Introducing invitational thinking / John M. Novak and Phyllis Stanley -- Avoiding erosion in the foundations of invitational education : the seven deadly sins of self-concept theory / William Watson Purkey -- Cooperative learning and invitational education : similarities and differences / Lisa Marie Beardsley and George M. Jacobs -- Invitational and multicultural perspectives / Charlotte Reed -- Invitational theory : applications in physical education / John Kearns -- Nurturing personally and professionally inviting behaviors through a clinical supervision model / John Van Hoose and David Strahan -- Invitational leadership / Dean Fink -- An analysis of adult cognitive-developmental theory and invitational education / Dorothy S. Russell -- The intentionally inviting college / Betty L. Siegel -- Invitational theory and counselling / William B. Stafford -- Inviting things to do in the privacy of your own mind / Paula Helen Stanley -- Reconceptualizing invitational thinking / John M. Novak.