The results of this study indicated that systematic human relations training for resident assistants has a significant positive effect on their helping skills. This was evidenced by the performance of the resident assistants on both the written and taped data. Even a short training program can result in significant increases in levels of helping…

Paper presents a course design which attempts to effect a meaningful integration of both concepts and experience and to deal with some of the problems and issues of doing laboratory training in the university setting. (Author)

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

Human relations committees, composed of all elements in the school district family, were formed in each school to initiate self-study programs and assist in planning school assemblies stressing cultural awareness. (Author)

This study was concerned with investigating the effects of human relations laboratory experiences on the interpersonal behavior of male and female college students. (Author)

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…

Relationship marketing, a concept that focuses on attracting, maintaining, and building business relationships, has enhanced the profitability of businesses. The core of the relationship marketing approach in business is that resources are directed toward strengthening ties to existing customers on the proven premise that maintaining existing…

This historical account of Colorado's progress in human relations addresses itself to two questions: (1) What was the general attitude toward human relations problems on the part of those who settled and developed Colorado? (2) What changes have been brought about over a century? The first of five parts defines the concept of human relations and…

This study explores the effects of a white, middle and upper-class preference system on the helping relationship. Evaluating people according to their monetary status, educational background, productiveness, and religious and social origins characterized many nursing students in the study. In an attempt to help students become aware of their own…

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…

The social, cultural, and political implications of the International Year of the Child activities upon current models of education and habilitation are explored. The past and current significance of four sociopolitical experiments that have reformed American educational practice are also evaluated. (JMF)

TWENTY-NINE ADMINISTRATORS REPRESENTING NINE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE COUNTY SCHOOLS OFFICE PARTICIPATED AUGUST 21-25, 1967, IN THE FIRST OF FOUR SCHEDULED FOUR-DAY SESSIONS TO INCREASE PERSONAL AWARENESS, PRIMARILY THROUGH T-GROUP MEETINGS, AIDED BY THREE-PERSON GROUP SESSIONS, LECTURETTES, EXERCISES, AND DEMONSTRATIONS. THE…

In reaction to objections from various minority groups in Minnesota regarding the way they were portrayed and treated in the public schools, the state adopted Education 521, the Human Relations Component, in all programs leading to either initial certification or recertification in education. It was the task of this study to determine the effects…

There has been an increasing call in the UK over the last decade for universities to become more entrepreneurial with a strengthening of university and industry/community links to contribute more significantly to the knowledge economy., and for UK higher education institutions (HEIs) to consider ways in which they can more actively engage in…