Discusses the value of self-understanding and self-awareness as part of counselor education. This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, 1976). (Author)

Therapeutic potential for working with adolescents is maximized with the passage through each of the five checkpoints: (1) establish a relationship attitude; (2) isolate the known problem areas; (3) adopt a tentative position; (4) confront inconsistencies and unrealistic goals; and, (5) be a match to the adolescent. (Author)

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)

In this article, the author defines humanistic intervention and discusses the results of his experiences in humanizing his interventions. (Author)

Examined the effects of selected group experiences from the Human Development Program (HDP) on the self-concept of sixth-grade pupils. HDP is a semi-structured, flexible and open-ended developmental curriculum in the area of affective education. Results indicate that HDP is a valuable guidance tool. (Author)

The use of literature offers one way of achieving some distance from the disturbing subject of sexual identity, enabling a group to deal with the topic with some degree of dispassion, and facilitating open and productive communication between men and women. (Author)

Determines if students who participated in a teacher education program that had an integrated human relations component changed toward more openness of belief systems. The data indicate that these students became less dogmatic. It is possible for prospective teachers to change toward more openness of belief systems. (Author)

Dr. Glasser, author of Reality Therapy and Schools Without Failure, discusses humanistic education and schools, the concept of "positive addiction", and the effects of television on children. (Author)

The relationship between personality factors and political orientation has long been of interest to psychologists. This study tests the hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between self-actualization and liberalism-conservatism. The hypothesis is supported. (Author)

Neither personal nor interpersonal values were systematically related to counseling orientation preferences of counselor trainees. There were no significant differences between female and male counselor trainees relative to value pattern or counseling orientation preference. (Author)

The article discusses the importance of humanistically oriented views of the future, including a change in the focus of education toward uncertainty, change, deliberation, and holistic thinking. It seems that the images of the future which a culture entertains are closely related to what eventually does come to pass. (LPG)

Describes the method and techniques and the program for teacher education at St. Lawrence University, where the emphasis is on a person-centered teaching approach. (Author)

Compiled for New England Teacher Corps Conference on Interpersonal Relations (March 1978), this annotated bibliography offers suggestions and examples of how humanistic and psychological education theories have been and can be put into practice. Sections include (1) classroom exercises; (2) resource directories; (3) films; and (4) humanistic…

Counselors with low dogmatism scores are more effective than counselors with higher dogmatism scores. Over the course of training, the group of trainees classified as highly dogmatic both decreased in level of dogmatism and increased in level of counseling effectiveness as measured by improvement in level of performance. (Author)

Introduces a concept into the theoretical arena of humanistic educational philosophy, i.e., acknowledgment. Defines acknowledgment, points out its characteristics, cites examples of its manifestations, and suggests its importance in teaching and building relationships with children and young people in schools. (Author)