Advocates a change in outlook to develop unused human capacities by creating a model for human behavior that explains why and how we select our goals. (GS)

This article discussed some of the effects of punishment directed toward students and offered some suggestions in finding solutions to discipline in the classroom. (Editor/RK)

Describes the development of a science program in a New York high school to make the study of science more humanistic. (RH)

The present paper presents systematically the theories and practices which belong to the scope of humanistic psychology. (Editor/RK)

If modern education is to remain humanistic, it needs to embody a type of technological education which avoids the technocratic pitfall. (Author/KM)

Discusses the tradition of Chinese humanism as a possible solution to the ethical problems facing medical science. (BR)

This quarterly review presents two main entries. The first one is a selected bibliography of twentieth-century poems relevant to science and social aspects of science. The other is concerning institutional review boards and the need for assessment of research involving human subjects. In addition, news items reporting on conferences, publications,…

Personal reflections on the philosophy of adult education lead one to try to incorporate the incongruences and inconsistencies of life. One sees the concept of "adult" as normative rather than descriptive, and the term refers to the enlargement of awareness that deepens, refines, and transforms information, ideas, and concepts into the…

The purpose of philosophy is to aid the individual in developing a unified view of the universe, the world, and the society in which he lives. In both the establishing of life-goals and the development of a philosophy of education, a clear understanding of values and facts in necessary. But in educational practice, many decisions are based on…

Although Matthew Arnold may appear to be the representative of an increasingly irrelevant elitist vision by advocating a culture ultimately dependent on the exclusion of all but the very best in thought and expression, in fact he remains the writer who reminds us of the necessity for a social vision of ourselves superior to any mere provincialism.…

Sixty self-selected in-service secondary teachers, working in conjunction with the West Virginia University teacher education program, formed the population from which the experimental and control group samples were drawn for this study. Experimental group subjects actively participated in 14 hours of intensive training in helping relationships as…

This paper constructs a typology of the philosophical assumptions of a humanistic, competency based, teacher education program. At the same time, the paper fills in the assumptions of the typology. It is indicated that the listing of assumptions is characterized by completeness, sequential ordering, and the fact that it is non-compromised. The…

Originally presented at a series of NCTE Spring Institutes on the topic "Behavioral Objectives/Humanistic Goals: Bridging the Gap," the papers in this monograph are divided into four sections. Sections one contains personal credos on the goals of English teaching: "McNamara's Band and the Educational Edsel" by Charles Weingartner; "English…

This project did the planning and pilot phases of an effort to improve the teaching of human relations in grades K-12 of public and private schools in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area. In the pilot phase, the project furnished on-the-job training for approximately 70 schools. The training was given by teams of human relations…