Much attention has been devoted to issues stemming from the hypothesized differential impact of the American experience on black males and females. Earlier studies of these issues were predominantly concerned with self concept. However, little consistency has been found in the studies of black self concept. A more appropriate construct should be…

Reviews the concept of self-actualization and fourteen points which characterize the self-actualized person. Examines the conflict between this concept and social norms of Hong Kong's collectivist culture. Concludes with suggestion for overcoming counseling difficulties engendered by this conflict. (JDH)

Examined the effects of actualization and integration on death anxiety in 120 students who completed the Threat Index, Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale, and Templer Death Anxiety Scale. Results provided clear evidence that actualization and integration have an additive effect on death fear and anxiety. (JAC)

Meanings, ideas, and theories about personality and the self are examined in this article. It is suggested that first year psychology courses can be improved if concepts like real self are studied professionally by psychologists and the process shared with students. (Author/SM)

The New School's Human Relations Center has produced some highly imaginative educational services for urban and suburban women. (Editor)

Argues that the study of speech may present the characteristics of a "tao"--a path leading to an increase in humane being. Calls for speech teachers to profess the primacy of speech: "...the source of life of the human mind, the source of the compassion of the human spirit." (PD)

English 101 is described as an experiment in self-discovery, and various classroom activities, exercises, experiments, projects, and assignments are suggested along with an appropriate reading list. (CM)

Investigated relationship between regular meditation and/or physical exercise and dimensions of self-actualization (inner-directedness, living in present, lowered anxiety) of 103 graduate counseling students. Students who meditated or who meditated and exercised had significantly greater inner-directedness than did those who only exercised or who…

Claims that the possibility of freedom is an aspect of one's individuality, and this possibility must be actualized through circumstances and conscious involvement with other human beings. Argues education should open spaces to enable poor and minority children to imagine new possibilities for themselves. (NH)

Recent studies of academic leadership confirm what many academic leaders know from personal experience: academic leadership is a complex and demanding role with significant stress and high burnout and turnover rates (Brown, 2002; Brown and Moshavi, 2002). In the light of these issues, an exploration of the nature of academic leadership and its…

From a life-stage perspective, the purpose of this study was to examine the motivation of female students in midlife to enroll in an undergraduate or graduate program and the meaning they attach to higher education (HE) in general. An additional purpose was to reveal these women's subjective perceptions of the benefits they gained from HE at this…

This author introduces a framework to guide researchers into a process of racial and cultural awareness, consciousness, and positionality as they conduct education research. The premise of the argument is that dangers seen, unseen, and unforeseen can emerge for researchers when they do not pay careful attention to their own and others' racialized…

Three conceptualizations of creativity, including a mental abilities approach, an ego-analytic levels analysis approach, and an attitudinal self-concept approach, were each translated into sets of self-statements which could be modeled and rehearsed. Subjects' self-reports indicated they felt more creative but this was not reflected in…

Two studies explored the relationship of temporal relatedness to self actualization, sex, and certain temporal behaviors. Subjects who obtained higher time-relatedness scores demonstrated greater self-actualization, evaluated the present time mode more positively, overestimated time intervals in an estimation task, and performed less accurately in…

A fictional account which points out that writing involves both exploration and communication and that students should be taught to explore both themselves and their political environment. (DD)