This article reflects on tensions arising in multiple perspectives approaches as they are deployed in response to histories of atrocity and conflict. We call attention to the ways that multiple perspectives intersect with the challenges posed by competing memories of violence and questions of responsibility. Focusing on a peace education programme…

A study of counselor use of the survey feedback approach in dealing with human relations problems was presented. Results of the pilot study suggest that this is a viable method for planning and implementing organizational and individual change in school settings. (JC)

A series of articles on how a Maryland school system utilized the team conference concept in fostering humaneness in its schools. Discussions on the role of the principal; an alternative program for disruptive, low-achieving students; a teaching program in human behavior; and a sociopsychological approach to drug education were included. Presented…

The results of an experiment in increasing teacher-counselor cooperation through participation in a workshop for skill building in action counseling and empathy training are reported in this article. (JC)

The importance of teachers' ongoing emotional training is discussed in light of their roles as teacher, surrogate parent, role model, authority figures. (Editor)

Relates the growing concern (professional vs. public) over the role and professional standards of human relations group leaders. Presents a set of standards which fall into two main categories: entry criteria and maintenance criteria. A system of observation is discussed to help insure the implementation of standards. (PC)

The University of Massachusetts School of Education has developed a curriculum in human relations--Human Interaction--written from a behavioral frame of reference, whose primary objective is the development of teachers who can act freely and spontaneously with intentionality. Building from materials in sensitivity training, traditional human…

Initial exploration using physiological feedback as part of a videotaped feedback, simulation film, training and treatment method is described. (Author)

When administrators and teachers alike mutually search out ways to make their schools more person-centered, schooling then becomes the humane experience it ought to be. All the available resources can be brought to bear in the service of the student's self-actualization-the development of his unique potential. This is an essential part of…

This report concerns efforts of the Maryland State Department of Education to improve black-white relations throughout the school system. It describes a special staff within the Department of Education whose concerns include institutes and workshops on human relations; recruitment, hiring, and promotion; resolution of intergroup problems; and…

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…

A ten-week program of large-group instruction, task-oriented interaction, and field study resulted in significantly greater empathy on the part of teachers toward minority persons--an attitude change still in evidence two and one-half months after program completion. (MB)

A course called "growth groups" was developed in an upper division baccalaureate nursing program to facilitate the unfolding of human relations skills in the nursing student. This article explains the unique dimensions of the course, its philosophical assumptions, its implementations, and its evaluation. (Editor/TA)

As a culminating experience of student teaching, a three-day debriefing seminar follows the final week of field experience. It affords opportunities for both a sharing of professional concerns and a program of human relations training for home economics teacher education candidates. (LRA)