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Mendaglio, Sal; Kettler, Todd; Rinn, Anne N. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2019
Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration has been associated with the psychology of giftedness for four decades, and Sal Mendaglio has significantly contributed to the thoughtful understanding of the theory throughout those 40 years. In this interview, Mendaglio discusses the relationship between the theory of positive disintegration and the…
Descriptors: Gifted, Interviews, Psychology, Correlation
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Doughty, Howard A.; Kenney, Lorne J. – College Quarterly, 2011
Innovation should be about procedures and methods. Little thought is given to proximate, much less ultimate aims. In this article, the authors invite educators to take a break and explore the educational enterprise to which they devote their life's work. They discuss two bits of excerpted writing, both over half a century old. One comes from Jack…
Descriptors: High School Students, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Educational Attitudes
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Magnusson, Kris C.; Redekopp, Dave E. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1992
Contends that increasing frequency of occupational change underscores need for people to become adaptable in career development. Argues that traditional emphases on skill-building or competence in transition-assistance programs are insufficient in assisting individuals with transitions. Presents process of transition adaptability emphasizing…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Change, Foreign Countries, Intervention
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Gaboury, Placide – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1987
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…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries, Personality Traits
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Thiessen, Irmgard – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
The degree of emotional trauma that children may face during or after their parents' divorce is related to the personality profiles of both parents; quality of parent-child bonding; quality of parent-child attachment; parenting styles; and resilience of the child. Courts and child care workers should look more closely at parent personality…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Divorce, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
Paquin, Andre, Ed. – Journal of the Canadian Guidance and Counselling Association, 1980
This special edition on employment counseling contains a series of articles demonstrating some of the employment counseling initiatives currently underway in Canada. Included are separate English and French texts of each of the following articles: "The Assessment Component of Employment Counselling: Some Suggestions," by P. J. Patsula…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Career Counseling, Counseling, Counseling Objectives