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Gumbert, Edgar B. – Educational Forum, 1982
The author presents a critique of twentieth-century behaviorism and humanism as educational theories. He argues that the techniques of both lead to unwarranted intervention in individual lives and ceaseless human engineering. (SK)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Educational Psychology, Educational Theories, Humanism
Waks, Leonard J. – 1986
The French sociologist Jacques Ellul has had great influence on contemporary thought about the role of science and technology in the emerging global society. His books "The Technological Society" (1954) and "The Technological System" (1980) characterize the new social context as a tightly interlocked global technological system…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education