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In this brief commentary on Abraham Maslow’s (1969) Toward a Humanistic Biology, it is argued that Maslow’s engagement with life science was a way for him to highlight the importance of innovative research for the development of third-force psychology. The way Maslow envisioned psychology as involving two forms of objectivity indicate that had he been steeped in phenomenology, he likely would have endorsed a hermeneutic-phenomenological vision of science. It is further argued that his vision of the third force was inherently developmental and laced with cultural themes.

In this study, a qualitative method of research was used to study how students experience becoming enthusiastic about the learning process for the first time as a child. The objective of the study was to explicate the student’s perspective and articulate it as a coherent structural whole. Six students (ages 17-22 years) provided descriptions of becoming enthusiastic about education for the first time as a child that were analyzed using a phenomenological style of analysis. The focus of the study was the qualitative significance of becoming enthusiastic about learning as lived by the students themselves. The results were framed within the context of a formal student–educator pedagogical encounter in particular.

Vegetarianism is a dynamic and fluid lifestyle that can be described as unique for each person who practices. Vegetarianism traditionally falls outside of the accepted eating patterns in Western nations; furthermore, the meat-free lifestyle can be classified as a form of positive deviance. Semistructured interviews were conducted with self-described vegetarians regarding eating patterns and motivations within the initial adoption of the lifestyle. Vegetarian vocabularies of motive were categorized according to established deviance theory referred to as accounts. This newly practicing, or developmental, stage of vegetarianism was more likely to fall on the less strict side of the vegetarian continuum for eating patterns and the motives had a propensity to be monothematic.

Review Article| September 01 2011 Review: Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision. (David Lebrun, Icarus Films and First Run Features, 2004) Roberta Batorsky Roberta Batorsky ROBERTA BATORSKY, an experienced high school and college biology teacher, is adjunct faculty at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. Roberta has a B.S. and an M.S. in biology. Her email is roberta.batorsky@gmail.com, and she welcomes submission of classroom media for review in ABT. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2011) 73 (7): 434. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2011.73.7.13.b Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Roberta Batorsky; Review: Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision. The American Biology Teacher 1 September 2011; 73 (7): 434. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2011.73.7.13.b Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Nineteenth-century scientist Ernst Haeckel reconciled the profound conflict between objective, cold science and subjective, emotional art to become one of his century's preeminent biologists, artists, and naturalists. His work has been translated into 20 languages. Today, we revere him for discovering, describing, and drawing 4000 species of Radiolaria: tiny, single-celled sea organisms that absorb silica and extrude glass-like skeletons, "amoeba-like drops of protoplasm, each species a translucent cage." David Lebrun has produced "Proteus," a visually gorgeous film that commands the interest of students and teachers of art, humanities, science, and the history and philosophy of science. I previewed this 1-hour film for my community-college biology students to their evident delight and amazement. I recommend the purchase of this DVD by secondary schools, universities, and community colleges for interdisciplinary use. LeBrun explores conceptions of nature, including those of Aristotle, the alchemists, the 18th-century Age of Enlightenment rationalists, and the 19th-century romantic... You do not currently have access to this content.

In this article, qualitative, case-based research findings from the works of D. W. Winnicott and Heinz Kohut, regarding the interpersonal world of the child, are used to show how quantitative data from positive psychology on well-being can be seen as emerging within a highly social developmental context. It was shown that observations concerning the optimal social context for healthy child development embedded within the works of both Winnicott and Kohut can be mutually employed in the service of a productive dialogue with the tradition of quantitative research on well-being within positive psychology. On a more general level, the analysis provides evidence in support of Friedman's (2008) and Mruk's (2008) calls for an enhanced dialogue between humanistic, qualitatively inclined psychologists and positive, quantitatively inclined psychologists.

The New Jersey Coastal Communiversity, led by Brookdale Community College, is a partnership of colleges and universities that provides local access to postassociate degree education. In operation for six years, the partnership exemplifies the strength of a collaborative model of higher education institutions to address statewide needs. Alan Deutschman's research on organizational change (Deutschman, 2007) posits that the three factors of a successful change process are Relationships, Repeating, and Reframing, from which a threatening Change or Die challenge can be transformed into a Change and Thrive scenario. The Communiversity received the 2008 Bellwether Award in the area of Planning, Governance, and Finance. This article presents the development of the Communiversity through the Change or Die framework with a focus on planning, governance, finance, outcomes and lessons learned.