Monica's educational bearings are now set toward a field she had never even considered a career possibility until she got into Sweden's required work-sampling program. (Editor)

When youngsters in a Massachusetts Upward Bound program became disciplinary problems instead of learners, it appeared that the program more than the youngsters needed correcting. (Editor)

Suggests that a reexamination of the studies and research of developmental psychologists Kohlberg and Perry is needed in any examination of values education. Parallels and contrasts two theorists, and discusses the use of their schemes in studies of moral development in young adults and the phenomenon of moral regression. (Author/SMR)

Six postulates are developed concerning the concept of discipline (both academic and behavioral) which, if used as a theoretical basis in the formulation and administration of particular behavioral discipline policies, will result in a change of discipline methodology--not different in degree of refinement, but different in kind. (MJB)

Based on environmental assessment methodologies, a model was designed to categorize and evaluate student development services. When applying the model, four dimensions need to be specified: target populations, assessment periods, environmental components, and measurement procedures. Actual model implementation is described for a large university…

This edited collection of occasional papers and reports by Harvard's director of the Bureau of Study Counsel addresses questions of student learning and intellectual development, the role of the faculty and advisory agencies in encouraging students' intellectual growth, and the nature of advising and counselling. (Author/LBH)

Presents observations on individual cases of inter-generational conflict in the framework of the self-image crisis (Wittenberg, 1968) and the struggle for identity formation. (Author/RK)

Describes the origins and transformation after 1854 of the Scottish ragged school into certified industrial schools. Attempts to set the movement in the wider British context and to find the roots of the distinctive features which led contemporaries to refer to "the Scotch system". (Author/RK)

Discusses three concurrent life crises--social puberty, advancement to a higher class, and occupational specialization--that are faced by college students and that are reflected in the freshman English experience. (MB)

A study examined the rate of college students' perceived social and actual academic development during the freshman and sophomore years and the influences on that development. (Author/MSE)

Investigates Michael Polanyi's theory of emergence of the framework for tacit (personal) knowing, its function in the reasoning process, and the significant role art can play in the development of personal knowledge. States that intensive study of works of art will enable students to make discriminating choices that ultimately evolve into personal…

Discusses several problems confronting education in the United States, argues that music educators are among the most guilty of avoiding and even discouraging creative thinking. Presents a model of creative thinking in music and examines the conditions of motivation and environment that are important for child development. (GEA)

Students of Concord School, Maryland, a facility serving moderately retarded youth, participate in a school newspaper project designed to assist in their integration into society. Highlights the success of the project, which involves students, teachers, interns, and local corporations. (RJC)

Developmental patterns of responses given by 34 school-identified learning disabled (LD) and 40 normally achieving (NA) students (ages 9-14) on the Perceived Competence Scale for Children were investigated. Although relatively more negative than the NA students, LD children did not become more negative about themselves over a two-year period.…

With a knowledge of students' thinking processes, activities advisers and leaders can design environments for maximum learning and development. An interpretation of Perry's model of intellectual and ethical development is provided. (MLW)