Explores the theories and models of self-actualization and human development. Twelve tables illustrate developmental stages, ways of knowing, moral and ethical development, management style, goals of learning, organizational development, and other dimensions. Availability: M.E.A.D. Subscriptions, C.S.M.L., University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1…

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)

Introspective and self-reported benefits of recreation as gleaned from essays written by college students are discussed. (JD)

Describes how the discipline and sacrifice involved in playing competitive basketball can promote a continuing, self-rewarding challenge and test for the players and others involved. (JD)

Suggestions are given for developing an effective creative dance program in an elementary class. (JD)

Findings of this study indicate that the regular practice of Transcendental Meditation is effective in developing positive personality characteristics and in reducing negative characteristics. (RW)

Of 15 older learners who kept a journal or diary, a few had started diary keeping in adolescence or young adulthood. Their current practices varied in terms of time, method, and type of writing. Most linked journals with other writing practices. Writing helped them cope with daily life, experience the joy of discovery, and nurture voice and…

As an outgrowth of the theory of flow, looks at some fine distinctions regarding the adolescent's optimal conditions for growth. Points to the importance of the adolescent's ability to reinterpret conflicts which crop up in raw experience, to overcome psychic entropy with long-term challenges or "life themes," and to find new meaning and…

Describes personal development as a process of individuals acting and reflecting on the world and themselves. Discusses practical issues faced by facilitators in setting up and running self-development groups; focuses on the structure of the process; and presents guidelines. (JOW)

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 article discusses the small group experience as it contributes to a person's total effectiveness. Much emphasis is placed on decision making. (Author/EK)

A description of three different programs shows how social studies needs to be an integral part of any comprehensive approach to career education. (Author/KM)

In depth psychological self-realization, known as transcedence or cosmic consciousness, is an individual's personal experience of reality. It is an internal, subjective, wordless perception of the essential wholeness of the universe and the individual within it. Little mention is made of mankind collectively in this philosophy. Forms of society…

Twelve college professors attending an instructional improvement workshop were compared with appropriate matched controls on changes in self-actualization as measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). Results indicated that workshop participants increased their scores on 6 of 12 scales of the POI while control professors' scores…