Faculty self-actualization: Factors affecting career success

This study determined the degree of relationship between four personal factors related to faculty growth and development, two environmental indices, and career success and satisfaction. Maslow's notion of self-actualization guided the construction of the personal indices of self-democraticness, support, tolerance, and trust; McGregor and Likert provided the theoretical bases for the environmental indices. The data came from the American Council on Education—Carnegie Commission national survey. Selecting only faculty at the rank of assistant professor and higher who were teaching in arts and science departments produced anN of 7,534. Trust was the only personal variable significantly and consistently related to success and satisfaction, but even it had low contingency coefficients. Control of the work environment was the best predictor of the outcome variables and produced CC=0.41 under certain conditions. While not a causal study, the findings nonetheless suggest that factors which can be more easily changed (environmental in contrast to personal) can positively affect faculty growth and development. Implications for administrators follow.     

A study of self-actualization and self-concept in intellectually gifted students

The self-actualization and self-concept of 368 intellectually gifted students in grades 4 through 12 from a rural school district in a southern state were investigated using the Reflections of Self by Youth (ROSY; Schatz & Buckmaster, 1981), the Maslowian Scale (Falk, Bard, Duffy, Grieco, & Markus, 1988), and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (Piers & Harris, 1969). School level and gender had significant effects on the ROSY. The mean for students at the high school level was higher than at either the elementary or junior high school level. The mean for girls was higher than for boys. A significant interaction between school level and gender was observed only on the Psychological subscale of the Maslowian Scale. The ROSY and Self-actualization subscale and Total score of the Maslowian Scale were significantly related to the Piers-Harris. The ROSY and the Maslowian Scale were found to share a significant relationship (r = .51).     

Marketing Catholic higher education: holistic self-actualization,personalized learning,and wholesome goodness

Research on the marketing practices of religiously affiliated post-secondary education (PSE) organizations is scarce, and generally geared towards assessing their “fidelity” to their religious roots. Through this study, we seek to examine the promotional strategies employed by 194 Catholic universities and colleges (CUCs) in the USA. Using a mixed-methodological form of content analysis, we examine the textual and graphic content of their institutional home webpages. We find that CUCs promise prospective students holistic self-actualization through (i) personalized attention within the classroom and (ii) a wholesome social environment. These efforts are found to render CUCs a “boutique” alternative to mainstream PSE institutions.     

Beyond Survival

Abstract

Five surveys conducted in the United States, Australia, England, and Israel on the knowledge and beliefs of ninth- and tenth-grade students on environmental issues could be compared because respondents answered similar questionnaires. Where investigated, sex and general achievement level were correlated with environmental knowledge. Students' beliefs tended to be stronger than their factual and conceptual knowledge. In Australia, England, and Israel, where students' sources of knowledge were also investigated, the mass media were the most important source. This influenced students' judgement on the seriousness of different environmental issues.     

Beyond Justice

Abstract

The central argument of this paper is that it is inconsistent to both morally educate children and to punish them. This is because the aims of punishment, according to the traditional theories, are, in the case of children, incompatible with the aims of moral education. Finally it is suggested that as no obvious general justification of the punishment of children is forthcoming, therefore the onus of justification must rest with those who, in a particular case, wish to punish children.     

Beyond Myself

2004年的夏天,和往年一样,北京的温度依然居高不下。我的心情却随着创业失败,找工作奔波于各大人才市场累累碰壁和气温形成鲜明的对比,一个字：冷。一次又一次地在901路公共汽车上往返于学校和人才市场,我认识这路车的每一个售票员。每交出一份简历,我都有一丝兴奋,可是雀跃之后,只有无声无息的等待。直到我终于收到了一封去面试实习记者的信,之后的4个月．我才能够好好地静下心来回想那过去的16个月。     

Beyond Hypothesis Testing

Science & Education - Recent reforms in science education have promoted students’ understanding of how science works, including the methodological approaches used by scientists. Given...     

Teach Beyond Technique

A good teacher means more than mastering subject matter knowledge. This article discusses teachers' expertise, which, in the author's opinion, includes teachers' self-knowledge, their positive personality and other aspects, for example, whether they are reflective teachers. This conception of "expertise" helps teachers in forming their self-awareness and personalized teaching methods so as to improve teaching and accelerate teacher development.     

入学准备在美国:不仅仅是入学准备

本文分析了儿童入学准备问题在美国引起社会普遍关注的原因,指出入学准备问题不仅仅是学前教育领域中的问题,实际上是一个涉及教育公平和种族和谐的社会政治问题;介绍了美国政府最近推出的旨在解决入学准备上的社会经济阶层、种族和族群差距的一系列政策措施;结合我国学前教育的政策和体制改革,讨论了从中可获得的启示.     

远望(英文)

Just look beyond today for blessings,Look past the skies of somber grey,And look beyond the trials and heartaches When God will turn your night to day.Dear one, just trust Him in the shadow.He wants the very best for you.