This study sought to describe, at the level of practice, one teacher's use of humanism in the classroom. Methods of participant observation were used to capture reflective contrasts between the subject's intended behavior (by formal and informal interviews), actual behavior (by direct observation), and ideal behavior (by readings from humanist…

A psychological theory that holds that human beings exist at different levels of existence contains inplications for education, management and social services. (Author/KM)

The child's right to respect in the world of adults is the basic principle of the educational writings and practices of Janusz Korczak. (Editor)

Mechanisms formerly prevalent within formal organizations which created stability, maintained tradition, and transmitted general wisdom are less prevalent now than in previous years. Types of formal organization are determined by the purposes of the formal organization and the prevailing disposition of leadership and perceived leadership plus the…

This paper traces twentieth-century Unitarian Universalism to its nineteenth-century transcendentalist roots by examining the communication patterns and philosophies of its proponents. Advocates of Unitarianism defend their religious/humanistic philosophy in terms of the Constitution's First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, reflecting their…

Research and graduate education may be conceived as a theoretically based skill that becomes accessible to an individual through deliberate and disciplined study. A personal transformation is involved in education, as is the identification of the self with the discipline. John Dewey has developed the concept of a developing organism in a…

The trend toward the development of the person with emphasis on perceptual awareness, psychological growth, self-actualization, nonverbal learning, and creative behavior is called synaesthetics, or humanistic education. The development of affective objectives should include not only the arts, but also the academic subjects. (JR)

The essential and inescapable interrelatedness of mind with body, theory with practice, content with process, and ends with means is maintained and the statement whatever one does or does not do is inescapably value-laden asserted in humanistic education. Between humanities and humanistic education resides a shared spirit and inspiration. (BJG)

Homer's Odyssey can serve as a good source of working definitions of humanism, humanist, humanities, and their relation to humanistic education, a concept which has been adulterated by some, misplaced by others, and diluted by many. Humanism is defined as an attitude that man is independent of any devine realm and therefore responsible for himself…

Rhetorics of death and dying have created socially constructed realities of death since primitive times. Although the denial of death has been common, the twentieth century has seen a rhetoric of denial unique in its absoluteness and its primary form, silence. A stance of total alienation toward death has been taken, separating people from…

This report addresses the relationship between self-actualizing values and interpersonal communication behaviors. After a discussion of behavioristic and humanistic frameworks for social science research, the paper explains Abraham Maslow's and Carl Roger's concepts of self-actualization as the tendency toward completing and perfecting one's…

The predominant emphasis in American education upon the cognate realm, to the virtual exclusion of affective learning, is discussed in the context of the middle school movement. Nine characteristics of the middle school program that more nearly create a balance between the cognitive and affective elements in learning are cited and translated into…

Three eminent scientists wonder whether man can retain his humanity and ideals--what little may be left of them--in the face of rapid and radical changes being fostered and perhaps imposed by science and its technical applications and misapplications. Fuller's lecture, comprising the bulk of the volume, is a multidisciplinary and provocative…