Supporting interethnic and interracial friendships in schools among children and adolescents is an important part of a progressive educational agenda informed in equity, social justice frameworks, and critical multicultural education that leads to a reduction in racial prejudice. Positive intergroup contact is a necessary condition in prejudice…

This article reports an investigation of the LGBTQ Responsive Model for Supervision of Group Work, a trans-theoretical supervisory framework to address the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) persons (Goodrich & Luke, 2011). Findings partially supported applicability of the LGBTQ Responsive Model for Supervision…

This study contributes to research linking diversity and higher education teaching to democratic learning outcomes. It explores processes and outcomes associated with the intergroup contact of Black and White students enrolled in two sections of a diversity education course at a public university in the southeastern United States. The goals of…

The purpose of this study was to examine (a) factors that influence effective cross-cultural collaboration, and (b) challenges and issues that face researchers in cross-cultural collaboration. During the summer of 2010, 20 researchers and student interns from Ghana Education Service, Chicago State University (CSU-USA), Winneba University of…

This article describes an action research project conducted by the first author that examined the influence of class meetings on student-to-student as well as student-to-teacher relationships. Her action research project addressed the following overarching question: What influence do class meetings have on relationships in a first-grade classroom?…

Six teachers reflect on the meanings of a ritual of confession, sharing, and forgiveness during a school retreat. During a night of great honesty and integrity, students spoke to each other of their lives, their choices, their regrets, their wishes, and, above all, their love. During that evening, four students came out to their classmates and…

Analogy produces remarkably parallel patterns for group and individual maturation. A model of developmental stages (infant, child, adolescent, young adult, adult), intellectual and emotional dimensions, communication, interaction, and typical behavior is included. (Author/LY)

Most of the research on first-year student learning communities (FLCs) focuses on the impact of these programs on student success and retention. This paper reports on the investigation of the impact of FLCs on social community, peer friendships, and classroom dynamics. The researchers identify sociological principles that account for the positive…

This paper attempts to identify those characteristics of a "good group" (sensitivity group) which should be emphasized or fostered if group members are to have a group experience which is meaningful to and productive for them. The research around which this report is based is discussed under the headings of sensitivity training groups,…

Results indicate that the effects of videotape feedback are not necessarily predictable, and may cause either beneficial or detrimental group behavior change. Videotape feedback also seems to have markedly different effects on different groups. Conclusions are presented regarding the appropriateness of time-series research designs with T groups.…

Describes the development of sensitivity training and discusses the various aspects of this method of learning by acquaintance. (AN)

A personal accounting of the change and growth that occurs for one woman, on her own, and with a weekend-long women's encounter group. (EJT)