In this position paper, I argue that a focus on achieving and increasing social presence in online courses tends to derail a consideration of the ethical implications and dimensions of the essential facelessness of asynchronous education. Drawing upon the work of Emmanuel Levinas and Nel Noddings, who contended that the face is the basis of…

Franklin Vernon provided an example of how programs viewing themselves as "cultural islands" are in fact embedded within historical capitalist relations, through the discourses of "self" that they promote. In this response, I expand on Vernon's argument to situate the quasi-therapeutic practices he identified in the history of…

This study argues for a new theory in school management based on the notion of positive containment which benefited from the integration of the main two patterns of leadership, i.e., the democratic and the authoritarian. In this theory, the school principal has to deal with one external and five internal circles of positive containments. The…

Only governments can ensure, through laws and policies, the provision of universal public goods, such as a safe supply of water, affordable health care and housing. They can regulate commerce and the private sector. However, governments cannot legislate Jean-Paul Sartre's radical freedoms, Amartya Sen's developmental freedoms, or Hannah Arendt's…

Notes that supervisors are not automatically skilled in effective human relations practices. Considers concern with the interests, desires, and attitudes of employees to be the cornerstone of knowledge required to carry on a sound human relations program. Examines reasons for individual differences and components of the will to work. (Author/NB)

The social, cultural, and political implications of the International Year of the Child activities upon current models of education and habilitation are explored. The past and current significance of four sociopolitical experiments that have reformed American educational practice are also evaluated. (JMF)

Reviews the accepted and published features of quality circles; examines the current practices in four organizations in the southwestern United States; interprets the use of quality circles in the context of human relations styles of management; and notes principles associated with successful quality circles. (JOW)

In this article I consider contemporary philosophical conceptions of human nature from the point of view of the ideal of gender equality. My main argument is that an essentialist account of human nature, unlike what I take to be its two main alternatives (the subjectivist account and the cultural account), is able coherently to justify the…

Describes an effective program designed to raise the empathy level of helpers. Based on a human relations training approach, it incorporates didactic instruction, experiential learning, modeling, feedback, and imagery. (JOW)

In reviewing Louise Rosenblatt's contribution to the world of literature and human relations, the author has involved himself in the intense experience of reading, re-reading, and "transacting" with "Literature as Exploration," "The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work," "Transactions with Literature: A…

Discusses the "dramatistic" pentad (act, scene, agent, agency, purpose) as a structure for the analysis of both literary texts and human relations. (DD)

It is time to practice sound principles of human resources development in learning environments and to promote a cooperative, creative, collaboative, and participative leadership style in education as well as in industry, business, and government. (JOW)

Outlines a view of the education of policymakers that emphasizes its humanistic character. Stresses the importance of understanding a variety of disciplinary idioms and insight into the ordinary languages of those whose problems are to be addressed. (JOW)

Themes of death and loss have often been treated with greater eloquence in literature than in psychology and the helping professions. This article explores the treatment of bereavement and mortality in some of Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies, illustrating his deep understanding of the place of loss in human life. (Author)

Asserts that religion--capital R--effectively eliminated the feminine experience in its process of institutionalization as church; religion--small r--the whole human view, cannot be adequately reflected through such a myopic institution. The church is a powerful contributor to inherently unjust social, legal, and economic systems. Feminism…