THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY PRESENTS 36 CITATIONS OF THE MORE CURRENT LITERATURE ON HUMAN RELATIONS TRAINING AND RESEARCH, MOST OF THEM WITH ABSTRACTS. THE ABSTRACTS HAVE BEEN GROUPED AS RESEARCH AND RESEARCH REVIEWS, MONOGRAPHS AND REPORTS, AND JOURNAL ARTICLES. THE DOCUMENTS ARE MOSTLY DATED 1966 AND 1967. (PT)

FOUR SENSITIVITY TRAINING GROUPS AND ONE CONTROL GROUP WERE STUDIED TO DISCOVER IF ANY LASTING CHANGES IN SELF PERCEPTION OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF PARTICIPATION IN A FIVE-DAY SENSITIVITY TRAINING LABORATORY. THE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS DESCRIBED THEMSELVES WITH A FORCED-CHOICE INVENTORY IMMEDIATELY BEFORE TRAINING, IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRAINING, AND SIX…

AN EXPERIMENT TESTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT INCREASES IN SELF-ACCEPTANCE RESULTING FROM SENSITIVITY TRAINING HAVE THE THEORETICALLY PREDICTABLE BUT INDIRECT EFFECT OF REDUCING RACE PREJUDICE. THERE WERE 50 VOLUNTEERS, AGED FROM 23 TO 59, 8 OF WHOM WERE NEGROES. MOST HAD AT LEAST A B.S. DEGREE. THEY LIVED TOGETHER FOR 2 WEEKS MEETING IN FIVE T GROUPS,…

While participation in one of three varied forms of sensitivity training influenced only three of eight measured concepts and resulted in minimal attitudinal changes in two of the groups, it may be concluded that sensitivity training offers one avenue of helping teachers understand themselves and their individual students. (Author/CJ)

Compares three popular approaches to experiential learning with respect to purpose, philosophy, format, leadership, language, and strategy. Each is uniquely designed to elicit highly emotional involvement, confessions of failure in the past and immediate present, and attempts to communicate with integrity. (JMF)

This report focuses on the development and implementation of a 1-day classroom observation schedule designed to evaluate the Responsive Education Program, a compensatory program of formal education for children, ages 3-9, and their families. The program is an effort to create Head Start and Follow Through programs for children who are ethnically…