Adult/continuing education is being discussed in countries struggling for their national unity and identity and those seeking roots and common heritage. The article provides a definition of terms, discusses the roles of adult/continuing education in nation building, and provides four case countries for illustration. (JOW)

Reviews "The Black Leadership Family Plan for the Unity, Survival and Progress of Black People," published by the National Black Leadership Roundtable. The plan calls for Black people to contribute to their own community financially and morally, fight crime, register and vote, hold elected officials accountable, and excel in education.…

Korean entrepreneurs rely heavily on their ethnic resources for both business formation and operation. While such resource utilization facilitates immigrants' business entry and gives them competitive advantage in the general marketplace, the same mechanism poses the problems of entra-ethnic business competition and precarious position as a…

Writing as a therapeutic tool is not new. The unique approach described in this article, however, requires the writing and oral delivery of a personal autobiography as an early component of group psychotherapy for pathological gamblers. The spoken autobiography expedites group process through its early development of group cohesiveness, catharsis,…

Describes two economic patterns that stepfamilies adopt: "Common Pot" (families pool all their resources), and "Two Pot" (couples safeguard individual resources for personal use or for their biological children). Suggests that "Common Pot" acts to unify the stepfamily while the "Two Pot" encourages biological loyalities and personal autonomy.…

Distinguishes between in-group (ethnic) humor and intergroup humor, the latter said to underscore prevailing beliefs and behavioral norms regarding ethnic groups in society. Illustrates the discussion with examples of Jewish humor. (GC)

There has been in the field of psychology a long and well-documented discontent with an apparent disorganization in its literature, most often interpreted as reflecting the absence of a unifying theory. This article examines some alternative ways in which some of the disorganization is being actively created by forms of argumentation used in…

As the United States prepared to enter the Second World War and during the early years of the conflict, Music Educators National Conference (MENC) focused attention on how music educators could support the war effort. The association worked with the federal government and other agencies on a number of national programs. Through its publication,…

This article analyses alcohol-related lifestyles among Danish teenagers. Building on Bourdieu's reasoning on symbolic capital and distinction, we analyse three interrelated themes. First, we show that alcohol-related variables (drinking patterns, drinking debut, experience of intoxication, etc.) can be used to identify some very distinctive life…

This author details the possible reasons people participate in groups and the importance that group cohesion has for active participation. He details methods for Extension professionals to use in helping a group achieve its goals. (Author/JC)

Supported by ONR Contract 4679 from the Group Psychology Branch, Office of Naval Research.

This article focuses on the history of the Cape Verde Islands, the nature of Cape Verdean immigration to the United States, and the ethnic experience of Cape Verdeans in the U.S. The colonization of the Atlantic archipelago by the Portuguese as part of their expanding slave trade is described and the Islands' economic, ecologic, racial and…

Tested Janis' groupthink formulation with 126 students by manipulating group cohesiveness and adequacy of decision procedures in a factorial design. Results showed highest quality decisions were produced by groups of intermediate cohesiveness. Highly cohesive groups without adequate decision procedures (the groupthink condition) tended to make the…

Communication is the process by which all the pieces of the living world find their relationships to the other pieces to form larger wholes and to enable the living world to grow, adapt, and survive. This article explores cooperation, as it refers to the matter of sharing communication in groups. (CB)

Presents information about the history and development of each of the 14 divisions of the American Association for Counseling and Development. Describes the internal and external forces that shaped each organization; goals; accomplishments; strengths and weaknesses; and information about membership, publications, and organizational structure. (JAC)