This book is intended for persons, particularly in the helping fields, who wish to develop or improve their understanding of the group process, and their leadership skills. Chapter 1 contains an introduction about group process including information about the book format, strategies for obtaining group experience, and selected references on…

Current research and practice suggest that those who commit to pursuing goals immediately following a feedback experience are more likely to capitalize on their strengths and set a productive path for growth. Any intentional effort to learn, grow, and change involves seeking challenging assignments, training for targeted skills, and developmental…

Little attention has been given to preparing people to become leaders of adult education. These leaders are people whose influence in adult education goes beyond his/her own program and immediate areas of operation. They include program administrators, builders of adult education programs, politicians, authors, and researchers. Two main categories…

The first step in a long-term research effort to investigate the relationship between knowledge and its use in the practice of leadership is described in this paper. Detailed interviews with a random sample of 37 senior West Point cadets to were conducted investigate the identification and causal representation of human performance problem…

The purpose of this Model United Nations (UN) seminar for faculty advisors and conference leaders was to provide seminar participants with new and innovative ideas to more effectively simulate the complex UN system. This document summarizes seminar speeches presented by: (1) James Jonah, Assistant U.N. Secretary-General; (2) Frank Pinto,…

Facts can be objectively gathered, but they are devoid of significance until they are related, contemplated, and unified in the mind of a creative person. Facts lead to ideas, and ideas combine with tacit knowledge and skill lead to knowledge which is a steppingstone to wisdom. An academic's task is to find, define, and refine ideas. Books provide…

Calls on educational leaders to restore to colleges and universities the concern for integrity, morality, commitment, and national interest to the end that these institutions will produce trained persons who are capable of leadership. (Editor/PG)

The paper describes how the components of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf program contributes to the personal growth of student leaders. Sections individually address the establishment of a student/advisor relationship; the leadership manuals (which offer principles and examples of relevant skills pertaining to planning,…

The report describes a training project for handicapped consumer leasers which was conceived and sponsored by the Houston Coalition for Barrier Free Living (CBFL), a Houston-based disabled rights organization. Section I includes the original prospectus or grant proprosal submitted to the funding agents by CBFL, a discussion of the conference…

The New Jersey Tenant Action Handbook can be used as a training manual for community action workers, as a reference book for housing employees and volunteers, and as a guide for tenants living in low-income areas. It tells what the law in New Jersey can make an apartment house landlord or a tenant do, which housing problems can be solved by tenant…

Thirty-four State Directors of Vocational Education or their designated representatives attended a 1-week leadership development seminar for the purposes of developing skills in problem identification and solution, developing interpersonal competencies, assisting in group formation, and beginning a process or developing a model for future action.…