage and epic adventures experienced by heroes and heroines in epic literature and mythology. The basic pattern of…

Any outdoor educator knows about rules. Outdoor educators spend a considerable amount of time at conferences talking about them: risk management plans, accepted safety practices, and first aid protocols. You name it, they've got a rule. When a Buddhist friend asked if rules really made programs safer, the author's first response was yes. His…

A team system of district governance eliminates the wasted effort that comes from competition between board members and reinforces individual effort through helpful collaboration. (Author)