There are promising suggestions in ethical philosophy that may assist substantially in the clarification of issues in the affective domain in education. These suggestions may be viewed in two aspects--as analytical distinctions and as synthetic coordination of these analytic elements. It is possible to construct an intelligible theory of the…

The school needs to give attention to the development of feeling. Valuing human beings need to throw aside the shackles that bind many schools to superficial low-level programs. They need to be daring and venturesome, realizing that in the last analysis there is nothing that can destroy a society more rapidly than bored students who are unwilling…

Draws from George Brown's "On the Teaching of English in Elementary and High Schools" to urge teachers to emphasize the development of feeling and creative purpose in their students. (DD)

The article discusses bibliotherapy as a classroom method to help meet personal, social, and emotional needs of learning disabled (LD) adolescents. (PHR)

The article focuses on six components (physical environment, psychological climate, curriculum, materials, assessment and evaluation, and teacher facilitation) necessary for successful affective education for learning disability students. (CL)

Fifty-one children who had spent their first 2-7 years in institutions, and who had been visited previously at the age of 4 1/2 years, were reassessed at the age of 8. Seven children had never left the institutions, the rest had been adopted, fostered, or restored to their biological parent. (JB)

Argues that awareness of neuro-biology is necessary to insure accountability and to remain cognizant of the developing technology in this area, whose impact on the black community is increasing. It is up to the community and to black professionals to insure accountability, since scientists (and certainly those people who utilize this technology)…

Asserts that Western society has neglected its Yin dimension, the positive and creative aspects of tenderness, receptivity, compassion, understanding, surrender, and intuition and has overdeveloped its capacity to dominate, control, analyze, and rationalize. Describes how Western society has lost touch with real being which cannot be released as…

The article reviews studies which demonstrate the positive impact of peer tutoring on cognitive and affective skills of special children, considers implications for classroom programming, and discusses the use of tutoring as a learning activity for all students regardless of abilities. (Author/DB)

Investigates a proposed four-stage developmental sequence that describes how children explain changes in sad and angry feelings and how their ability to understand is related to their theories of how feelings change. (HOD)

Considers the divergent paths taken by research in cognitive development and research in social-emotional development, arguing that studies of socialization need to become more developmental. Discusses meanings of development that may affect the socialization process. (Author/CI)

This article introduces a conceptual model of emotional or psychological abuse as applied to destructive teacher student interactions in the school environment. The model distinguishes between growth-enhancing and growth-debilitating actions by teachers. (MT)

Recommends that, instead of focusing on cognitive and educational issues, early childhood education focus more on the emotional and social characteristics of young children and on how these characteristics interact with cognition and learning. (AS)

Discusses the problem of children who don't want to begin school, and lists ways parents can help their child make a smooth transition from home to school. (SB)