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Boyd, Stephen D. – Speech Teacher, 1975
Explores two non-academic programs concerned with improving communication effectiveness. Notes contrasting methods of evaluating speeches. (MH)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Human Relations Programs
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Lyon, Don; Lyon, Berthamay – American Secondary Education, 1971
Maintains that everyone involved in a specific school can benefit from more effective communication; presents a technique of approaching human relations education. (DM)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Human Relations, Human Relations Programs
Jones, Jerry Dale – Spectrum, 1987
Describes a study examining whether a graduate level human relations training course offered at the Pulsaki County School System (Virginia) influenced teachers' verbal classroom interaction and whether such behavior changes could lead to a change in students' self-concept. The course was found to affect both teachers and students positively. (MLH)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Relations Programs
Getz, Hilda G.; Morrill, Robert W. – Humanist Educator, 1978
The SET program's purpose is to teach effective communicating styles so that students can improve interpersonal communications with friends, parents, teachers, and others. Topics covered include nonverbal communication, attending behavior, feelings in communication, listening behavior, and communication responding and sending styles. The program…
Descriptors: Classroom Guidance Programs, Communication Skills, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Long, Lynette; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1978
Examines effect of facilitative communication training on quality of teacher response to various student problems and to accompanying emotional states of anger, joy, or depression. Results indicated significant differences between trained and untrained groups. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Higher Education, Human Relations Programs, Interaction Process Analysis
Dickman, Irving R. – 1972
The purpose of this booklet is to offer some guidelines for inservice educators who are interested in teaching human relationships and communication skills in nursing homes. Getting It All Together (GIAT) was developed for people to improve their basic communication skills through a new approach to communication and interpersonal relationships. It…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Objectives, Geriatrics, Human Relations
Johnson, Lary – 1975
Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) staff members have participated in Tuesday released time human relations activities for three years to improve the climate of mutual trust and respect among members of the school community, to develop interpersonal communication skills, and to become more sensitive to values and attitudes of others. Using…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Hoopes, David, Ed. – 1971
The goal of the Council is to bring about a global perspective on the campuses of its member institutions and the nation through cooperative programs and the sharing of resources to generate new ideas in such areas as: study abroad, foreign students, faculty development and exchange, and cultural sensitivity. Accordingly, the purpose of this…
Descriptors: College Programs, Communication Skills, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Training
Blaiwes, Arthur S.; And Others – 1978
Computer-based instructional programs in the affective and communication skills areas incorporating some of the results of an earlier research and development project were implemented and evaluated in a Recruit Training Command. The programs involved the use of a stand-alone computer-based system for evaluating and training recruit company…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Communication Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education, Computer Managed Instruction
Nesset, Bonna; And Others – 1973
The first phase of the Minneapolis Public Schools' Desegregation/integration Plan involved a human relations oriented staff development program which focused on improving communication skills. The goal of the Human Relations Program for 1972-73 was to change the climate in the schools in preparation for desegregation and integration. The object of…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Relations Programs
Dervin, Brenda; And Others – 1977
This study constitutes the second phase of a three-phase project whose purpose is to develop strategies for dealing with the information needs of urban residents. The focus is on how the information practitioner can effectively deal with individual citizens. From Phase I (IR 003 729), an approach, called the client-in-situation approach, was…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Communication Skills, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics
Prince, Gerald; And Others – 1972
The primary aim of this handbook is to encourage and stimulate growth and renewal of the "human element" within the school environment. Four processes form the objectives that are fundamental to achieving this goal: problem solving, shared decision making, open communications, and accountability. Skills in these four processes are discussed in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Communication Skills, Decision Making Skills, Democratic Values
Hackbert, Peter H.; Sather, Gregory A. – 1975
The Interpersonal Communications Inventory (ICI), developed by Bienvenu, identifies and compares the communication patterns, characteristics, styles, and processes of educational personnel. One hundred forty-three individuals, most of whom were teachers or teacher aides from bilingual schools in six school districts in northeastern Oklahoma,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavior Patterns, Bilingual Schools, Boards of Education
PIVNICK, ISADORE – 1964
THE ROLE OF SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL-COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (SCIP) IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IS DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT. THE MAJOR FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ON IMPROVING COMMUNICATION SKILLS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS, BUT IT HAS ALSO BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE EMPLOYABILITY OR COLLEGE PLACEMENT OF DISADVANTAGED…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Career Development, Communication Skills, Community Involvement
Geoffray, Alice R. – 1974
The publication describes the development and implementation of a State plan for career education in Louisiana (1973-74) based on a nine-component model. The components described are: curriculum development and revision, career education inservice training at the elementary and secondary level, inservice training at the college and university…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning