Sports should be fun and played in an atmosphere of mutual trust. Participants will find themselves in the "aesthetic dimension," when, for example, they do not dwell on misses or so called bad plays but accept mistakes as part of the game. (RM)

Presents fantasized version of discussion among Carl Rogers, Victor Frankl, and Abraham Maslow led by Delbert Obertueffer. All statements in dialog are either direct quotes from their writings or phrases that express their basic philosophy. The hope is that by reviewing the writings of these great leaders, aspects to be applied to education today…

Presents Applied Humanism as approach to behavior programing based on six relationship principles (no punishment, ensuring success, independent decision making, logical consequences, gentle interventions, teaching for behavior change) that can be inculcated into all of an agency's service delivery components. Describes how Applied Humanism uses…

As learning is seen to be a social process as well as an intellectual activity in which teachers work in active partnership with students, "Teaching by Joint Presentation" (TJP) project sought to investigate what a humanistic concept of teacher-student joint presentation and critical inquiry can evoke in the language classroom within…

Speaking to the issue of spiritual development from her extensive experience as a youth work practitioner, the author notes several ideas she finds particularly compelling, among them that spiritual development interacts with, yet is distinct from, moral and religious development; that spiritual development is a core construct of identity…

In the late 1950s, when a new curriculum for the Danish upper secondary school was under construction, the reform debates on science were strongly concerned with the scarcity of technologically and scientifically educated labour, and thus relations between science, technology and welfare were stressed. Simultaneously however, the relationship…

The author sees teacher value awareness as a prerequisite for humanism in teaching. A values inventory from the book "Values-Clarification" by Simon, Jowe, and Kirchenbaum is included. (JA)

The basic American tradition asserted the need for self-development, respect for nature, and universal human cooperation. After the Civil War the country opted to follow a "profit at any cost" philosophy and turned its back on these values. It is time to return to this humanistic spirit. (CS)

Suggests a resolution to the apparent conflict between the Freudian and humanistic/transpersonal views of human nature. Presents a model which allows for the fulfillment of Freud's desire to account for both the life and death instincts as manifestations of a tendency to restore an earlier state of things. (LLL)

The author views the trend towards accountability, lists the problems, and promotes "humanistic accountability."

This paper deals with the humanistic vs. materialistic movements in education, with emphasis on the growth of materialism. (BB)