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France, Paul Emerich – Corwin, 2022
It's a paradox: technology to individualize curriculum has made classrooms less personal. Let's instead trust educators to make learning personal by supporting student agency, self-awareness, and the intimate personal connections found in authentic learning experiences. In the second edition of this groundbreaking book--newly streamlined, and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Inclusion, Individualized Instruction, Personal Autonomy
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Culp, Brian – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2020
Recently, discussions regarding how to create a positive school climate where all can be successful has come to the forefront. Healthy schools support student learning, well-being, time, space to be active, and opportunities for social and emotional growth. However, a host of numerous trends suggest that the school climate is becoming increasingly…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Humanization, Well Being, Educational Environment
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Sumner, Jennifer – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2008
The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development signals an unparalleled opportunity to link education with sustainability. But in the age of corporate globalization, will education bow to the external pressures that have always sought to subordinate it to vested interests, or will it reach beyond these narrow confines to the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Sustainable Development, Role of Education, Moral Values
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Sparks, Dennis – Journal of Staff Development, 1984
When business management begins to be concerned with its employees, productivity improves. A variety of human resource development programs used in business can be adapted to educational settings. The school staff developer's role is to improve job satisfaction, health, and motivation of staff members. (DF)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Humanization, Job Satisfaction, Motivation Techniques
Mercogliano, Chris – 1998
Founded in 1969 in an inner-city neighborhood, the Albany Free School is based on real freedom, community, democratic principles, and affection and trust between teachers and students. This book provides an in-depth history of the Free School, including a brief analysis of its place in the broader scheme of things; describes the school with…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education
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Hartley, David – Oxford Review of Education, 1995
Identifies the components of the current social trend, "McDonaldization", as efficiency, calculability, predictability, and the substitution of nonhuman technology for human technology (or control). Contends that market forces and mass production have imposed "McDonaldization," on the British educational system. Considers…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
Mercogliano, Chris – SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education, 1998
Two chapters of a serialized book develop the idea that attention-deficit disorder is created by the conventional school's rigid enforcement of a spirit-deadening "order" that suppresses children's natural behaviors. Anecdotes from Albany's Free School describe incidents in which two very active and intelligent boys developed some…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Child Behavior, Discipline, Educational Environment
Mercogliano, Chris – SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education, 1998
Introduces the idea that attention deficit disorder is a myth brought about by society's attempts to alter and adapt children's natural behaviors to fit the routines and limits of a flawed educational system. Anecdotes from Albany's Free School describe ways of working with children as unique individuals, based on the faith in every child's inborn…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Child Behavior, Discipline
Ohio Education Association, Columbus. Instruction and Professional Development Div.
Four monographs on the subject of humanizing the educational environment are presented in this booklet. The first defines the commitment of the Ohio Education Association to humanizing education and describes the goals and values set for future education. The second discusses the "deprived" child, and the ramifications of this word in terms of the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged, Educational Environment