Author shares a recent experience he had with a group of faculty and administrators which reinforced his faith in the ability of his colleagues to improve processes of teaching and learning, decision making, and interpersonal relations. (Author/LF)

Reasons for using small peer group interaction and ways of utilizing student assistance in teaching about human sexuality are described. (Author)

This paper is an attempt to conceptualize and contrast some of the psychological and sociological assumptions underlying two different strategies of social intervention: an individually oriented strategy and a group-oriented strategy. (Author)

A review of the research to date shows the overall direction of group guidance to be more positive than negative. (Author)

By accepting both the importance of the group on achievement behavior in general and the importance of better facilities, teachers, and curricula on the behavior of children from minorities and lower social and economic levels, we will have a good basis for helping all children develop and learn. (Author)

The relationship between susceptibility to group pressure and the racial composition of small groups was explored in this study of 280 fourth, fifth and sixth graders. On tests of perceptual judgment, Negro children showed more conformity than whites, and girls more than boys. (Author/NH)

Discusses encounter group as facilitator of personal growth and aid in teaching individuals effective communication. Presented at International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers Annual Convention, Miami, Florida, 1969. (EK)

Describes and evaluates program which attempted to reduce the alienation that keeps youth within the poverty-failure cycle, through work experience, and personal and vocational counseling. (Author)

Analyzes the responses of 210 Hawaian Japanese and Caucasian respondents from seven different residential subsamples to questions regarding racial perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors. (JM)

Leadership style, group composition, and group development are simultaneously quantified through the use of the matrix. It represents an attempt to objectify the art of group therapy. Comment by Richard C. Rank follows. (Author)

To focus upon identity, high school students were exposed to the group process. The youngsters had an opportunity to function within groups while viewing themselves and others as well as the functions of the group through the use of integrated media. (Author/BY)

Suggests that usurpation of control by a leader causes low-status group members to become dissatisfied with participation, but perceived lack of support causes dissatisfaction with the level of goal attainment. Tables and bibliography. (RW)