The use of interpersonal skills can greatly enhance the learning process, not only by reducing stress, but also by significantly increasing cognitive growth in students. The authors review these findings and discuss their application to teaching in the clinical area. (CT)

Found that children aged 3, 4, and 5 who are more attractive to peers communicate in a more contentious, impression-leaving, dramatic, open, and animated style. Those children who are more attractive to teachers have a style that is more attentive, friendly, and relaxed. (PD)

Three physical education specialists rated matched pairs of mildly handicapped and nonhandicapped primary children on expected physical performance, social relations, cooperative behavior, and ability to reason during physical education. All three had significantly lower expectations for the handicapped students' peer relations. Differences on the…

The premise that "sports builds character" is scrutinized through a discussion of several contact sports--boxing, hockey, and football. The fine line between assertiveness and aggression is explored, and the interrelationship between society and sports is investigated. (JN)

Discusses important aspects of desirable quality of life or well-being of families: household maintenance and work activities (care of house, family, clothing, food preparation, health maintenance, and home management); consumer goods satisfaction; and interaction of household members. Home economics can help families to maintain these critical…

A life-skill development approach to parent education focuses on effective parenting practices. The group medium helps parents understand their role and acquire new strategies. A facilitator supplies direction to enhance knowledge and skill development. (Author/JAC)

Childhood social competence in 59 schizophrenics, 40 personality disordered patients, 14 psychotic depressives, 28 neurotics, and normal adults was assessed. The results indicated that children eventually hospitalized for schizophrenia are characterized by their poor interpersonal skills long before symptom onset; academic competence failed to…

The PACE Employment Program brings together potential employers and employees in the Cook County Jail (Chicago). Inmate-students and employers participate in a variety of exercises related to the development and strengthening of personal and interpersonal skills. (Author/BEF)

A discussion of some methods of communication that help broaden the decision-making process and implementation efforts necessary to successful educational leadership. (Author)

One of the most persistent problems of school facility planners is the need for continuous communication between educators, architects, engineers, and construction contractors. Guidelines for effective communication are offered. (Author/MLF)

Interaction during feeding sessions between preterm infants (N=21) and their mothers and interaction between full-term infants (N=22) and their mothers were compared. Mothers and babies were from a low-income, inner-city population. (Author/MP)

The humanistic, moral, and essentially religious (re-ligare: to tie together) nature of education is examined to answer the questions: What are we educating for? And what kind of community are we trying to create through education? (MJB)

Three dimensions of humanistic education are used to examine the idea of educational accountability: the systemic-organizational, the interpersonal, and the personal. Implications of the personal dimension of accountability are presented. (JMF)

This article gives advice to recent graduates in education on how to find temporary assignments and how to conduct themselves as substitute teachers in order to land a permanent teaching job. (SJL)

A review of prior classification systems of runaways is followed by a descriptive taxonomy of runaways developed using cluster-analytic methods. The empirical types illustrate patterns of weakness in bonds between runaways and families, schools, or peer relationships. (Author)