Adult television students miss two types of human interaction: (1) reassurances and reinforcement from an instructor, and (2) misery-sharing and mutual learning with their peers. (Author/STS)

Surveys the extent to which communication training is provided for law enforcement officers and concludes that the extensive and varied training programs command high levels of interest and appreciation from the officers. (MH)

The purpose of this article is to describe briefly a technique, the Accuracy of Emotional Perception Technique, found quite helpful in dealing with interpersonal problems where inaccuracy of emotional perception is a fundamental cause. (Author)

Describes a program at the University of Maryland. (RT)

Learning should involve a continuing process of free communication between individuals or groups. (AD)

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…

H. G. Wells produced some of the best literature and practical ideas on peace, providing essential clues for achieving a mutually beneficial federal human unity through an "Open Conspiracy", as he put it, i.e. an intellectual and political transformation, and a revolution in education. It is possible to abolish war and ensure lasting…

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…