Author presents his conception of Bowers's essay, especially his understanding of Bowers's definition of nihilism, and concludes that there may be more to fear from those who fear nihilism than from nihilism itself. (SA)

Humor can be a crucial factor of learning environments and of communication. Recent investigations of humor in educational settings mostly focus on learning performance. This paper shifts the attention to the enhancement of social climate through humor. Humor can be an element to solve critical social situations. To develop humor, it is necessary…

Examines the historical evolution of the terms "culture" and "civilization" in Europe beginning with the medieval concept of the "studium," and focuses on the influence of the church in shaping these concepts. (RL)

Authors repudiate excessive use of systems engineering models in education. Such models depreciate any learner-teacher-materials-interaction which cannot be assumed to proceed in a pre-determined manner. Efficiency measurement based on maximizing outputs and minimizing inputs produce a kind of prosaic mentality and obtuseness. (Author/PS)

This article describes a summer orientation program used by a liberal arts college in New York. This orientation program utilized the systems approach as most appropriate for the development of a personalized humanistic orientation for newly admitted students. (Author)

This article explores some of the concepts introduced by Martin Buber, and their appropriateness for the training of present-day counselors. (Author)

Describes through examples some laboratory research with implications which can be used for asocial ends. Humanitarian values have to be upheld; therefore, scientists and science educators have to modify their techniques and procedures to make their research and programs useful for mankind. (PS)

As the open corridor enables new learning experiences for children by combining classrooms, so the outdoors allows teacher and pupils to reorient themselves about their environment through direct experiences. (NQ)

Educators in the humanities field should strive to teach people how to cope with the rules of society. (CK)

The technology of choice to effect the humanization and economic well-being of libraries is computerization. (20 references) (Author)

Argues that conceptions of humanism and freedom evolve within the value matrix of an indigenous culture; each society fashions its own definitions as well as its own institutional sanctions for enforcement. (Author)

In this article the author attempts to sketch a more broadly conceived behavioral approach which places a priority on the higher humanistic behaviors and subsumes the smaller instrumental abilities under them." (Author/AK)

The author advocates futurism as a basis of social studies so that the field of futurology can contribute to the improvement of society. (Author/JB)