Recognizing the challenges of the future and the great diversity found among students, especially among the gifted, we should design educational opportunities to prepare individuals to contribute to their world. As long as adequate assistance is offered and unwarranted pressures are checked, the gifted will optimize their abilities. (Author/SJL)

Using Maslow's and Herzberg's hierarchies of needs, the author discusses some of the personal and job-related factors which motivate teachers. He suggests that boards can motivate teachers and prevent burnout not by satisfying lower-level security needs but by providing opportunities for responsibility, reward, and achievement. (SJL)

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)

The first of these two companion papers presents an account of Dewey's position on the nature of growth and its implications for curriculum development. The second paper provides a critique of Dewey's concept of growth and sketches what C. S. Peirce would have regarded as more viable alternatives. (Author/SJL)

Discusses a humanistic development program which emphasizes understanding of the self and of others, so that a student can more successfully choose a vocational field. (JOW)

Reactions to the Bakke decision are described and suggestions are given for students to become more self-reliant so that they will not need special programs in the future. (MC)

Discusses the theory and research behind this approach, which deals with attitudinal qualities that are effective in releasing constructive and growthful changes in individual personality and behavior. Relates approach to the formative tendency of the universe, suggesting it as a possible means to transcend consciousness in new, spiritual…

Describes system of libertarian psychology which is an analysis of human conduct consistent with the principles of maximum personal freedom. The author identifies the concept of voluntary exchange by which individuals relate to each other as they choose as the basis for his psychology of self-determination. Journal availability: see SO 507 190.…

Sex education should go beyond the teaching of biology and instill a sense of self-worth and broad values. (JD)

Suggests that the twin roles of self-exploration through writing and the development of public discourse may be viewed in terms of three stages of the composing process. (DD)

Describes content of a university program aimed at developing older adults' self-concept, competency, and achievement, leading to a certificate in personalized education. Addresses concepts, abilities, and values to be developed and the integrating principle that is the cornerstone of the course. (SK)

In this reprint of an article published in 1978, the role of women in society and its impact on gifted girls is discussed. It is argued that gender stereotypes work against gifted girls and that the women's movement has helped gifted girls develop a new image and concept of womanhood. (CR)

A faculty member at Amherst discusses the challenges that have shaken his "self-edifice." He says there was strain "in the scrambling, adjusting, re-doing, remodeling of the mind, and in the constant collisions with past fatuity and obliviousness." Mina Shaughnessy's "Errors and Expectations" is recommended. (MLW)

Presents a biographical sketch of the author of the Fukuyama Profile, an instrument that uses self-analysis, job analysis, and occupational exploration to guide a career choice that leads to work satisfaction and self-fulfillment. (SK)

In a time of social transition, adult educators must define their role, starting with personal experiences, and find multiple ways to help adults make sense of the discordant world around them. (SK)