Describes the Emerging Curriculum at the John Hopkins Summer School session. Use of student contracts, content organized in instructional hierarchies, student interaction sheets and individual evaluation made student involvement more meaningful. Illustrates that university graduate courses can be organized as paradigms of humanistic and efficient…

Describes the decline of the traditional discussion centers in home, school and church and the mushrooming of literature and groups centering around values clarification. (Author)

This is a description of a model for use in a values clarification program for adult learners. The aim is to help adults become familiar with a tool to aid them in clarifying the meaning of conflicting values in life situations. (Author)

Values clarification, a relatively new form of humanistic education, was compared with a traditional lecture-discussion approach to teaching a survey course in health science to undergraduates. It was concluded that the objectives of a survey course in health science may be equally attained by either of the instructional procedures. (Author)

The basic theory of learning practiced by humanistic teachers is described as a concept of behavior. Focus is placed on the need to develop personalized instructional goals, the student's self-concept, the interaction that takes place between people, the integration of affective and cognitive learning and the teacher expectancy phenomenon. (Author)

This paper concerns itself with the problem of how the survival of the world no longer requires brutal strength and military superiority, but education--education for a new world society through a new curriculum. Inherent is a value system in which man is master and above technology, materialism and machine. (Author)

A teacher is viewed as a person who consults with students and who facilitates learning and creativity. Identifying four meta-goals for the teaching-learning process, the paper presents classroom-school models, materials, books, and organizations that, in various ways, take into account these assumptions and meta-goals. (Author)

Examined the role of the teacher in developing children's self-concepts as compared with commercial material. Found that the commercial material did not add to the teacher's effectiveness with second-grade pupils. Emphasized the need for materials to be used with children at appropriate times developmentally. (JAC)

Several questions are raised in this article about the effectiveness of the values clarification approach. The article concludes that values clarification is a consistent and carefully sequenced approach to helping students live their lives in a more consistent and satisfying manner. (Author)

A structured three-hour program to introduce the participants to interpersonal self-discovery was designed to be used in a variety of educational and residential settings to promote group as well as self development. The rationale, goals, and objectives of the program are identified. (Author)

Describes a cross-age program in affective education to teach group process and communication skills to college students and to middle school students. The format for the undergraduate course for pre-service teachers, its field work component, and teaching techniques are described. Evaluation results and problems are discussed. (Author)

Teacher effectiveness training is a packaged training program taught by personnel trained in the technique. Elementary students of teachers given teacher effectiveness training, at the University of Florida, showed a significant increase in positive self-concept over students whose teachers did not receive this instruction. (Author)

Found participation in transcendental meditation classes produced significant freshman-senior increases on intelligence and increased social self-confidence, sociability, general psychological health, and social maturity. No change was observed on social desirability. Changes may reflect success of the Maharishi International University approach…

Describes a program for more effective academic advising called "Freshman Dialogue" where small groups of freshmen meet weekly with a trained faculty advisor for an intensive orientation to the university. Provides various rewards for both students and faculty. Results indicate the program was enthusiastically received and retention improved.…