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…

Human relations services funded under the Emergency School Aid Act were found to have had favorable but generally weak effects on student intergroup relations. Process and impact evaluation should be combined and individual effects should be examined. (Author/CM)

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)

This report summarizes the development of the Metropolitan Planning Project's (MPP) plan to voluntarily eliminate racial and ethnic isolation within the schools of the Boston metropolitan area for the periods July 1973 through June 1974, and October 1974 through September 1975. Included in this summarization are a description of the population…

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…

GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED, BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES OF SEVERAL COMMUNITIES, FOR COMMUNITIES SEEKING TO ESTABLISH OFFICIAL HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEES. MANY HAVE FORMED BIRACIAL COMMITTEES BECAUSE THEY FACED A CRISIS IN HUMAN RELATIONS. NORTHERN COMMUNITIES HAVE GONE FAR BEYOND THE SIMPLE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AND HAVE CREATED COMMISSIONS WITH…

THE NEED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS EMPHASIZED, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS (POPULATION EXPLOSION, URBANIZATION, RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION, IMBALANCE, AND POPULATION MOBILITY) WHOSE EVENTUAL SOLUTIONS DEPEND UPON EDUCATION. PARTICULAR AREAS OF EDUCATIONAL CHANGE REQUIRING INSERVICE EDUCATION OF…

This monograph draws similarities and contrast between two basic types of communication programs currently being used to facilitate better relations between foreign students and American students. One program discussed is the sensitivity training approach. It is discussed in terms of its goals, techniques, role of the leader, and appropriateness…

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…

This article describes several cautions and recommendations in regard to the use of skill-training programs. Whether the value of skill training is being overestimated is explored through a discussion of the process of skill training, skills vs. self as instrument, and perceptual psychology. (Author)

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)

Existentialism holds both a promise and a threat for education. The author draws on philosophical insights to explain why Buberian Learning Groups in Israel, composed of Arabs and Jews, foundered after Israel invaded Lebanon. (PP)

Determined how deeply the human-potential movement has penetrated university training programs in school administration. Indicates that a majority of the departments of educational administration in the nation take a dim view of the role of human relations training in preparing school administrators. (Author)

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…