School leaders are often in a position to advocate for their schools and for ways to improve the educational experience of students. By actively supporting a cause, such as increasing the rigor of the school, leaders provide information to stakeholder groups that will build support for their vision. Successful advocates incorporate several…

Maintains that everyone involved in a specific school can benefit from more effective communication; presents a technique of approaching human relations education. (DM)

The purpose of this booklet is to offer some guidelines for inservice educators who are interested in teaching human relationships and communication skills in nursing homes. Getting It All Together (GIAT) was developed for people to improve their basic communication skills through a new approach to communication and interpersonal relationships. It…

Surveys the extent to which communication training is provided for law enforcement officers and concludes that the extensive and varied training programs command high levels of interest and appreciation from the officers. (MH)

Good supervisors must be aware of patterns of behavior which limit their effectiveness and should develop eclectic approaches utilizing effective human relations skills in each situation. (MB)

A taxonomy of a communication skills curriculum is described which offers a continuum of learning beginning with awareness, leading to response, then to valuing, then to developing a system of values, and finally to the integration of values making behavior consistent with beliefs. (SB)

Presents the major conceptualizations of John Wallen, as they relate to interpersonal relations. Wallen advises readers to be aware of three basic conditions of human existence: (1) individual experience is private; (2) each person is different; (3) people are interdependent social beings. Four skills are outlined which help bridge interpersonal…

Trying to measure the effectiveness of formal supervisory training programs stressing human relations and communications, the authors tested three hypotheses and concluded that the higher the previously attained levels of education, the higher the raw test scores produced. The question of transfer and application of learned skills was not…

This study investigated the effects of facilitation training upon the attitude of administrators and lead teachers toward their professional associates. The project consisted of a 3-day workshop in facilitative communication involving 25 participants and four trainers. Exercises designed to improve ability to respond with empathy, positive regard,…

Explicates and evaluates essential features of Habermas' theory of communication and indicates ties between his concepts and the work of several speech communication scholars. The theory has important implications for argumentation scholars, contemporary rhetorical theorists, and students of human interaction processes. (JMF)

Behaviorist teaching of communication skills can interfere with learning of humanistic nursing. Interpretive inquiry can help students experience the transformative power for relationships and develop confidence and trust in their capacity for relational nursing practice. (Contains 20 references.) (SK)

Describes a project that used simulation to help students improve human relations skills. Principles of human relations and skills important to interviewing, listening, interacting, speaking, and report writing were emphasized. (JOW)

Discusses how social sciences, humanities, physical sciences and mathematics areas can and must revise their courses to support technical education needs. Technical Education is a bimonthly supplement to IAVE. (GR)

Describes a structured role-play session for a university library staff in the context of human relations training. The role play stimulated discussion and a greater awareness of communication barriers. (Author)

In examining "the thesis of complementarity for American communication studies," this paper refers to the idea that the dominating social science behaviorism of communication inquiry can be fruitfully complemented or supplemented with the science of interpretation (hermeneutics) as interpretation is regarded by the Frankfurt School of…