Basic Education is a way of living which does not receive a ready-made or imported load on instruction but which generates and regenerates education as an outcome of the living process. The pupil learns the art of deriving educational benefit and creative satisfaction from the work he does. (Author)

Examines some of the leadership competencies and personal characteristics necessary for the creation of an effective learning environment, which is the primary goal of educational leadership. (Author/WM)

The most important thing in education is not the data we present, but whether we present them vitally. (JH)

The author defines organization development (OD) and discusses organization, measurement of success, the role of specialists, the relationship between organization and organization interest illustrated in chart form, and 21 OD strategies. (JB)

Consultation in organization development offers methods for encouraging staff members to collaborate humanistically in solving their own problems. (Author)

The document contains a variety of papers that examine the linkages between local concerns and global concerns and explore alternative world futures. An introductory article, "Securing the Human," discusses how the world community needs to develop adequate means to deal with crimes against humans. These means include sound analysis, spiritual…

Image making, like writing and speaking, is a carrier of ideas. This paper presents photography as therapy, a useful concept for advocates of humanistic education. The paper shows that Western civilization, due to its preoccupation with science, technology, and commerce, enhances and promotes left-hemispheric brain functions (verbal, analytical,…

This speech defines the planning process involved in the development of a community-based corrections project. The correctional planners attempt to strike a realistic balance between the need for incarceration of offenders and the need for rehabilitation and treatment. The multiple influences available through community corrections are seen as…

This paper argues that current theories and concepts of organization and organization psychology as represented in journals and books are inadequate in dealing with major contemporary behavioral and societal issues. The topics discussed in this paper include the relevance of organization theory; the fragmentation of organization theory (structure…

This document is a compilation of reports of persons involved in the fellowship program offered by the Institute of Health and Human Values. The fellowship program centers around recognition of a need to support faculty development so that appropriately trained people can be available for emerging programs that teach human values as part of health…

This paper on alternatives in teacher education begins by analyzing the current emphasis on the scientific approach in education. The author finds the promise of the scientific approach to be illusory. He defines it as education that promotes behavior change in some desirable direction. However, this definition, which the author finds equally…

In this publication, the authors suggest that the findings reported are sufficiently well supported by evidence to act as useful guides, even if tentatively. The central purpose of the program was to develop a theory and technology for structural and cultural change within the public schools. The program deliberately emphasized both formative and…

Comments, speeches, and questions delivered at the Quality of Life Symposium are compiled in these proceedings. As an exploratory session, the conference objectives were to (1) become better informed about New Mexico--its resource base, the economy, social and cultural base, and the environment; and (2) to evaluate and discuss the role of New…