Synopses & Reviews
Creating learning environments and learning experiences for students is one of the primary purposes of student services. Student services professionals need to have a solid understanding of the cognitive development of college students in order to design activities that will enhance that development. This issue of New Directions for Student Services reviews five theories of the cognitive development of college students and explores the applications of those theories for student affairs practice. The theories shed light on gender-related patterns of knowing and reasoning; interpersonal, cultural, and emotional influences on cognitive development; and people?s methods of approaching complex issues and defending what they believe.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-99) and index.
About the Author
PATRICK G. LOVE is associate professor and coordinator of the master's degree program in higher education and student personnel at Kent State University.
VICTORIA L. GUTHRIE is assistant professor of higher education and student personnel leadership at Ohio University.
Table of Contents
1. Perry's Intellectual Scheme.
2. Women's Ways of Knowing.
3. Baxter Magolda's Epistemological Reflection Model (Marianne T. Bock).
4. King and Kitchener's Reflective Judgment Model.
5. Interpersonal, Cultural, and Emotional Influences on Cognitive Development.
6. Kegan's Orders of Consciousness.
7. Synthesis, Assessment, and Application.