Working from normalization theory, uses a graphical metaphor to illustrate the liberation of the "hidden self." Explains the layers of the metaphor, the "false person," the "intelligent, rational person," and the "hidden person," and offers several ways educators can work to uncover the layers surrounding…

Connections between thought, knowledge, and action in context are important for education/training and moral justification of conduct. Some professional and vocational training concentrates on knowledge or context without acknowledging the person as knower. The components of praxis--contexts, theories, actions, and persons--should not be isolated…

The personal diary is a tool in the creation of self. The study of recent published journals of later life yields knowledge of the human experience of aging. Service providers can use this information to develop empathy with aged clients and to encourage journal writing. (SK)

Envisions mentoring as a blend of human development in three dimensions: socialization, task development, and lifespan development. Views the mentoring relationship as a tool to use throughout the lifespan for managing transitions. (SK)

Explores the postmodern critique of dominant conceptions of the self in adult education: psychological/humanistic and sociological/critical. Identifies valuable aspects of the critique, for example, showing how individuals participate in their own subjugation with adult educators as accomplices. (SK)

Views personal growth through long-term work in various literary genres, including haiku-senryu sequencing, as a continuous process. Demonstrates how self-integration can be enhanced through the creative processing of dream material. (SR)

Examines the hypothesis that a significant correlate of self-actualization may be the subjective expression of the tendency towards novelty experiencing and examines the interaction of self-actualization level and specific components of the novelty experiencing construct. (Author/RC)

Highest priority of education is to help students utilize as much of their talent as is possible. Third Force psychologists would interpret this as becoming self-actualized. Self-awareness is required for psychological growth. Without self-awareness there can be no growth, no mental hygiene, and no self-actualization. (Author)

The major concern of this paper is the concept of individual freedom within the framework of competitive sport. The paper examines the present status of man in regard to the future, and, especially, to the concept of freedom. It explains how the idea of freedom has been viewed in philosophy, and, more specifically, how it has been treated in…

A control group design was used to determine whether junior college students who participated in a Human Potential Group became more self actualized than those who didn't. Growth in self-actualization was measured through pre- and post-administrations of the Personal Orientation Inventory. Findings show that (1) students in the Human Potential…

Emerging paradigms in transpersonal psychotherapy are discussed in relation to values and attitudes of the therapist and the place of transpersonal experience in the growth process, which goes beyond self-actualization to self-transcendence. Transpersonal therapy is not identified with specific techniques, but three distinct stages of therapy are…

The author contends that not all groups allow for the freedom of the individual within the group. Attitudes of acceptance, permissiveness, warmth, friendliness, and objectivity should prevail within the group, and while not overlooking a particular member's individuality, one must allWw for3th&&ifferences that may accompany this individuality.…

In order for a child to develop into a fully functioning person, his positive assets must be recognized and strengthened. A concentration on the elimination of faults and weaknesses has a debilitating effect. (CK)

Revision by the author of an article published in Saturday Review. December 20, 1969.