Explores institutional efforts to bring balance to past over-emphasis on rational and cognitive processes by underscoring the value of human feelings. Discusses specific community college programs exemplifying innovative approaches to institutional organization, human development education and staff development. (AC)

This document contains descriptions of 19 teaching programs which share the common goal of emphasizing human values as an important area of education in the health professions. This listing is the result and expansion of the Institute on Health and Human Values Conference. Three broad areas are outlined which the 19 schools emphasize in their…

This document reports on the second session held by the Society for Health and Human Values. The aim of the meeting is to concentrate on specific measures for achieving a human-values orientation within the varied settings of medical education. Specifically, the following questions are raised: Why human values studies in medical education? How are…

A basic course in pathology at Rotterdam's Erasmus University includes the study of psychological, sociological, economic, and political factors related to the etiology of somatic disorders. The principles of this approach to humanistic medicine are summarized and a description of the course is given. (Editor/LBH)

The Social Encounter and Research Curriculum for Humanization (SEARCH) is an individualized social education curriculum for K-3 being developed at Research for Better Schools, Inc. The SEARCH instructional plan is based on a model of cognitive and social development as well as on a child-centered instructional format. Its content is organized…

The world's most serious problems involve people's inability to peacefully coexist with other people. The only antidote to prejudice, injustice, murder, and terrorism is to develop an understanding of the many different patterns of human life. However, western civilization and its educational systems have developed into fragmented forms, resulting…

This handbook was designed to help students learn the cultural contexts in which human rights are variously defined. It provides a comparative study of five nations, selected for their geographic and cultural scope, as a unique way to study human rights. Chapter 1 sets the stage for the study by presenting activities for establishing class…

Proceedings from a Unesco conference on international education are presented. Cross-cultural comparisons among Unesco countries are offered and methods of implementation of Unesco recommendations concerning peace education and human rights are suggested. The report is presented in seven sections: (1) general observations on the Unesco…