Quaker community development efforts and approaches in rural Mexico; use of Hooponopono" (frank expression of differences and grievances) by VISTA volunteer trainees in Hawaii; and a similar confrontation technique for resolving grievances between Negro and Mexican American communtiy action board members. (LY)

Describes an effective program designed to raise the empathy level of helpers. Based on a human relations training approach, it incorporates didactic instruction, experiential learning, modeling, feedback, and imagery. (JOW)

Describes the attributes and benefits of relational leadership. Also lists six competencies of relational leadership developed by the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina: Leading employees, interpersonal savvy, work-team orientation, conflict management, managing change in others, and effectively confronting problem…

In reviewing Louise Rosenblatt's contribution to the world of literature and human relations, the author has involved himself in the intense experience of reading, re-reading, and "transacting" with "Literature as Exploration," "The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work," "Transactions with Literature: A…

This report explores some of the promising steps school districts across the nation are taking to encourage greater understanding in human relations. "Human relations" in schools is an attempt to change attitudes and to build foundations of mutual respect and understanding among students, staff members, and the community. Race relations is only…

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)

In the Fall of 2003, the Office of Human Relations Programs (OHRP), the campus-wide equity compliance and diversity education arm of the Office of the President at the University of Maryland, College Park, created, developed, and began implementation of the three-year "Social Justice from Classroom to Community" (SJCC) project through…

In this paper, I analyze the association between workplace sex ratios and partnership formation and dissolution. I find that the risk of dissolution increases with the fraction of coworkers of the opposite sex at both the female and male workplace. On the other hand, workplace sex ratios are not important for the overall transition rate from…

In 2002-03, a qualitative case study explored the experiences of stakeholders connected to two adult literacy programs in Manitoba, Canada. Data were collected through official documents, personal documents, and interviews. Influences by family members contributed significantly to the theme of human relations that arose from these data. The…

In this article we explore the level of job satisfaction and the sources of job dissatisfaction for 210 secondary school teachers in southwest England and compare our results with the results from a similar study published in 1962. Using anonymous questionnaires, we asked 210 secondary teachers in southwest England (63% female) to rate their level…

It is important that ways be found for the resources of the university to be used in improving relations among the divergent and conflicting groups in local communities. The primary resource, education, can be used in creating new channels of communication. It can also bring together academicians, professionals in human relations, citizen leaders,…

The program described is concerned with developing an atmosphere and climate in schools which is conducive to personal growth and in which individuals can be open to all experiences and sensitive in their relations with others. Known as the Human Relations Curriculum Development Project, or Project Insight, this program has as its purposes: (1) to…