The purpose of this article is to discuss several new areas of opportunity for student personnel workers which are becoming available as a result of new developments in the human relations technology of education. (Author)

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

Group experiences, graded as to threatening content, are briefly described. (AF)

In fulfillment of a new Minnesota law, all teachers must complete a training program in human relations. Some 300 programs have been in operation. This study attempts to determine to what degree those programs have been successful. (Author/HMV)

This study tested the hypothesis that education students who participate in a structured human relations laboratory will demonstrate attitudes which are significantly different from those of students trained in a traditional approach to a general methods course. Ninety-one students in three sections were randomly assigned to an experimental…

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…

Report of a study conducted for a master's thesis at Springfield College.

An instrument was designed to test the effects of a human relations training program which conformed to the Minnesota State Guidelines for imparting knowledge, building skills, and developing positive attitudes toward special groups. The training program followed a model for maximizing instruction summarized in Glaser and Resnick (1972) and drew…

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)

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)

A review of recent research on teacher education yields seven strategies characteristic of effective teachers. (MJB)

Describes the purpose and operation of the Illinois State University Urban Education Program, an innovative, community-based program designed for teacher trainees planning to teach in urban secondary schools. Some student reactions are included. (Author/SF)

This report highlighs basic descriptive statistics regarding Mid-Plains Community College Area (MPCCA) human resource development events/activities for fiscal year 1997-98. During that fiscal year, there were 117 form 0004's completed by 73 different MPCCA administrators, faculty, and classified staff. There were a total of 116 MPCCA…

This curriculum model serves as a process for interrelating elements, factors, and participants, and directing them toward the goals of the School of Education and the Wisconsin Administrative Code. It implies a specified and measurable outcome, in which evidence about effectiveness is continuously available, making the model adaptive or…