Reprints an article originally published in 1947. Discusses observations of an experimental high school classroom. Discusses six factors conducive to democratic procedures in the classroom: experience in democratic procedures, type of school activity, the teacher's skill, physical environment, administrative support, and an effective guidance…

Asserts that preparing student leaders to be facilitators will help student groups operate more efficiently and make an adviser's job easier. Describes four main types of skills that can be developed to assist students in becoming facilitators and in strengthening their facilitation skills. (EV)

Both the learning organization literature and the self-managed work team literature have alluded to the potential links between teamwork and learning. However, as yet the link between these two concepts remains undeveloped. This study uses a survey of a random sample of 200 Australian organizations to empirically examine the relationships between…

Adolescents often pursue learning opportunities both in and outside school once they become interested in a topic. In this paper, a learning ecology framework and an associated empirical research agenda are described. This framework highlights the need to better understand how learning outside school relates to learning within schools or other…

This paper suggests methods for incorporating cooperative learning into the college classroom, including both short-term and long-term activities. It stresses the importance of self-directed work teams in the work environment and the contribution of cooperative learning in the college classroom to building team work skills. Cooperative learning is…

July 24, 1973 meant the beginning of new opportunities for 15 Lummi Tribesmen to serve their people as they became the first graduates of a formal management education program controlled by Native Americans themselves. This article completes a description of the program published in the May 1973 issue. (KM)

The report describes the design of a community development model for child abuse and neglect which used resources already existing in a rural area. The first section presents basic generalizations about rural areas, services, and rural human services professionals. Section II presents working papers, definitions, and concepts used in the project.…

The paper describes a curriculum development project at the Hobbema Reserves, Alberta, Canada, whose locus is conceived as situated at the interface of the dominant society and the minority, native Indian society. The project's 2 objectives are (1) to produce and develop instructional materials and plans for the local Reserves school and (2) to…

The founders of the Experimental College (EC) at the University of North Carolina attempted to design an educational program based on interest motivation and providing a learning situation in which students were active participants. Beliefs held by the student founders that most regular University courses were not stimulating learning or creative…

This article states that Synanon is a humanistic organization built around an innovation in organizational theory: the small group interactive process called the Synanon game. It focuses on Synanon's organizational design and theory, emphasizing placing a small group process at the core of the structured corporate-style organizational system. (KC)

Examined acceptance and congruence in four Tavistock groups consisting of college student volunteers (N=30) using scales measuring curative factors, group process, and congruence. Found participants with higher rankings on the group acceptance measures experienced greater degrees of congruence following the group experience. Discusses implications…

This article reviews the quality circle concept, shows why its characteristics appeal to American executives, and examines some of its limitations. It looks at self-managing teams and discusses the reasons that adoptions have been relatively few. It then shows what organizational conditions are necessary for quality circles to evolve into teams.…

This study investigates the behavior of university students in Singapore regarding (1) the extent and manner in which they study together outside of class and (2) their perceptions of the quality and value of out-of-class academic collaboration (OCAC). Undergraduates (n=457) from four different campuses of the National University of Singapore…