DEDICATION, FOREWORD , PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, READERS' COMMENTS, GETTING STARTED, PARTI WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT? 2 GROWTH VS. CHANGE,3 HEAPS AND WHOLES ,4 PEOPLE AS CONTENT AND PROCESS, 5 A DEFINITION OF DEVELOPMENT, 6 DEVELOPMENTAL PHASES, PARTH WHAT CAN THE ENVIRONMENT CONTRIBUTE? 7 NOVELTY ,8 MINIMIZING THREAT ,9 SUPPORTIVENESS OF THE LEARNING CYCLE , 10 INFORMATION RICHNESS, 11 LEARNING FACILITATORS, PART III WHAT CAN THE PERSON CONTRIBUTE? 12 SELF-AWARENESS, 13 GROWTH MOTIVATION,14 LEARNING SKILLS ,15 KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS , 16 DEVELOPMENTAL PLANNING, 17 CLOSURE, REFERENCE, INDEX, ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
Douglas L. Robertson is dean of undergraduate education and professor of higher education at Florida International University. He has been involved in promoting innovation in U.S. higher education for more than thirty years and has over twenty years of administrative experience in undergraduate and graduate education. He is chair of The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education Publications Committee, as well as a member of the POD Core Committee. He has authored or coedited six books, including Making Time, Making Change: Avoiding Overload in College Teaching (New Forums Press, 2003) and Self-Directed Growth (1988).
