Purpose: This article details findings on how leaders of deeper learning schools establish, maintain, and propel unique teaching and learning environments. In this case study, the authors present findings from data collected through interviews with 30 leaders of self-proclaimed deeper learning initiatives and site visits to those elementary and…

The relationship between personalized computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and learning, attitude, and personality were examined. Subjects were 181 students, predominantly female, enrolled in a one-year teacher training course at McGill University. Treatments consisted of two versions of a series of ten CAI lessons, one written to appear highly…

Article concerned itself with what constitutes a humane school, the characteristics of a school's learning activities, a description of necessary instructional conditions, and how a school organization can maintain efficiency and accountability in its learning program and still be centrally concerned with people. (Author/RK)

Article presented six of the most important characteristics of an open climate for learning. (Author/RK)

Confucius' thoughts on humanism were analyzed and organized around two general themes: self-culture (self-cultivation, critical self-analysis, and how to become a virtuous person) and humanity (humaneness, learning, rules of propriety, and human brotherhood). These thoughts are designed to serve as guideposts for educators and curriculum…

In a speech to the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (England), the author presented reasons for presenting mathematics in a more humanistic way. Citing Gattegno, he argued for teaching with the objective of promoting awareness of mathematics, and discussed examples of the advocated approach. (SD)

Argues that it is essential that alternative schools continually ask themselves: What is learning?'' Suggests that such schools must view the way the student values himself and his needs, the way he relates to other people, and the way he operates within the educational institution -- given the variables that will affect what a student learns at…

This article illustrates ways in which the schools are dehumanizing and suggests ways in which education can be humanized. (DN)

Reform of schools can be carried out only by people with a strong sense of commitment and a strong sense of humor. (JH)