The teacher program described here focuses on options for dealing positively with the day-to-day problems and occurrences in the classroom and reducing psychic and physical drain on the teacher. Emphasis is on positive management and relational skills, i.e., verbal skills, momentum building and nonconfrontation strategies, and decision-making…

Social categorization theory contains significant inferences for human communication research. The effect of common fate by subject inclusion in convergent or divergent experimental categories was ascertained by manipulation with Australian students who evaluated bogus Aboriginal art. Whereas previous research shows that social categorization…

Two studies of a total of 17 preadolescent emotionally disturbed children were undertaken to observe children's reflective and naturalistic social cognition, and to utilize a developmental sequence of levels of interpersonal understanding to evaluate the interpersonal problem solving skills of emotionally disturbed children. Individual interviews…

This journal for school social work practitioners attempts to provide new perspectives on practice issues, to share innovative approaches to problem solving, and to present new and applicable methods of intervention. This issue includes articles on: (1) an in-school program for adolescent parents; (2) group process and black adolescent identity…

THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES A REVIEW AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESEARCH RELEVANT TO CHANGING SOCIAL ATTITUDES, WITH THE VIEW TOWARD IMPROVING RELATIONS BETWEEN VARIOUS ETHNIC, RACIAL, RELIGIOUS, AND OTHER GROUPS. THE EMPHASIS IS ON RECENT RESEARCH. THE PUBLICATION IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN SECTIONS. PART I IS DEVOTED TO A REVIEW OF IMPORTANT…

TO HELP PREPARE PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS FOR ADEQUATE HANDLING OF THE PHENOMENON OF CHANGE, SOME ASPECTS OF THE APPLICABILITY OF SENSITIVITY TRAINING TO PROCESSES OF CHANGE IN EDUCATION ARE DISCUSSED. OBJECTIVES OF SUCH TRAINING ARE GIVEN AS--(1) SELF-INSIGHT, (2) BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OTHERS AND AWARENESS OF ONE'S IMPACT ON THEM, (3) BETTER…

This report considers some of the expectations, conventions, and strategies relied upon by Anglo children when they are participating in the speech event of storytelling, with particular focus on the children's interweaving of narrational and metanarrational speech. The data were obtained from white middle-class schoolchildren, aged six through…

Psychodrama is the acting out of difficult situations one has experienced. It gives the actors and spectators the chance to try out alternative solutions to problem situations. When these problems are acted out, the actors become better acquainted with themselves and their peers. This awareness becomes a dominant determinant of future behavior.…

The teacher inservice handbook and program described is intended to demonstrate through group exercise how to improve the functioning of a team in an instructional setting. Three main sections are outlined--discovering what the situation is, improving meetings, and improving the quality of relationships. This descriptive report provides additional…

The "psychological isotope" technique was used to study the effect of leadership style on group process and productivity, by planting identifiable units of information with specific group members. Data indicated that the movement of these traceable bits provides data on the flow of information in the group, the relative influence and…

This report presents preliminary findings concerning the utility and validity of a new fuzzy matrix procedure for the measurement and identification of leader emergence and hierarchical structure of leadership in small groups. The instrument was designed to reflect the interactive, perceptual and shared nature of leadership. Several leadership…

Planning an expedition, particularly an expedition to climb Mount McKinley, can appear monumental. Not only must the obvious items like food, equipment and personnel be carefully planned, but attention must also focus on "insignificant" items like applications and reservations which, if forgotten, could mean the difference between a…

This anthology contains eight papers given at a symposium which brought faculty and graduate students together to share their interests and views about the counseling profession. It explores a wide variety of topics: the need for preretirement counseling, the views of elementary counselors regarding their responsibilities in working with the…

An examination of the impact that process instructions have on jury deliberations was conducted using ten juries of six members each. Five of the juries were given standard jury instructions, while the remaining five were given step-by-step instructions in the deliberation process designed especially for that trial. The results indicated that…

THIS EXPERIMENT WAS DESIGNED TO TEST WHETHER STUDENTS WHOSE GRADES ARE PARTLY DETERMINED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF OTHERS IN THE GROUP (THE COOPERATIVE CONDITION) WILL SCORE HIGHER ON EXAMINATIONS THAN THOSE WHOSE GRADES ARE DETERMINED BY THEIR RAW SCORES WITHIN THEIR GROUPS (COMPETITIVE CONDITION). WHEN COGNITIVE LEARNING IN THE COOPERATIVE…