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…

Students in the University of Pittsburgh's Individually Prescribed Instruction program are taught to self-score their own math performance as a means of encouraging the development of the ability to be a self-managed and self-evaluative learner. This study describes the development and initial use of a technique to evaluate the degree and form of…

The author describes a writing course which represents an effort to break away from the conventional programs. (Editor/RK)

Schools are changing: more and more are supporting growth that develops in students responsibility and control over their own lives. (HMD)

Among the tasks of this discussion were the testing of the subjective/objective dichotomy and the question of the antithesis of permissive naturalism and social discipline, of self and society. (Author/RK)

Considered the proper meaning of compulsory education and the right of children to make their own decisions. (RK)

Discussed the need for humanizing educational experiences in our society. (Author/RK)

Article described Oakton Community College and the Green Turnip program. (RK)

Focuses on the social functions of children's play, an activity that human beings in general create in which the person sees him or herself reflected in what is generated, which is authentic and, for the most part, presupposes equality. (Author/JM)

The character Education Project of San Antonio, Texas is producing a curriculum for character development beginning at age three and extending into adulthood. The materials, seen as closely related to the counseling program, are being given extensive field testing in several areas of the country. (Author)

This article explores three primary steps involved in helping clients to control their own behavior change: self-observation, self-monitoring, and self-regulation atrategies. Self-regulation provides an affirmative answer to the question: Is the client a counselor?'' by promoting client responsibility and independence in the counseling process.…

Discusses the problems of adolescence, attitudes towards adolescents, and sexual interaction between adolescents. (RK)