Counseling for recovery from divorce may be significantly enhanced if a general model of emotional health/deficiency can be applied. This article introduces an amalgam of Erik Erikson's developmental stages and Abraham Maslow's motivational hierarchy as a means of understanding the rigors of marital dissolution. The paradigm promotes client…

Considers a neo-Piagetian address to the processes of personality and its implications for counseling or psychotherapy. Although the neo-Piagetian framework is different, its metaphors and premises may make it the better equipped to deal with the issues central to those psychologies most influential to the counseling enterprise. (Author)

Notes that information to assist reading supervisors with self-development comes from four sources: observation and imitation, situational study, precepts of human motivation, and professional organizations and readings. (FL)

Examines the present state of career education and describes the concept of Life-Is-Career, the hallmarks of which are personal motivation and the evolution of consciousness. (SK)

Context shifting is an approach to training that aims to transform the participants' point of view, allowing them to create a new context in which to perform their jobs, a new way of defining their roles that motivates them to exhibit skills and use information. (SK)

In tandem with the energy crisis the author sees widespread misuse and waste of human resources. Analyzing issues of environmental deprivation, neglect of the old and the young, social isolation, the search for self, and specialization, he discusses ways that organizational and human resources development can address these challenges. (SK)

Learning is profoundly influenced by one's self-confidence and sense of what is possible. In leading, teaching, dealing with young people, and in all relationships of influencing, directing, guiding, helping, nurturing, the whole relationship will be conditioned by a faith in human possibilities. (MSE)

Discusses how certain novels can be used to create hope in student readers and help them to see that life is worth living. (CRH)

Education for successful adaptation to a rapidly changing society must begin early in a child's life. (JD)

This essay argues that academic achievement for gifted students should be viewed in the context of the life of the spirt--life guided by a desire to realize oneself; find and live a vocation; and embody great virtues, such as generosity and love of life. (Author/DB)

This speech explores the concept of professional self-renewal. The presenter seeks to understand why some professionals always seem fresh, energetic, and ready for new challenges, whereas others are perpetually tired, bored, and irritated with the demands of their work. Referring to McGregor's management theories, the paper infers that Theory X…

Managers have an obvious interest in motivation, yet there are few connections between the needs of the manager and research on motivation theory and system building. Motivation can be defined as the degree to which an individual wants and chooses to engage in certain specified behaviors. This definition assumes that motivation is an individual…

A poll of department chairpersons about personal and professional attitudes, motivations, and concerns is reported. Opportunity, challenge, and responsibility were recurring themes. Recommendations are made: giving additional released time, clarifying requirements for promotion, providing credit for accomplishments, publicizing need for unpopular…

The education of Russian high school students is discussed and compared to that of American high school students. The motivation of American students to achieve in academe is being challenged by the desire for instant gratification from television. (SA)

Discusses the motivation of faculty for effective teaching. Describes five stages in faculty growth and development. Suggests some implications of career phases and motivational studies. Lists 22 references. (YP)