Empirical research to support the claim of advocates of laboratory training as an effective means of training leaders and managers in communication is lacking. Further, there are some who raise serious questions about this methodology which need to be answered. This paper reports an experiment designed to investigate four questions revolving…

Reviews the rationale underlying, characteristics of, and available research on four popular elementary school affective programs--"Human Development Program,""Developing Understanding of Self and Others,""Toward Affective Development," and "Dimensions of Personality." Despite problems several of the programs appear to have some merit if used…

The author describes a set of twelve curriculum modules called "Occupational Survival Skills" relating to the "human" aspects of work organizations. The modules were based on information from opinion surveys of workers, students, parents, and teachers on what occupational survival skills are and how to teach them. (MF)

Studies and issues of administrative effectiveness are reviewed and discussed, which are synthesized into the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO) theory of interpersonal behavior for educational administrators. Journal available from University Associates, Inc., 7596 Eads Avenue, La Jolla, California 92037. (ND)

Pedagogical research emphasizes the need for teachers to be involved in developing the personal skills and interactional abilities of students in their classrooms. The role of counselors in teacher training and the implications for teacher and counselor interaction in training and practice are discussed. (KS)

Reports the findings of a research project which focused on human relations skills judged important in terms of occupational success. (SB)

Suggestions for library media specialists to use in establishing relationships with administrators, teachers, students, and parents focus on four areas of interpersonal skills: knowing and trusting each other; accurately understanding each other; influencing and helping each other; and constructively resolving problems and conflicts. Fifteen…

The Device to Assess Human Behavior produced by this study lists specific human relation behaviors representing five major concepts which educational leaders considered basic to effective communications. Data from professionals, student teachers, and secondary students suggest that these behaviors make a difference to the learning process.…

The article describes the nature and character of participation training and how it can be meaningfully applied beyond a laboratory experience in human resource development. (Author)

This analysis of the relationship between humanism and humanitarianism outlines educational goals that should lead to a more humane world. Section 1, an outline of human life examines six substructures--human life, individuality, amenity, contact, actualization, and problems. A definition and examples of humanism in section 2 are elaborated into a…

Achieving Dialog, a model course in dyadic communication for close relationships, is described and presented as a new course for the counseling/human development curriculum. Research findings from a comprehensive evaluation of the Dialog course are summarized. The societal need for the course is indicated, and the educational challenge to…

In this paper, I will discuss two aspects of communication of utmost consequence in supervision--competence and compassion. Every communication has at least two aspects. One is the content, the information intended. This is the area of competence in communication. The other involves the attitude of the supervisor toward the person to whom the…

This compilation lists 24 abstracts of ERIC documents related to human relations training in education that have been announced in Research in Education (RIE) through June 1969. The following information is presented for each document: (1) The basic bibliographic data (including author, title, place of publication, publisher, publication data, and…

The study of interpersonal behavior can be of most benefit to the student if he is allowed to assist in the construction of individualized behavioral objectives. To implement this approach the student must first identify what he perceives to be his communication strengths and weaknesses. Next, the student identifies his goal in the form of…

A complement to the text, "Your Attitude is Showing," this assignment manual is an attempt to individualize instruction in human relations and attitude development. Composed of study questions and an answer book, the manual contains numbered assignments titled to correspond with topics and projects in the text which allow the student the exercise…