Observations and interviews revealed that student teachers view social studies as a nonsubject, as human relations, as citizenship indoctrination, as school knowledge, as an integrative core of the elementary curriculum, and as education for social action. A case study of one student illustrates the complexity of how these perspectives develop.…

Assessed the relationship between individual facilitation skills and a set of personal variables, including age, race, sex, and years of experience, to determine whether human relations training affects individuals. Subjects were 103 second- and fifth-grade teachers in 13 schools. Results showed that training is effective in increasing…

Surveyed 232 hospital employees to assess what organizational problems they would like researched, compared to what has been published. Responses of management and nonmanagement personnel were similar, and emphasized the need for studies of human relations, communication, and leadership. Discusses areas where academicians are not meeting needs.…

Discusses four organizationally manageable factors that encourage productive human relations: (1) the availability of useful feedback, (2) human relations training, (3) an environment of positive norms, and (4) recognition and rewards for human relations excellence. Also discusses how to make training more relevant. (CT)

Conflict resolution skills needed to deal with anger are outlined. Staff that can effectively deal with conflict minimize negative consequences in school community relations. (MD)

The claim by Khemais Benhamida and others that Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy is too hostile and restrictive to serve as the foundation of progressive educational theory is based on an incomplete understanding of the philosopher's work. (IS)

Large schools reflect the problems of society, while small schools foster peaceful interaction between individuals. (PBS)

Addressing himself to the needs of the black school administrator, the author describes what an administrator must do to be effective. He discusses two specific dimensions of leader behavior: initiating structure and consideration. (Editor)

"Human resource development" is a term commonly used to describe the learning programs provided by business, industry, or government for employees and nonemployees. The specifics of this approach may have implications for education as well. (Author)

The present study was conducted to determine the applicability of human relations training in the rehabilitation of selected prisoners in a Southern prison. Inmates who participated in the study were able to learn discrimination between helpful and nonhelpful communication and to make positive gains in their work behavior. (Author)

This paper addresses the need for gay and lesbian relationship research and theory and some of the directions such research and theory might take. It suggests academic research into gay and lesbian relationships is needed because these relationships are a fact of modern life and are different from heterosexual relationships, and because such…

Discusses ways to accelerate and to share exploration of sound new ways to achieve the development of the individual's sense of worth, especially in the elementary school. (GB)

Presents the contrasting organismic-developmental perspective on transactions of men with their environments. Eight procedural principles are elaborated to guide studies of men-in-environment relations. These principles are then applied to the formulation of several different types of research problems and exemplified in one ongoing study.…

Describes the international operations of the world's most extensive private training mission and the lesson to be learned from its example. (Author/RK)

The only hope for the schools is that each faculty be willing to change its perception if necessary. They, the faculty members, may then have the readiness to examine the life of their particular school, remove the meaningless elements, and build a situation meaningful to the students, teachers, and parents of their school. (Author)