Personality theory stresses the importance of communion with self to personal development. Since writing is a form of communion with self, researchers have begun looking for measurable differences in the personality development of writers and nonwriters. Several experiments have tended to confirm that writing has the potential to effect positive…

Points on teaching students to be creative, practical techniques used to help creativity flourish, and the role of creativity in learning in the outdoor classroom are explored. Suggestions for encouraging creativity in the outdoors to occur are: to make use of the ample assortment of ways the outdoor environment can stimulate each student; to…

The rationale and implementation of a development-based, liberal arts oriented teacher education program established by the College of St. Teresa (CST) in Winona, Minnesota are described. The program began changing in the mid-1970's, and has gradually responded to several issues such as the Dean's Grant Program and the National Commission on…

Discussed the educational policy of Harcum Junior College where the Harcum student is offered a living-learning environment in which policies regarding academic life and living are sufficiently flexible to allow for growing self-responsibility and decision-making. (Author/RK)

The author discusses the importance of affective objectives in the educational process, and the difficulties in formulating, providing activities in, and evaluating the attainment of these objectives. A distinction is drawn between explicit objectives (those that should be revealed to the student) and implicit objectives (those that are…

Authors analyzed the hidden curriculum of the Open University's teaching system. (Editor/RK)

The purpose of this study was to investigate school board policies concerning field trips in all cities of the United States of 100,000 or more population. (Author/RK)

Article focused on the interrelations and interactiions between schools and colleges in promoting education for those over 16. (Author/RK)

One of a number of reports of a study of the range of written tasks that can be completed successfully by 14- to 16-year-old students, this booklet suggests that argument is an important means of learning and an inevitable and proper concern of English teachers. The discussion rejects the characteristic forms of argument questions found on most…

AS PART OF A LONGITUDINAL STUDY TO DETERMINE IF CHANGES IN A STUDENT'S VALUES, NEEDS, AND EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES ARE MORE ORDERLY AND PREDICTABLE THAN PRIOR RESEARCH HAS INDICATED, THE POE INVENTORY OF VALUES WAS ADMINISTERED TO 225 STUDENTS DURING EACH OF THEIR COLLEGE YEARS. THIS INSTRUMENT YIELDS EIGHT SCORES -- (1) AESTHETIC, (2) INTELLECTUAL,…

BECAUSE OF THE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS OF STUDENT FAILURE AMONG CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, A STUDY IS BEING CONDUCTED IN ISRAEL TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF PRESCHOOL TRAINING, PRINCIPALLY IN KINDERGARTEN, IN PROMOTING NECESSARY SKILLS AND ABILITIES FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL. THROUGH A SERIES OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED TESTS, THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE…

A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE IS PRESENTED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS WHO WISH TO EVALUATE THE PROGRESS OF THEIR MENTALLY RETARDED PUPILS. PUPIL FOLDERS, ANECDOTAL RECORDS, DAILY PERFORMANCE, AND CUMULATIVE RECORDS ARE DESCRIBED. THE SPECIAL GRADING SYSTEM IS EXPLAINED, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR GRADING ARE PROVIDED. THE PROGRESS REPORT SECTION LISTS…

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT DETERMINING THE CRITERIA RELEVANT TO THE EDUCATION PROCESS IS EQUIVALENT TO DEFINING OBJECTIVES OF HIGHER EDUCATION. THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO DEFINING CRITERIA HAS BEEN TO SPECIFY FROM CONCEPTUAL CRITERIA (EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES), THE CRITERION PERFORMANCE. AN IMPROVED APPROACH USES A CLASSIFICATION SCHEME TO ORGANIZE THE…

A DEMONSTRATION AND EVALUATION OF ONE MEANS OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF AVERAGE AND LOWER ABILITY STUDENTS WAS CONDUCTED AT MARYMOUNT COLLEGE. THE PROGRAM WAS AN ENRICHED LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM. STUDENTS WERE GROUPED ON THE BASIS OF EXPOSURE TO THE ENRICHED PROGRAM AND COMPARED WITH A GROUP NOT EXPOSED TO SUCH A PROGRAM. COMPARISONS WERE MADE ON--(1)…

The primary purpose of this monograph is to describe the relationship between adolescent personality and the educational and vocational development of young adults, criteria for the latter being developed from the Project TALENT follow-up studies. This relationship seeking is set in a context of career development theory and a concern for guidance…