Competency based instruction (CBI) can be used either for preservice or inservice purposes. The impact of CBI on students is to (1) enable them to systematically determine their personal learning needs; (2) increase responsibility for their own learning and enhance autonomy and sense of personal direction; (3) provide feedback; and (4) assure a…

This monograph offers a rationale for including affective programs in middle schools and outlines one such program. This "homeroom program" is based on the generally accepted idea that young adolescents need to develop emotionally and socially as well as intellectually. These students have a need to understand themselves and others and…

The guidebook is designed to help school districts plan humanistic education programs. Humanistic education is defined as a commitment to education and practice in which the teaching/learning process emphasizes the individual's freedom, value, dignity, and integrity. Humanistic education aims to develop the learner's potentials, help students to…

The document provides very thorough guidelines for planning, implementing, and evaluating "character education," (or moral/values education, or citizenship education) in elementary and secondary schools. Character education promotes students' positive and realistic self-image, respect for others, and decision-making skills for participation in…