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Cybernetics and Precursors of Promoting Critical Thinking--A Way to Change the School
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Surubaru, Teodora; Isoc, Dorin – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
The requirement to assure the teaching of critical thinking put the school in front of its own weaknesses. A profound criticism highlights limitations, hindrances and obstacles that are difficult to pass without the personal efforts of the teachers. Following criticism, one can identify a set of requirements that would allow for improvement and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Barriers, Intervention
Dealing with Hate to Boost Multiculturalism in Colleges/Schools of Education
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Obiakor, Festus E. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2021
Hate has always been a part of our lives and world. We have rationalized about it and pretended that it is a personality difference that is not very harmful and hurtful. However, hate continues to be devastating and visible in the forms of discrimination, racism, xenophobia, linguistic superiority, religious bigotry, Messiah Complex, White…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Schools of Education, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
Which Helper Behaviors and Intervention Styles Are Related to Better Short-Term Outcomes in Telephone Crisis Intervention? Results from a Silent Monitoring Study of Calls to the U.S. 1-800-SUICIDE Network
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Mishara, Brian L.; Chagnon, Francois; Daigle, Marc; Balan, Bogdan; Raymond, Sylvaine; Marcoux, Isabelle; Bardon, Cecile; Campbell, Julie K.; Berman, Alan – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
A total of 2,611 calls to 14 helplines were monitored to observe helper behaviors and caller characteristics and changes during the calls. The relationship between intervention characteristics and call outcomes are reported for 1,431 crisis calls. Empathy and respect, as well as factor-analytically derived scales of supportive approach and good…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Listening Skills, Suicide, Empathy
Comparing Models of Helper Behavior to Actual Practice in Telephone Crisis Intervention: A Silent Monitoring Study of Calls to the U.S. 1-800-SUICIDE Network
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Mishara, Brian L.; Chagnon, Francois; Daigle, Marc; Balan, Bogdan; Raymond, Sylvaine; Marcoux, Isabelle; Bardon, Cecile; Campbell, Julie K.; Berman, Alan – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
Models of telephone crisis intervention in suicide prevention and best practices were developed from a literature review and surveys of crisis centers. We monitored 2,611 calls to 14 centers using reliable behavioral ratings to compare actual interventions with the models. Active listening and collaborative problem-solving models describe help…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Listening Skills, Help Seeking, Helping Relationship
Development of a Youth Worker Position on the Multi-Disciplinary Team in a Short Term Residential Crisis Center for Adolescents.
Doll, Elizabeth – 1990
The present structure of the multi-disciplinary team in crisis centers for adolescents lacks training for youth workers in the decision-making process. This report discusses the development of a youth worker position on a multi-disciplinary team in a short-term residential crisis center for adolescents. Three youth workers, for a period of 3.5…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Caseworkers, Cooperation, Crisis Intervention
Crisis Intervention in a Brief Psychotherapy-Problem Solving Framework Has Mutual Benefits for Patients and Clinic.
Altman, Ellyn – 1981
The demands by applicants for prompt emergency services and by funding sources for greater accountability along with long waiting lists resulted in the formation of a crisis unit offering brief psychotherapy in a problem-solving framework. The services focused on: (1) the presenting problem as it reflected a core conflict or longstanding life…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Techniques, Crisis Intervention