College teaching has distinct frustrations, such as the repetitiveness of restarting each term, boredom, and absence of meaningful teacher evaluation. But each of these aspects can bring some joy, when the teacher realizes the most fundamental subject taught is himself or herself. (MSE)

The problem of balancing personal and professional aspirations is a principal source of stress in faculty lives, but it has not been addressed by academia. (Author/MSE)

Highlights the similarities between the person-centered approach to counseling of Carl Rogers and the Gestalt therapy of Fritz Perls. Discusses implementation of the two approaches and suggests they may be synthesized into a person-centered Gestalt therapy. (MCF)

The process theory of lifecareer is discussed, emphasizing that the advancement of career education is linked to advances in understanding the human career and its education. (Author/BL)

Discusses leisure and the role it plays in people's lives and in their careers. Presents the author's "life-career rainbow" model, nine life roles in schematic life space. He discusses other definitions of leisure as theorized by sociologists and psychologists. (CT)

Discusses several trends affecting leisure: the persistent centrality of work in human experience; the almost universally recognized acceleration of change through the foreseeable future; the broadening acceptance of the importance of self-expression and self-actualization in the workplace; and the confluence of technology and humanism. (CT)

Outlines the history and roots of affective education and points out its shortcomings in contemporary educational programs. (MD)

A multicultural, nonsexist approach to art education raises individual awareness and creates appreciation for one's own culture and that of others. It helps teachers bridge the gaps between home and school, between equal opportunity ideals and actual practice, as well as fostering self-realization. (SK)

With particular attention to the work of Percy Nunn, the author examines individuality as an aim of education and discusses some of the "exaggerations" of the core idea of self-determination: child-centered education, creativity, eccentricity, and elitism. He looks at some curricular issues relevant to implementing self-creative…

The authors offer a plan enabling prospective doctoral students in education to design their own programs, which enhances student-university relationships and personalizes programs of study. (Editor)

The intention of this article is to view specific means of meeting teacher needs through Maslow's multiple-factor theory of self-actualization. Under each of Maslow's five headings, a brief explanation of the use of the term and examples of teacher center services fitting under that heading are discussed. (Author)

The humanities are described as the custodians of the human image. Today's humanities have burdens which are social and conceptual. Higher education training in critical thinking works against the image of man, which keeps civilization vital. (JN)

Outlines indicators and causes of stress; provides a checklist of elements of stress in environmental, organizational, and interpersonal classifications; and suggests techniques for effectively coping with identified areas of concern, which can lead to a positive, growth-producing situation. (JD)

Reviewing her roles as student, wife, mother, and psychiatric social worker, the author examines issues of concern to many women who try to combine family with career. She describes the challenges and rewards of being a teacher and the dilemmas faced by professional women who are also wives and mothers. (Author/SK)

The author describes her difficulties as an adult learner at age 37 in a dance class and relates her experience to the unrealized potential of adult education as an alternative to therapy and to her own work as a professor of adult education. (MF)