Attempts to evaluate the effect of inquiry training on listening and reading skill development by providing students with experiences which encourage question-asking in a variety of language contexts, and by measuring their achievement before and after training. (Author/RK)

Hypotheses concerning the relationships among authoritarianism in personality, custodialism in pupil control ideology and autocracy in family ideology of elementary school educators were developed and tested. (Editor)

This study examined the relationship between dogmatism in beginning teachers and deference to bureaucratic norms of the school. (Editor)

A text was presented on three levels with regard to lexical density (LD - the quota of lexical words/total amount of words in a sentence). 132 subjects' comprehension of the text (discourse comprehension) was tested by a knowledge test and by subjective ratings. Results for discourse and single-sentence analysis were discussed as well as…

The aim of the Lofoten Project has been to build up an education relevant to the local community, and, as such, an education that is meant to give the pupils conceptual tools for analyzing their own material, social and cultural situation. Arguments for developing such an education are outlined focusing on local knowledge, researcher role, and the…

Gives a description of "tough" and "tender" education, i.e., behavioristic versus humanistic education, and then states that the humanistic teacher is a growing person, not an abstraction, and that if we are to truly experience both forms of education, we must first experience both as aspects of ourselves. (Author/RK)

Attempts to share an understanding of the humanistic perspective, i.e., a view of persons, an understanding of "community", an epistemological orientation, and a value hierarchy, and to examine the possibility of such perspective within the American cultural scene. (Author/RK)

Describes the minimum conditions for creating the humanistic school. Humanism is based on principles that fall into three basic categories: a set of beliefs about self and the nature of social reality, a set of skills to be learned by teachers, administrators, and pupils, and a set of necessary conditions in the social system. (Author/RK)

Rather than being concerned with "why" Humanistic Education can be, the focus here is on "what" Humanistic Education can be, and, equally important, "who" may be involved in such an approach. Outlines the characteristics of the Humanistic Educator and his role in the context of current educational practice. (Author/RK)

Humanistic educators believe that it is possible to actualize student potential, that learning environments in which children can grow are not only possible but essential. Three factors that comprise the humanistic classroom are described. (Author/RK)

Discusses the characteristics of the culturally aware classroom and teacher in order to provide an environment that will help replace the destructive aspects of the perceptual systems of the ethically different student. (Author/RK)

Attempts to reveal the purpose of humanistic education as a search for personal meaning, to teach the skills of exploration so that students can sort through the wealth of information that surrounds them to discover what, of all those "facts", gives meaning, direction, and significance to their life. Also gives some guidelines for teachers.…

A developmental approach to education assumes that as individuals develop they view the world differently and with increasingly more adequate ways of perceiving and behaving. Discusses some prominent theorists who have attempted to clarify the stages of cognitive and affective development that individuals pass through during the life cycle and the…

The author, presently teaching at West Georgia College, describes a packet of materials entitled "Guidelines", which is an itemization and explanation of course assignments, a number of forms for information, data collection and evaluation purposes, and a position paper, representing her thinking about the process of education and matters of…

Presenting evaluation results of a kindergarten bilingual education program and followup program, this article indicates French immersion can be effective among rural and urban students of both middle-upper and low socioeconomic status. (JC)