Entitlement legislation, demographic trends, and increased status and control over a student constituency have encouraged teachers to specialize. This trend can lead to bureaucratization and fragmentation of the profession. Specialized professional services should be provided in a way that recognizes client involvement in decision making. (PP)

As the year 2000 approaches, sport should not be considered an activity engaged in by specialists and passively observed by the majority. It should be a fulfilling part of each individual's leisure time. A new set of ethics for sport and leisure based on humanistic values is proposed. (PP)

The back-to-basics movement alone cannot solve many of our pressing educational difficulties. Absenteeism and discipline problems point out the need for schooling that fosters human relationships and individual interests. This speech was presented at the American Association of School Administrators Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 16,…

The most important contribution the humanities makes to public policy is the sound education of those who will make future public policy. The humanists' task is to provide continuity, to educate each generation about its intellectual, spiritual, moral, and political birthright from which public policy must flow. (MLW)

The author sees three critical issues facing the architecture field: (1) the communications gap between client and practitioner; (2) humanization of the environment; and (3) financial, spatial, material, and societal constraints. He examines the role of continuing education and professional associations in responding to those challenges, which are…

The author shows how the teaching of mathematics may be adapted so that it is "humanized." It is asserted that the standard mathematics program "...appeals to the intellect, but attaches no value to other human qualities such as emotions and ethical character." (MP)

Author concludes that: "Industrial value systems concerned about material gains are no longer useful in a post-industrial society that stresses information technology and should stress human values." (Author)

To offset the current extreme trend in public school curriculum toward accountability and quantifiable, testable learning objectives, this essay addresses the curricular implications of adopting a perspective of "sympathetic knowing," defined as appreciation, experiencing connectedness, and experiencing social responsibility. (TE)

This article addresses issues of power residing within various special education processes that result in processes of hegemony and domination in the lives of children considered to have emotional disturbances. A critical theory approach is proposed which is explicitly political and stresses the need to value the child's personal history and…

Discusses ways that researchers in higher education may gain access to and collect quality data about teacher thinking and practice, proposing roles and relationships for researchers conducting qualitative research in which they may be consultants and in which affective, human-relating skills are as important as traditional technical research…

Suggests that the purposes of self-centered parochial (including educational) institutions be examined and that they be considered as structures designed to help human beings escape the shackles of their own constricted egos. [Available from JCSI, 119 West 24th Street, New York, New York 10011]. (Author/AM)

A University of Minnesota team has conceptualized a K-post-high school career development curriculum (CDC) schema based on self development. Included are ten behavioral objectives for career education and further information defining the CDC concept. (JR)

After pointing out possible prejudicial consequences of job restructuring both for occupational and economic interests of workers and for the structure and activities of the trade union movement, various trade union reactions and attitudes to work humanization are analyzed. Available from: ILO Publications, International Labour Office, CH-1211,…

Each school should be divided into four schools--academic, social, free, and meditative; all of equal status, but each with its own ideals and standards. (JH)

Reform of schools can be carried out only by people with a strong sense of commitment and a strong sense of humor. (JH)