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Peer reviewedEllenburg, F.C. – Contemporary Education, 1978
A plea is made for a humanistic approach to education. (JD)
Descriptors: Humanism, Humanistic Education, Self Actualization, Values
Peer reviewedCampbell, Lloyd P. – Contemporary Education, 1974
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Humanism, Humanistic Education
Peer reviewedIvie, Stanley D. – Contemporary Education, 1987
Analysis of the key educational concepts of behaviorism contrasts those concepts with parallel thoughts drawn from more humanistic educators and concludes that behaviorist psychology's attempts to reduce complex human learning to simple animal learning prevents educators from recognizing and helping humans to develop their unique inner resources.…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Comparative Analysis, Educational Philosophy, Humanistic Education
Peer reviewedElkind, David – Contemporary Education, 1974
This article discusses three types of errors made in early childhood education: intuitive psychology, homogenization, and an easy conscience. (PD)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Psychology, Error Patterns, Homogeneous Grouping
Peer reviewedDiamond, Stanley C. – Contemporary Education, 1975
This article presents three key aspects of school management that are essential to the establishment of human aims. (RC)
Descriptors: Humanistic Education, Nontraditional Education, Open Education, Progressive Education
Peer reviewedRives, F. Charles, Jr. – Contemporary Education, 1979
The development of effective teaching through the teacher's assumption of various performance roles is discussed. (LH)
Descriptors: Acting, Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Humanistic Education
Peer reviewedLalor, Francis R. – Contemporary Education, 1978
The importance of fostering and encouraging a child's natural sense of play is pointed out as a means of helping individual growth toward future happiness and positive attitudes in later life. (JD)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Creative Development, Human Development, Humanistic Education
Peer reviewedWolfe, Denny T., Jr.; Taylor, Paul H. – Contemporary Education, 1977
In order to educate the whole person, concerted and cooperative effort on the part of science and humanities teachers is necessary to overcome the artificial distinction between various branches of learning. (MJB)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs, Humanistic Education, Humanities Instruction
Peer reviewedBaughman, M. Dale – Contemporary Education, 1979
An active sense of humor is a vital but often neglected resource in teaching methods as well as in everyday life. (LH)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Humanistic Education, Humor, Student Teacher Relationship
Peer reviewedOgletree, Earl J. – Contemporary Education, 1978
An emotional or affective dimension (artistic) in which students' feelings are positively engaged in the learning process is missing from much of the traditional curriculum. (JD)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Art Expression, Cognitive Objectives, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedHanif, M.; And Others – Contemporary Education, 1979
The behaviorism of traditional education is contrasted with the humanism of open education. Interaction between the two approaches will result in new models of instruction based on intellectual and humane grounds. (JMF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Conventional Instruction, Curriculum, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedAbrell, Ronald L. – Contemporary Education, 1974
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Critical Thinking, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedSchniedewind, Nancy – Contemporary Education, 1978
A program designed to strengthen affective competencies in a classroom situation is described. (JD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Communication, Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedEvans, Marilyn J.; LeVine, Elaine – Contemporary Education, 1982
The school is a unique environment in which the tenets of behavioral, humanistic, and cognitive-developmental psychology can merge. A synthesized model that guides educators toward the application of behavioral, humanistic, and cognitive-developmental techniques is greatly needed. (CJ)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedBerger, Michael L. – Contemporary Education, 1982
The role assumed by public schools in teaching affective subjects is discussed. It is argued that public schools have become scapegoats through their incapability of teaching such subjects as sex and drug education, moral development, and values clarification--subjects which should be the responsibility of the family and church. (FG)
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education, Moral Development
