Human relations training is intended to prepare teachers to be culturally sensitive to an increasingly diverse population. There is a growing trend in teacher education to train preservice teachers more effectively to meet the demands of multicultural society. However, limited research is available to guide the future design of human relations…

Discusses four organizationally manageable factors that encourage productive human relations: (1) the availability of useful feedback, (2) human relations training, (3) an environment of positive norms, and (4) recognition and rewards for human relations excellence. Also discusses how to make training more relevant. (CT)

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)

Subjects in all three experimental groups maintained eye contact for a significantly longer period of time than did controls. Reflection of feeling responses were recorded a significantly greater proportion of the time for the lecture-discussion and lecture-modeling treatments than for the control group. Males in the lecture-modeling treatment…

This article describes several cautions and recommendations in regard to the use of skill-training programs. Whether the value of skill training is being overestimated is explored through a discussion of the process of skill training, skills vs. self as instrument, and perceptual psychology. (Author)

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…

Considered human relations training in Israel from the perspective of a visitor, who claimed that the field is almost unknown, and from the perspective of a Sabra, who maintained that Israel has a substantial number of individuals working in human relations training. The journal is available from University Associates, Publishers and Consultants,…

Suggests that human relations education should provide opportunities for gaining self insight, knowledge of group dynamics and communication skills and also tools to diagnose problems and implement programs for individual, group, and organizational change. (Author/AM)

A transactional analysis exercise useful in developing human relations abilities is presented for secretaries. The main purpose of the exercise is to make people aware of how they affect others and to improve their relationship with others. Decision-making and time management are other aspects of the activity. (TA)

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)

Describes two programs in which a counselor eudcation faculty has contributed to the improvement of teacher education. Both programs--one facilitating the career development of prospective teachers, and the other teaching human relations skills to prospective teachers--have been integrated into the teacher education curriculum. (Author)

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…