| Abstract: | Psychologists whose primary function is teaching are yearly growing more involved in a basic dilemma. Should our primary concern be for the development of the personalities of our students, or should it be for the development of a body of information? Perhaps the answer is to be found in separating personality development functions from the teaching situation. Let the psychologist as teacher teach his subject matter and forget the personality of his student, use other psychologists in a counseling capacity to do what they can to assist the individual to optimum development of his personality. This ideal, however, is far off and demands some societal changes and changes in our educational structure. In the meantime we can do all we can within the structure to help individuals in their personal development even while we have to give attention to content and grades. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
