The secretarial training curriculum should be evaluated for the purpose of implementing a course in human relations. (JS)

This Self Enhancing Education (SEE) trainng handbook gives suggestions for a 10 unit program. The training involves an introductory course of 30 hours, an advanced course of 30 hours, and a leaders course of 40 hours. Caution is given to the leader to allow the participants to commit themselves to SEE rather than the leader committing them, for…

A classroom program that has been developed to teach students a variety of basic interpersonal communication skills is described in this paper. The focus of the program is on adding to students' repertoire of skills in order to increase the flexibility of their interpersonal communication and the range of choices in relationships. There are three…

The set of behaviors and procedures used in working with school counselors participating in the Upward Bound and Talent Search programs at the University of Maine at Orono is described. Areas of concern designed to facilitate the relationship between school counselors and program coordinators include the following: (1) basic program information,…

DESCRIBED IS THE USE OF MICRO-TEACHING IN THE STANFORD TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM. SECTION 1 BRIEFLY INTRODUCES AND PROVIDES A SCHEDULE FOR THE 1967 MICRO-TEACHING CLINIC. SECTIONS 2 AND 3 PROVIDE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE 1965 AND 1966 SUMMER MICRO-TEACHING CLINICS RESPECTIVELY. INCLUDED ARE DISCUSSIONS OF (1) BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON MICRO-TEACHING,…

Where verbal deficits exist in children, one method of exceptional promise uses operant conditioning techniques to establish and modify verbal behavior. Modifications and extensions take place as the function of direct interaction between an experimenter and the child. Assuming that ideal teachers for such children, given the availability of…

The curriculum was designed to provide a systematic way of instructing apprentices in preparation for various trades in the area of human relations on and off the job which would provide the apprentice with skills and attitudes in dealing with others. The core curriculum is developed in 10 learning modules which are self-contained instructional…

The document is a response to the evidence indicating that the majority of workers who lose (or are unhappy in) their jobs, do so because of factors other than lack of job skills and that those seeking employment must possess more than just job skills to be successful. Since the task of vocational educators is to prepare students for successful…

The present paper reports on results generated by an unconventional application of the testing paradigm. This application was made necessary by the nature of several goals of Project PLAN in the area of student personal and social behavior, self-planning skills for occupational and personal development, etc. Attainment of such goals is very…

This document presents some of the major challenges facing Developmental Psychologists. Research revealed that middle class children tended to respond in classification tasks to objects and pictures as equivalents, whereas low class black children tended not to do so. The reason for this was investigated. This investigation of the course of…