This report provides an overview of the research program of the Human Learning and Behavior Branch of the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) and highlights progress made from 1985 through 1987. The Branch, one of five that together comprise the Center for Research for Mothers and Children of NICHHD, was…

Personal development courses teaching business education students how to function in a work environment are suggested for curriculum development, along with several learning activities. (LH)

The theme for this issue is "gaining the freedom to be our true selves." The issue includes a "Who-Am-I" exercise, an overview by Betsie Carter-Haar on identification and integration of the self, and practical exercises for self-development. (HMV)

With regard to adolescent adjustment, girls reported more problems than boys in all areas and underprivileged adolescents reported more problems than the privileged group. (Author/DEP)

To test the widely held belief that fee assessment policy affects the psychotherapeutic process, data were gathered from the records of 434 clients. The three predictor variables were fee, diagnosis, and socioeconomic status. Analysis of variance found only diagnosis to be significantly related to the outcome. (Author)

The importance of the relationship between the personal characteristics of counselors and their professional functioning has certain implications for counselor education. This article discusses graduate program changes which can be made in order to reflect the significance of this relationship by placing a focus on personal growth. (Author/EJT)

Career education is a plan to adapt our educational system so that every child develops fully into a capacitating, participating, contributing, and fulfilled human being. Schools, in order to achieve these ends, must develop eight characteristics which are discussed in the article. (Author/BP)

The shape of all future and social structures may be determined largely by the emergence of a new kind of individual. (Editor)

Discussed the search for an adequate motivation for adults interested in learning. (RK)

Besides the material contained in this journal, a review of recent literature on community college student personnel programs is supplied by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (Editor)

Professionals have said a great deal about paraprofessionals. In this article ten more paraprofessionals from around the country discuss their perspectives on their work, their ideas, their lives. (Author)

The author discusses the necessity for youth to have the opportunity to experience their environment. The development of a positive self concept by making choices which involve a certain risk is emphasized. (DE)

Explains the need for and the process of staff development for office workers as implemented at Tuskegee Institute. (Editor)

While the term "intersubjectivity" has become widely used to mean something like "shared experience," it is, paradoxically, poorly understood. This review of the theoretical foundations of intersubjectivity argues that the problem lies in the developmental starting points of the theories. Either subjective experiences are seen…

This paper presents four Italian educational theories and defines their basic doctrines with regard to society and their relationship to education. The first theory, called the laicist-liberal theory, merges the idealist tradition with the theory of liberalism in social development, while it stresses the importance of the individual and social…