The author suggests practical steps elementary-secondary school teachers might take to provide students with defenses against future work lethargy, detachment, and self-abasement. (MJB)

Outlines the process by which students at Lawrence Central High School in Indiana improved academically through the teaming of two teachers in a particular subject area, and hence reducing teacher isolation. (JC)

Discusses the problems of teaching Talmudic traditions to modern Jewish high school students. The author recommends that teachers avoid alienating their students by acknowledging the validity of non-orthodox viewpoints in their classrooms. Journal available from Human Sciences Press, 72 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10011. (AM)

Offers a discussion of and suggests activities for an eight-week elective course on the themes of alienation and love in adolescent literature. (HOD)

Reports the results of a quasi-experimental study designed to assess the effects of values development lessons on students' self-reported attitudes and behaviors. Results showed that the 48 10- to 15-year-old students involved in the study improved in the behavioral measure but not on the self-report scales. (JDH)

A writing lesson for low ability junior high school students, inspired by the Peanuts" cartoon, gave the teacher insights into his students' lives. (SP)

Both the forms and the content of current classroom practice fit into a generally repressive socialization pattern for students. The formal constituents of typical classroom practice in American higher education include grades, tests, grade distribution, syllabi and schedules, all of which contribute to a generally repressive socialization pattern…

Describes a technique which minimizes the disruptive tendencies and maximizes the learning abilities of the problem child in the classroom environment. (Author/RK)

Implementation in a college level course of the Therapeutic Community Teaching Concept, which creates a comforting community that values mutual concern, is described. (JH)

In a variety of unnoticed ways, the hidden curriculum pervades teacher/student relationships and frustrates the goal of humanistic education. (Author)

Identifies and defines the notions of caring, community, and transcendence as antidotes to alienation, isolation, and fear--the three common experiences of students that tend to distort rather than nourish true learning. Describes the teaching styles of three college teachers working against alienation by caring for their students, forming…

English teachers do not take their subject--language--seriously enough; command of language is what students need to find themselves and cope with the forces of society. (JH)