A secondary course designed to study human attitudes and values through the use of multimedia, multidiscipline social studies is described. For journal availability see annotation SO 504 171. (Author/DE)

Self-esteem cannot be maintained in the supervisor by the simple fact that he or she is now a manager. Growth and development occur as a result of motivators available to meet the supervisory need structure: achievement, recognition, participation, and growth. (Author/MW)

Like other types of dispute resolution, mediation brings the parties in conflict together to solve their problems. It provides a fresh perspective by introducing a third party who is entirely neutral and is skilled in helping parties solve their problems. With the increasing dissatisfaction with the formal justice system, mediation has been…

This seasonal project integrates the skills of typing, photocopying, calculating, composing, alphabetizing, and human relations, which the student has acquired during the first part of the Administrative Support Occupations II course. The activity is a simulation that involves a small, specialty, mail-order business selling novelty items for…

The Grips Theatre, founded in 1969 by Volker Ludwig, performs plays intended to provoke clearheaded imaginative thinking on the part of the children, adolescents, and adults who see their productions. Grips does this by creating and producing original plays that retain the idealistic moment of hope that social relations and people themselves can…

The work of the United Nations is described in summary form. Material is divided into sections on the origin, programs, purpose, principles, and structure of the United Nations; the United Nations at work for International Peace; the United Nations at Work for Economic and Social Development; The United Nations at Work for Decolonization; the…

Parents are the preeminent significant adults in the lives of adolescents, but occasionally teachers are perceived as significant. Pertinent literature is reviewed which describes the extent of influence and qualities of teachers who are chosen as significant by adolescents. Implications for schooling and teaching are presented. Conditions under…

This guide presents a model for developing a team planning approach for optimum community involvement in San Diego City Schools in order to promote quality integrated education. Following a brief introduction basic purposes, goals, and tasks for implementation are listed. Next, the model is outlined as a step-by-step process. For each major topic…

Relates the growing concern (professional vs. public) over the role and professional standards of human relations group leaders. Presents a set of standards which fall into two main categories: entry criteria and maintenance criteria. A system of observation is discussed to help insure the implementation of standards. (PC)

Styles influencing curriculum development -- management models, liberal non-intervention, and the exclusion of affective for cognitive objectives -- fail to give an account of personal man in his culture. Through "cultivation of soul" some teachers provide a rational way to respond to the weaknesses of overly rationalized learning. (JH)

Paper describes a preservice curriculum in human relations for the classroom teacher. (Author)

This paper discusses the application of a transactional philosophy to the problems of classroom communication. Four aspects of teacher/student interaction are discussed in detail: the choice between a bilateral relationship in which students are seen as unique persons and a unilateral relationship in which students are treated as objects or…

Suggests a course curriculum which includes exercises in audience analysis, interviewing, simulation, role playing, and small group discussion. (MH)

Education in the future will emphasize human relations training to fill the needs created by increased leisure time. (DE)