Defines the reflexive dimension of teaching sociology, a dimension which explicitly recognizes that personal experiences and values significantly shape the perspectives transmitted to students. Posits five characteristics of reflexive teaching, identifies sources of resistance to such teaching, discusses how the author includes the reflexive…

Many educational practices are based upon philosophical ideas about what it means to be human, including particular subjectivities and identities such as the rational person, the autonomous individual, or the democratic citizen. This book asks what might happen to the ways in which we educate if we treat the question as to what it means to be…

Suggests that teachers need practice in differentiating their responses to student behavior in order that they may enhance the effectiveness of their responses. The author gives some alternatives to the use of praise and also examines four types of praise. (Author/HMV)

Offers strategies in teacher education by giving as much attention to attitudinal characteristics of teachers as is currently given to subject matter and teaching methods. Suggests focusing on teacher of teachers; taking internal frame of reference; selecting supervising teachers carefully; using group processes frequently; conducting integrative…

In this book, the authors set forth a humanistic approach to teaching and learning which focuses on the prime values of love, trust, cooperation, and tolerance. If the school is to prepare students for life, the authors maintain that teaching human values is tantamount to teaching survival skills. This book presents practical ways to create such…

Reviews the major ideas of humanistic psychology that have relevance for education. Provides practical suggestions for implementing these ideas in the high school history classroom. (JDH)

The document discusses the significance of psychological curricula, presents outlines of several specific curricula which can be purchased, and raises and answers questions about why it is important for children to participate in classes in which they can examine their feelings and their images of themselves and others. It is stated that the…

Sets forth a guideline for incorporating humanism into grading with built-in adjustments that accommodate some human weaknesses. Built-in adjustments cancel or neutralize some of the blunders that are inherent in the teaching, learning, and testing processes that reflect student assessment. (Author)

This presentation is designed to provide a framework and reference points for death education for any setting or learning group. It sets forth a brief rationale for teaching about death, then lists three goals of death education: (1) acquiring knowledge and information; (2) clarifying personal values and goals; and (3) developing coping or helping…

Lecturing to class each meeting is misuse of widely available instructional resources. Describes how to randomly assign a racial and ethnic identity to each student and how to use the community to invigorate an undergraduate race relations class. Concludes that colleges have been too cognitively oriented and that much can be gained by providing…

This elementary school science unit approaches environmental education from a humanistic point of view. The stated goals of the program are to establish: "(1) a sanitive use of the environment, (2) a sense of environmental responsibility, and (3) a respect for life." The program format is a series of cards and booklets for student and…

This booklet, the second of three dealing with educational accountability, instructs the professional staff of the school in establishing measurable objectives that will lead toward the accomplishment of the school's goals, proposing solutions, selecting the most likely solution to implement in a field test, implementing the solution in such a way…

Together with other publications in this series, this handbook addresses the issue of humanizing education. Specifically, discussion focuses on the role of critical thinking and reasoning in the educational process. Part one outlines reasons, requirements, and methods for teaching critical thinking and reasoning and connects critical thinking with…

The Philosophy of Education Society has formulated guidelines for evaluating teacher education programs in terms of the: (1) qualifications of teachers of philosophy of education; (2) philosophical component of humanistic requirements for teacher certification; and (3) humanistic component of graduate programs. (JN)

Focusing primarily on the humanistic components of the educator's role, this document was developed as a resource to assist educators with the process of self-evaluation for use as a basis when planning professional development goals. The three major categories included are interpersonal relations, intrapersonal relations, and management. The…