Suggests a way to construe fundamental teleological differences between teaching, counseling, and therapy and presents a proposition for determining the appropriate use of concepts and theories in each domain. Uses the concept of the working alliance to illustrate this proposition. (SLD)

Building on the literature of college teaching and adult development, a model describing evolution of faculty perspectives on teaching at various developmental stages is presented. The model comprises five interrelated positions: three stable periods (egocentrism, aliocentrism, systemocentrism), and two transitional periods. It integrates the…

Transference is unconscious displacement of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors from previous relationships onto a new relationship, and can intensify college faculty/student relationships. Analysis of 350 items in the college teaching and transference literatures provides a conceptual foundation for understanding this phenomenon in the classroom,…