Current conceptions of the student personnel worker's role as that of regulator, service" man, or therapist must be replaced if the profession is to be responsive to the new emphasis on individual student development. New roles and functions will require greater involvement and initiative in relationships with the administration and community, as…

A review of the literature describing student use of college and university libraries indicates a low regard for the library's role in learning. A program of team instruction in which professors and librarians work together to solve problems of common concern is suggested. (NH)

Suggests that the notion of ego development provides the educator with a conceptual framework for viewing the affective and cognitive domains as they exist in the wholeness of the real world. Compares theories of Loevinger, Piaget, and Kohlberg. Concludes that it is impossible to speak objectively about "truth." (Author/BRR)

The model presented is intended to return discipline to a legitimate place in education and educational research; it focuses on three elements--pupil development, ecological factors, and disciplinary approaches. (DS)

Argues for the important role art can play in personal development of students. (For availability, see EA 507 405.) (IRT)

Teachers can help students restore the human dimension in the learning process through a wide variety of activities. Newspaper stories, magazine articles, and television news coverage are excellent sources for the language arts teacher's efforts to stimulate student awareness of their feelings and environment. (Author/RK)

Considers the appropriateness of applying college student developmental theories that are based on European/European American psychology to the development of African American college students. Suggests that theories for the development of African American college students should be Afrocentric in nature. (SM)

This article argues that educating tomorrow's adults isn't simply about teaching students the quadratic equation or the date Columbus sailed to the new world. Social and emotional development is also an important component in student's development. (GCP)

Examines the association between quality of mother-child interaction assessed at kindergarten entry and children's social and academic outcomes in middle school. Results indicate that positive quality of mother-child interaction accounted for unique variance in social and academic success in early adolescence over and above the contribution of…

This paper demonstrates that pretest-posttest designs provide more information than is commonly assumed. What is typically overlooked is that even when the posttest is the outcome measure, such designs also reveal if different interventions or experiences account for variations in pretest-posttest gains. (Contains 12 references.) (GCP)

Uses John Searle's concept of "Background" to explore the acquisition of scholarly know-how, particularly as it relates to graduate students whose previous education impedes their epistemological access to scholarly practices. (EV)

Provides a look at the history, structure, and role of career and technical student organizations: Business Professionals of America, SkillsUSA-VICA, DECA/Delta Epsilon Chi, Health Occupations Students of America, the Technology Student Association, Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, FFA, and Family, Career, and Community Leaders…

Meta-analysis of youth leadership development literature resulted in a conceptual model and curriculum framework. Model dimensions are leadership knowledge and information; leadership attitudes, will, and desire; decision making, reasoning, and critical thinking; oral and written communication; and intra/interpersonal relations. Dimensions have…

Presents an adaptation of Biggs and Collis' (1982) Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome which illustrates stages of interdisciplinary knowledge integration and explains corresponding patterns of learners' intellectual functioning, from acquisition of single-subject information to transfer of interdisciplinary knowledge to other topics,…