This document evaluates a Human Relations Training Program for teachers in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee. The first part of the program, covering the period from the summer of 1968 to June 1969, is considered in detail in Appendix B. It included a 2-week summer laboratory and 14 Saturday meetings for 150 participants. The second period,…

Using a cognitive learning theory as a conceptual base, predictions were developed as to the effects of various kinds of trainer behavior in laboratory human relations (T group) training. Data were collected by questionnaires administered to members of ten laboratory training groups, each with two trainers. Factor analysis was done on seven…

This study examined characteristic adult educational problems and needs concerning employee employer, employee patient, and employee public relationships as perceived by key personnel in seven state hospitals for adult psychiatric patients. A special three part rating schedule was administered to 11 key personnel in each hospital. Data from Parts…

The guide is intended to help social studies teachers incorporate activities and materials into the curriculum that reflect the role of the Negro in history, and to encourage the development of student understanding of Negro history and culture. Suggested units are: Race and Culture, African Heritage, The Legacy of Slavery, Striving for Freedom,…

These three British studies illustrate the use of small group methods to impart human relations knowledge and skills to professionals in medical and social services. The first paper deals with general practitioners who meet weekly over extended periods of time for case discussions. The second describes experiences of the Family Discussion Bureau…

This report summarizes a cooperative program in which senior student teachers from Newark State College serve as staff members in the South Brunswick, New Jersey, schools for a 6-week summer training program followed by a full semester of internship in the schools. Among the essential elements of the internship program are: (1) its role as a part…

The one-act play dramatizes the problems and possibilities of the rehabilitation of the mentally ill, particularly the discharged patient from state mental hospitals. It creates characters with familiar prototypes, underlining a situation in which a discharged mental patient finds a job with the help of a rehabilitation counselor and encounters…

This study investigated changes among Four H Club leaders after participation in a short human relations course, as well as in club members' growth and development following application by their leaders of the training received. Participants (30 adult leaders and 200 members) were divided into experimental and control groups. Adults in the control…

Relational communication refers to the control or dominance aspects of message exchange in dyads--distinguishing it from the report or referential aspects of communication. In relational communicational analysis, messages as transactions are emphasized; major theoretical concepts which emerge are symmetry, transitoriness, and complementarity of…

There are two parts to this curriculum development project. Project A is briefly described here as the development resource book, at an adult level, to serve as a primary source of information for teachers concerning the views and feelings of Indians and Metis peoples in modern society. A teacher's guide, curriculum unit and multimedia kit will be…

The Tri-Cultural Sensitivity In-Service Training Program, funded by the Federal government under the provisions of Title IV, Public Law 88-352 (Civil Rights Act) of 1964, was developed in response to the results of a system-wide survey of the staff in 1967. Eighty-five percent of the teachers granted that a deficiency in knowledge, understanding,…

The goal of this booklet is to identify and present essential concepts and generalizations within the structure of knowledge of the social studies. The basic rationale rests upon the following assumptions: 1) the development of concepts and generalizations should be given primary emphasis over retention of facts in teaching the social sciences; 2)…

This summer workshop was held in 1967. This guide includes how to lead discussions, ask challenging questions, use feedback, observe behavior of members, make thought-provoking statements, and summarize points. Also included are guides to film discussion, materials on the disadvantaged child, an attitude inventory, tapes on discipline situations,…

This unit is planned to help the student become aware of the mutual helpfulness of family members, school workers, and community helpers so that he may begin to understand the interdependence of people. It will also help to provide him with an opportunity to practice social behaviors so as to solve his problems through democratic procedures. This…

This unit is planned to help the student become aware of the mutual helpfulness of family members, school workers, and community helpers so that he may begin to understand the interdependence of people. It will also help to provide him with an opportunity to practice social behaviors so as to solve his problems through democratic procedures. This…