An alternative title might be, "How to Make Your Students Feel Ten Feet Tall"! (Editor)

The process, not the instrument, is the key to developing successful contracts with students, claim the authors, who feel that contracting offers a unique opportunity to personalize and humanize instruction. (Editor)

The theory of human relationships as set forth in Thomas Harris' book "I'm OK - You're OK" can be applied in schools, says this author. He tells how teachers can help humanize education through the Child, Adult, Parent positions. (Editor)

This publication contains two articles focusing on creating a climate for learning. In "Creating a Climate for Learning, and the Humanizing Process," Simon O. Johnson offers practical suggestions for creating a humanistic learning environment. The author begins by defining the basic concepts--humanism, affective education, affective situation,…

A review of humanistic psychology literature by the author leads him to specify five major elements of a humanistic orientation. It is concluded that it is the teacher's orientation, rather than any specific technique, which is the significant determinant of whether or not the classroom experience will have a humanistic orientation. For journal…

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the verbal creative thinking abilities of fluency, flexibility, and originality are negatively related to authoritarian pupil control orientations as measured by the Pupil Control Ideology Form (Willower, Eidell & Hoy, 1967). (Author/RK)

Described the Rohr elementary school as a humanistic model and how it was developed. (RK)

Student appeals for communication in the classroom as a way to humanize the educational environment. (RK)

In the hands of imaginative and innovative teachers, computers can draw teacher and student closer together by giving the student support when he most desires and needs it, and by providing the instructor with timely performance information. (Author)

The author warns the readers not to limit their own definitions of the concept of humanization to kindliness and affection alone. He asks school administrators to pursue its tougher dimensions." (Editor/MS)

This paper proposes a proven, viable program aimed at alleviating the intransigent attitudes toward curriculum change and the subcultural conflict of teacher and student interrelationships and, as well, provides an experience in humanized education. (Author/RK)

Article describes the need for children to have the opportunity to gain a quality education, which will provide them with greater feelings of humanism rather than with the more limited virtues of academic development. (RK)

Learning can be a joy when teaching means seeing, knowing and caring for each student. Try the I.C.U. approach. (Editor)